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Imagine a degree that prepares you for business without blind spots. Turns you into a systems thinker—the connective tissue of any
enterprise—with the courage to tear down organizational silos. Pushes you to change the global-competition game, not simply win it.Washington University’s Executive MBA program attracts senior-level professionals
from around the world. Like you, they’re looking for an unobstructed view of the road ahead, which is critical to the development of a clear strategic vision.
See Beyond What Has Always Been
Mastering individual business disciplines won’t make you a successful leader. You need to understand how they interact to support company-wide growth, globalization, and innovation. At WashU, you learn to see beyond what has always been, find better ways to conduct business, and successfully implement corporate objectives.
Develop a strategic, enterprise-wide vision for your organization that prepares you for any business challenge.
Boost your 360-degree thinking, creative thinking, and analytical problem solving.
Examine the intersection of functional areas in your core courses.
Explore big-picture management challenges in the second-year themes: Growth, Global Markets, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Synthesize all program teachings and tools with an Innovation Project and Capstone Pitch Competition.
“The business world isn’t standing still, and it certainly isn’t getting less complex. Breadth and depth of experience are critical in a global marketplace. Olin’s Executive MBA program prepared me with the best of both.”
Shelley Lavender, MBA 2003
BEFORE WASHUT-38 Avionics Upgrade Program ManagerBoeing
TODAYPresident, Boeing Military Aircraft, Boeing Defense, Space & Security Boeing
“The Executive MBA program allowed me to leverage my professional passions and develop the concrete leadership skills I needed to scale my impact. More specifically, I took the leap and started my own company, meeting a need in the education field.”
Alicia Herald, MBA 2011
BEFORE WASHUExecutive DirectorTeach for America
TODAYFounder and CEOmyEDmatch
“EMBA helped me think innovatively about ways to enhance my position in the market and with the company. Senior managers recognized my progression, and I am now involved in shaping more strategic initiatives. Not only has that been gratifying personally, it has validated my decision to enter the program.”
Nick Lane, MBA 2015
BEFORE WASHUVice PresidentColorado Business Bank
TODAYSenior Vice President Colorado Business Bank
“EMBA leadership courses taught me how to leverage power and influence in a nonmilitary environment. And the 360-degree professional development assessments provided a lot of useful knowledge. The bottom line is, the program gave me the confidence to start my own company.”
Ted Hodgson, MBA 2014
BEFORE WASHUDeputy Director for Transportation, Global Logistics Division: TMC Global Professional ServicesRetired US Army Colonel: US Central Command
TODAYPresident and Owner IBG Connect
of collective professional experience in each cohort500 YEARS
3WashU EMBA campuses are located in St. Louis, Shanghai, and Mumbai
EMBA alumni
19,000 Olin Business School alumni
135,000 WashU alumni
EMBA by the Numbers
WashU EMBA students have an average of
of professional experience15 YEARS
Alumni say our Executive MBA program prepares them to develop meaningful relationships; lead people and organizations; launch a new company, product, or service; and drive positive results.
For more information, please visit Contact Executive Programs
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The WashU Executive MBA
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GO! Week The Businessof Policy:
DC Immersion
Leadership GrowthTheme
GlobalMarketsTheme
Innovation &Entrepreneurship
Theme
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Pitch aNew Venture
in a ClassCompetition
InternationalManagement
IntegrationCore
BUSINESSFUNDAMENTALS
GLOBAL MINDSET
GLOBAL PRACTICES
LEADERSHIPIMMERSION
STRATEGIC INTEGRATION
LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING(Leveraging Team-based Curriculum)
COMPETENCYFOCUS
ELECTIVES
Strategic Management
Team Development & Assessment
Critical Thinking
Global Economy& Strategy
GlobalOperations
Cross-CulturalManagement
Global FinancialMarkets
Valuation
Growththrough
CorporateStrategy
Growth & Enterprise
RiskManagement
Marketing &Innovation
Operations &Innovation
StrategicManagementof Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Business &Society
Business &Government
Formal Leadership
Informal Leadership
Creative Thinking
Business Analytics & Decisions
Financial Accounting
Managerial Economics; Incentives, Markets & Competition
Market & Consumer Focus
Negotiations & Conflict Management
Strategic Cost Accounting & Control
Team Development Workshop
Corporate Financial
Management
Managing Operations
Designed for midlevel to senior-level executives, our 20-month program focuses on learning, not logistics. Classes meet monthly for three-day sessions.
WashU offers one of the most academically comprehensive, integrative, and responsive Executive MBA programs in the United States.
Earn an Immediate, Lasting ROI
Learning by doing is woven into every aspect of the curriculum, from your first day of orientation to your last day of classes. As a result, you acquire a broadened perspective and problem-solving skills, methods, and strategies you can use right away—and throughout your career—to improve your performance and the performance of your organization. You’ll recognize organizational silos and develop the courage to tear them down.
Develop knowledge, feedback, and skills to build a model of leadership you can take anywhere.
Focus on specialized areas—such as venture creation, idea generation, US policymaking, and global leadership— covered in the four residencies of GO!Week, The Business of Policy: DC Immersion Residency, Leadership Residency, and the International Management Residency.
Strengthen problem-solving skills with a curriculum that weaves in creative and critical thinking components.
Build Relationships That Matter
Great businesses run on great relationships. And so do great business schools. WashU promotes a relational culture among its students, faculty, staff, alumni, and corporate friends. At work, your emphasis on relationships makes you a bridge builder who brings people together in meaningful and innovative ways.
Make collaboration, teamwork, and building connections second nature.
Be part of a diverse and carefully curated team that serves as a learning laboratory and second family.
Connect with Olin’s top-notch faculty.
Develop an appreciation of the value of relationships with Olin’s team-based curriculum.
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Tangible OutcomesBusiness plan,
pitch deck, andglobal perspective
Innovation ProjectComprehensive CurriculumCore courses provide a holistic overview of business disciplines. Second-year themes address important management challenges, including new-venture creation. You work on an Innovation Project and compete in a Capstone Pitch Competition.
Year-two student teams brainstorm concepts for new companies, products, and/or services; present their ideas; receive feedback; form their teams based on the concepts selected; develop a written business plan; and participate in a Capstone Pitch Competition that synthesizes knowledge from the program.
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Make WashU’s Reputation Your Reputation
WashU is known for its intellectual curiosity; pioneering research; corporate citizenship; and high-caliber faculty, students, and alumni. As a member of the EMBA community, you benefit from WashU’s reputation in the marketplace and our belief that great teaching and great scholarship go hand in hand. You amplify that reputation through your work ethic, foresight, accountability, and ability to inspire the people around you.
Open doors to business opportunities and differentiate yourself as a leader.
Make the intellectual capital of WashU faculty your competitive edge.
Strengthen the reciprocal relationship between leadership and collaboration.
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The WashU Executive MBA