news 7 A head for heights – and leadership
The man who trains and leads people with disabilities to conquer mountains at the highest level of the sport is the guest speaker at Portsmouth Business School on April 20
The evening, in Richmond Building, is to celebrate the launch of the newly-redesigned executive MBA course.
Mark McGowan is the man behind Team GB paraclimbing and he will tell the gripping story of how, over three days in 2015, he led a blind climber, another with multiple sclerosis and a third with autism to the top of the Eiger.
He will discuss what leadership looks like and what it demands at the edge of human endurance and in one of the world’s least hospitable places – the Eiger. Standing nearly 4,000m high in the Swiss Alps, the Eiger has earned a nickname of ‘murderous’ after more than 64 climbers have died attempting the north face.
The team’s successful ascent was a world-first. Never before has someone been sight-guided up the mountain.
Lesson in leadership: Mark McGowan leads the paraclimbers on the Eiger
McGowan started climbing as a 12-year-old and was soon shimmying up first rock walls, then mountains. He climbed the Eiger’s notorious north face in his early 20s and, in 2014, was appointed team coach for the GB paraclimbing team.
In parallel, he started a business and earned a Masters in Business Administration (MBA).
As well as hearing McGowan’s stories, visitors will be able to talk to the MBA course director
David Hall, and many of the course team, experts in strategy, coaching, finance and marketing, to name a few. Current and former students will also be on hand to answer questions.
The launch event starts at 5pm, with the speaker at 5.30pm, followed by networking, drinks and canapes.
Details:
www.showyoumeanbusiness.com
Show you mean business – do the Portsmouth MBA
Our Master of Business Administration (MBA) will develop your capabilities and enable you to bring fresh thinking to your organisation right from the start of your studies. Not only will it enhance your career prospects but it will allow you to build lasting networks with like-minded individuals.
• Innovative work-based learning • Taught part-time in two day blocks over two years • Generous scholarships
‘The MBA is a key to unlocking the doors to senior and executive level management roles. The pace of the course allows me to carry out a full time international sales role at the same time as studying.’
Katie Ilincariu Europe and South America Sales Manager, Fosse Liquitrol
Come along to one of our Postgraduate and MBA open evenings and listen to a guest speaker, meet the teaching staff and current students in a relaxed and informal atmosphere – for details visit
www.showyoumeanbusiness.com.
For more information or to apply:
T: +44 (0)23 9284 4888 E:
mba.admissions@
port.ac.uk
W:
www.port.ac.uk/mba
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – MARCH 2016
www.businessmag.co.uk
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