May is a learning and development professional at a company in Saudi Arabia's automotive manufacturing sector, with 6 years of experience. She works on workforce development, capability building and learning program design in a fast-growing industrial environment, which has shown her why talent strategy matters to long-term success.
Why an MBA in Global Strategy
To grow beyond delivering training, May is studying the MBA in Global Strategy at Dominican University of California, with learning support from AreteUp. The program is helping her:
- Understand how learning and development supports strategy and transformation
- Learn global business models and management frameworks
- Build leadership and analytical skills for cross-functional work
Linking talent and strategy
Coursework in strategy, leadership and management is helping her align learning initiatives with organisational goals and treat talent development as a strategic investment, not just a support function. Classmates from different industries and regions are also widening her view of how organisations build leadership pipelines.
“Talent development is most effective when it is aligned with strategy. The MBA helped me understand how learning, leadership, and business goals connect at an organizational level.”
May D.
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