Executive Connections program
As a Full-time MBA student at W. P. Carey, you will collaborate with an executive mentor throughout the 21-month program. Executive Connections augments the development of your leadership skills by immediately accelerating and enhancing your contributions to employers and society, and providing a framework for career success throughout your lifetime.
Our mission and values
The Executive Connections program seeks to elevate the leadership skills of W. P. Carey Full-time MBA students through one-on-one mentoring by proven business leaders. These mentors access their real-world business experiences to provide emotional intelligence, strategic decision-making, and career planning guidance to their mentees.
Through intensive 21-month one-on-one mentoring — which includes group leadership development opportunities and programmatic activities — the students graduate with enhanced abilities to propel team outcomes, influence stakeholders, make critical decisions in the face of ambiguity, better appreciate and embrace diversity of thoughts and backgrounds, and successfully lead organizations. Executive Connections mentors’ close involvement with their students embodies the W. P. Carey motto of Where Business is Personal.®
Areas of engagement
This program embraces the principles and values of W. P. Carey and ASU, through five key areas of engagement:
- Executive Connections mentors promote excellence in leadership, working with students to develop critical leadership skills.
- Executive Connections mentors emphasize the importance of integrity as they work with students on the personal and interpersonal skills needed to succeed professionally and gain the respect of others.
- Executive Connections mentors impact a student’s career trajectory by helping them prepare for, understand, and decide on internship and full-time employment opportunities including career transitions.
- Executive Connections mentors emphasize the importance of becoming better members of the community through a broad lens, encompassing business, personal, and academic pursuits. They encourage students to leverage their skills for good by giving back to their communities.
- Executive Connections mentors provide access to a global perspective to help students with social and cultural transitions, as well as providing significant insights into working in the U.S. and global markets.
Executive Connections mentors
Executive Connections pairs you with a volunteer group of senior executives, who mentor you as you embark on new career opportunities. Visit our mentor directory to learn about and connect with the business leaders who are part of this distinguished group.
Program stories and resources
Executive Connections is an integral part of the Full-time MBA program and a cornerstone of your experience at the W. P. Carey School of Business. Explore featured Executive Connections stories and resources, including mentor and alumni perspectives on leadership and mentorship.
Holly Barrett is an Executive Connections mentor and MBA alumna: