Back to reality! (Well, as much "reality" as business school is ...!)

Picture 75798 - supermarket fun, originally uploaded by John Foong.

(picture here of a "welcome back to school" presentation me and my co-president Robyn put together for re-orientation)

It's AMAZING to be back. Ready to welcome bright eyed, bushy taled first years and show them how to dress up in gawdy 80s clothes, and connect with my friends again.

AMAZING subjects too. Managing Growing Enterprises involves a different entrepreneur (from still-struggling-to-make-it to billionaires) coming in two times a week and share a series of tough management situations, and have us try and solve it (before they tell us how it all worked out). Touchy Feely involves 12 of us (and two facilitators) sitting in a room for 4-5 hours a week (and a 20 hour weekend at a beach house) and talk about … well, our feelings.

Leadership Coaching has me coaching 3 different first year MBA students and learning how to listen (for a change!). Paths to Power has us study the lives of some 15 powerful people – both good and evil – and observe what made them powerful (scary stuff indeed). And Education and the Status of Women ... well, I'm not sure waht to expect there. :)

(And yes, the word for the day IS 'amazing') :)