Lake Forest MBA Curriculum
Our Curriculum is Designed to Advance Your Career
At LFGSM, we optimize your MBA experience by helping you gain the competence you need to become a business leader, and the confidence to apply your new learning and skills to your unique workplace challenges. We do this through our distinctive, three-point approach to management education called Leadership Learning®. This “preparation with a purpose” readies you for greater workplace success through development of your competence, confidence, and ability to make significant contributions to your organization.
Built to Advance Your Career
At Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, our curriculum is grounded in extensive research with 600 business professionals and executives into what they look for in high-potential managers today. With the new skills and knowledge you gain in the Lake Forest MBA program, you’ll become a more effective business leader and the kind of manager who gets noticed.
In today’s environment, you must be ready not only to adapt to change, but also to create change. This requires a well-rounded business professional whose perspective goes beyond a single department or functional area to encompass a greater understanding of the organization’s overall strategies and goals.
Our research has established three core traits of high-potential leaders and managers:
- Successful business leaders must have a fundamental understanding of all aspects of their organization's business.
- Successful business leaders must be able to communicate, negotiate, and work with people at all levels throughout the organization.
- Most importantly, to consistently rise in an organization, successful business leaders must deliver results.
The competencies below define these core traits of success and provide the roadmap for what you will learn in the Lake Forest MBA program. By determining the most relevant key business competencies, we have created a curriculum that is truly designed for today’s managers and tomorrow’s leaders.
Core Traits of Business Success
KNOW THE BUSINESS
• Know what drives the organization
• Have a working knowledge of core functions
• Think strategically
RELATE TO PEOPLE
• Lead, manage, and communicate confidently at all levels
• Know how to lead and work in a team
• Develop individual presence
DELIVER RESULTS
• Understand risk and take action accordingly
• Be innovative
• Make decisions within ethical principles
• Provide value to stakeholders