William Grant & Sons approached Strathclyde Business School in 2011 to create a bespoke MBA programme to suit their needs and create global leaders of the future. Named the MBA25 for the number of participants allowed on each year, the company has benefited greatly from the exclusive programme.
Over the past few years, the majority of participants have been employees identified by William Grant for the programme. However, the company also opened up a number of spaces to selected individuals from businesses they identified as having a similar ethos to theirs as well as to like-minded start-ups and third sector organisations.
The programme is now being opened up further. While William Grant is still funding its employees onto the executive education programme, it's been decided to open the programme up to general enquiries for the next cohort which will start in March 2018.
MBA25 is a great opportunity for companies to get on board this exclusive MBA programme, network with like-minded businesses and get taught by experts in their field in subjects such as strategy, marketing, entrepreneurship and financial management who also teach on our triple accredited Strathclyde MBA programme which marked its 50th anniversary last year.
MBA25 delegates will already have achieved significant positions within business and they will have corresponding expectations about this learning opportunity. Each individual in the cohort benefits from having a designated development coach and a designated programme director to advise and help throughout the three year programme.
MBA25 graduate Craig Hyslop, director of business transformation and support business, Tenaciti, said, "Managing people, strategy and change had always taken a large proportion of my time, it had become routine, often borne out of necessity, instigated by external forces: with reflection some of the processes or levers employed lacked finesse.
"Whilst my basic philosophy was correct, the MBA took me back to basics, developing my EQ, helping me to understand and appreciate people a whole lot more. I now have an improved skill set, but more importantly, greater self-awareness of how leadership styles impacts others."