Is an MBA required to get senior leadership roles in Canada? I always find myself wondering if, down the line, I will regret not doing an MBA. However, my peers (with and without MBAs) don’t seem to think MBAs are needed in Canada if you have the right experiences. Would love to hear more opinions on this

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The real value add of an MBA is the network you can make through it (which starts giving ROI 5-10 years down the road).

If you can manage to make that network without an MBA, that’ll be better.

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If at any point an MBA is actually "required" by a company for you to progress, they'll just cover you for one of those pay-to-pay executive MBAs. You see it a lot on the linkedins of Canadian execs.

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MBA is just a relic of the 90s and just a networking tool for high finance types. In 2021 it’s better to be a coding nerd with data skills, zip up hoody and Ivy League college dropout or Stanford/cal tech/Waterloo grad. 😂

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Just exaggerating. I agree with what you said.

No. Your experience and expertise matters

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MBA is not required for any role out there — consulting or industry.

MBA is a good avenue to make a career change. Also, where there are a lot of candidates with similar experience and profiles, an MBA can be a tie-breaker if the hiring manager seems it to be.

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No, to be honest after you’ve done ten years of consulting I don’t think an MBA adds a lot of value unless you’re trying to move into a different type of consulting - e.g. tech to business strategy.

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