Working for the Weekend

#402 - Sanger Leadership Crisis Challenge: Part-Time MBA Students Take The Win

Episode Summary

Every year, a highlight for Michigan Ross MBA students is the Sanger Leadership Center’s Crisis Challenge, an immersive, high-pressure simulation in which students play the role of corporate executives coping with a fast-moving business crisis. And this year, the winning team was all part-time students.

Episode Notes

In this episode, host Sneha sits down with the winning team from this year’s Crisis Challenge, who are all part-time MBA students at Ross. They discuss their approach to the event, the value they found in it, and lasting lessons that they’ll carry with them in their careers.  

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Working for the Weekend is brought to you by the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Episode Host/Producer: Sneha Edupuganti.

Guests: Elizabeth Fu, WMBA ’22; Natalie Juronoc, WMBA ’21; Gamal Elbialy, WMBA ’22; Juan Souchon, Evening MBA ’21; and Dennis Emmatty, Evening MBA ’21.

Editing: Jonah Brockman.

Executive Producers: Suraj Kandukuri and Bob Needham.

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