Foundation Session

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The Foundation Session is a mandatory event for all incoming FT-MBA students.  Foundation Session participants face a series of challenges that prompt them to examine their assumptions about leadership, reflect on their own leadership styles and strengths, grapple with issues of ethics and integrity, and make plans for their leadership development while at Ross. This opening program is a high-energy event that sets the tone for the two-year engagement with the Ross community and for life as a leader.

The Foundation Session is the beginning of a transformative, two-year experience with the Ross Leadership Initiative where students will be challenged to improve their executive skills, cope with crises, explore their values, gain experience leading globally diverse teams, and break out of their “box” to a higher state of innovation and creativity in order to confront important issues facing leaders today.

2012 Foundation Session

The 2012 Foundation Session begins on Friday, August 24 and continues through Thursday, August 30, 2012.  Students are welcomed to Ross during Transition Days on Thursday, August 23 and Friday, August 24. 

Please check back in the future for more detailed information including student schedules, pre-readings, and presenter bios.

Partner Volunteers Needed

RLI is seeking Partners to volunteer as event staff during the Foundation Session.  This is a great opportunity for Partners to share the MBAs first Ross experience.  If interested, please contact the RLI office at the email below to inquire about this program. 

Direct further questions about the Foundation Session to:  RossLeadershipInitiative@umich.edu