monica essay4
Executive MBA students learn a great deal from both the faculty and their classmates. At UNC, you are expected to contribute by interacting with classmates and faculty in study teams and in the classroom. How will you differentiate yourself from your classmates? Provide examples of your professional experiences that will distinguish you from your classmates and will provide valuable insights for them.
A new quality manager invited me to his office and asked if I was interested in a position of Quality Supervisor. My initial response was “No”. I was a process engineer and happy where I was. After a long week of weighing options, I decided to apply for that job – and it is one of the best decisions I ever made. With only one year of industry experience, I was directly supervising eight employees in a quality lab. In that job, I realized being a leader isn’t about just directing others but being able to listen and relate to differences and bring people together. Think about an engineer trying to explain an operator with high school education about standard deviation and why I wanted to control it to a certain number – I was actually able to do this with an example of deer hunting, as a result of which was a fun conversation and retained education.
In other words, I have learnt to take risks and believe in healthy challenge process. I appreciate new things and venture outside of my comfort zone. I can lead and facilitate a group to one common vision and drive towards 100% completion. With the combination of technical and supervisory experience, I can bring the analytical skills to the table to help others make decisions that are more data driven and realistic. One of my old colleagues tells me that if I were to be thrown in the pack of wolves, I will return leading the pack of wolves. There were eight of us in the room when we were having Kaizen discussion for a Lean project I was leading. The facilitator and my mentor had several conflicting views on the methods we
A new quality manager invited me to his office and asked if I was interested in a position of Quality Supervisor. My initial response was “No”. I was a process engineer and happy where I was. After a long week of weighing options, I decided to apply for that job – and it is one of the best decisions I ever made. With only one year of industry experience, I was directly supervising eight employees in a quality lab. In that job, I realized being a leader isn’t about just directing others but being able to listen and relate to differences and bring people together. Think about an engineer trying to explain an operator with high school education about standard deviation and why I wanted to control it to a certain number – I was actually able to do this with an example of deer hunting, as a result of which was a fun conversation and retained education.
In other words, I have learnt to take risks and believe in healthy challenge process. I appreciate new things and venture outside of my comfort zone. I can lead and facilitate a group to one common vision and drive towards 100% completion. With the combination of technical and supervisory experience, I can bring the analytical skills to the table to help others make decisions that are more data driven and realistic. One of my old colleagues tells me that if I were to be thrown in the pack of wolves, I will return leading the pack of wolves. There were eight of us in the room when we were having Kaizen discussion for a Lean project I was leading. The facilitator and my mentor had several conflicting views on the methods we