Corporate MBA....is it possible

[anonymous]

I am a white male looking to move to a corporate role from the field. Is this a stupid move? I have goals of getting a corporate sponsored MBA and working my way up the ranks. Peers have told me I am foolish to think I can make all this happen with diversity initiatives in place. This will be a big change for me. Never lived in the Midwest. Thanks

 

[anonymous]

I am a white male looking to move to a corporate role from the field. Is this a stupid move? I have goals of getting a corporate sponsored MBA and working my way up the ranks. Peers have told me I am foolish to think I can make all this happen with diversity initiatives in place. This will be a big change for me. Never lived in the Midwest. Thanks

Shelve your Midwestern plans. Life is hard enough when you belong here...and no one belongs here.

 

[anonymous]

renounce your US citizenship, live in India for a year, come back darkly tanned with accent, a taste for curry and the latest database tools, and of course, H1B visa. That is all.

 

[anonymous]

I am a white male looking to move to a corporate role from the field. Is this a stupid move? I have goals of getting a corporate sponsored MBA and working my way up the ranks. Peers have told me I am foolish to think I can make all this happen with diversity initiatives in place. This will be a big change for me. Never lived in the Midwest. Thanks

Better get into a top 5 school. If you don't you are just going to school in the above scenario with no rocket on your rear end. You'll spend five years waiting your turn in jobs you hate ... Then you'll watch countless morons who wreck everything they touch get promoted over you... Either you'll leave and start over or stay and spend another 20 years justifying staying for the benefits.
You will need to test out to be "high potential" for the sponsorship. If you can't crack a top 5 ... but end up passing high potential you are exactly what they are looking for. Smart enough to be a great employee, arrogant enough to think you have a future here, and not good enough to have head hunters all over you. Good luck. Go big on your school choice or get an ok MBA and work for a smaller company.

 

[anonymous]

If you're really an employee, type education assistance into lilly net and you'll find the options for company tuition funding.
Hint: none of the posters before me were accurate.

 

[anonymous]

If you're really an employee, type education assistance into lilly net and you'll find the options for company tuition funding.
Hint: none of the posters before me were accurate.

Wrong... You are clearly a cubebot not educated enough to get into the sponsorship program. It's for invitees only not for everyone wanting to improve their circumstance. (the first poster asked a relevant question). Full scholarship does exist. It's only for hand picked candidates at top 25 schools (roughly) although I fully agree they are not always the best of the best ... Schools they are admitted to are much better mechanisms for determining potential. Lilly frequently tabs mid grade talent as high potential and then ends up paying for tuition at a 20-25 ranked school... Which is fine as these people are competent and likely hard workers, but doesn't necessarily match the intent of the program to develop top tier talent. Hope this helps.

 

[anonymous]

Wrong... You are clearly a cubebot not educated enough to get into the sponsorship program. It's for invitees only not for everyone wanting to improve their circumstance. (the first poster asked a relevant question). Full scholarship does exist. It's only for hand picked candidates at top 25 schools (roughly) although I fully agree they are not always the best of the best ... Schools they are admitted to are much better mechanisms for determining potential. Lilly frequently tabs mid grade talent as high potential and then ends up paying for tuition at a 20-25 ranked school... Which is fine as these people are competent and likely hard workers, but doesn't necessarily match the intent of the program to develop top tier talent. Hope this helps.

And who is the judge of talent?

Thanks for a good laugh.

 

[anonymous]

And who is the judge of talent?

Thanks for a good laugh.

Clearly the school uses one set of criteria, Lilly another. After working here do you really think your manager or director can judge talent better than admissions offices at Stanford, Harvard, Kellogg, Wharton, MIT, Columbia, Tuck etc? Thanks for the standard Lilly contribution... cubebot.

 

[Theaxeman]

I am a white male looking to move to a corporate role from the field. Is this a stupid move? I have goals of getting a corporate sponsored MBA and working my way up the ranks. Peers have told me I am foolish to think I can make all this happen with diversity initiatives in place. This will be a big change for me. Never lived in the Midwest. Thanks

OK, maybe I am wrong here, but this is really a reference to David Ricks I think? Clever post if I am right.