Live challenges

A key part of the Leeds MBA is a set of live challenges that will stretch your thinking and your abilities. Our New Venture and Consulting Challenges stand us apart from many of our competitors – and they will ensure you stand apart from yours.

Each challenge is your chance to apply what you have learned so far and reflect on your experience. It means you’re ready for senior management-level challenges in the world of work as soon as you graduate.

Challenge 1: New Venture Challenge

This challenge forms part of the Strategic and Entrepreneurial Management module. It develops your ability to generate ideas for new commercial opportunities and turn these into viable business plans, either in a start-up or established corporate context.

Working in teams mentored by Business School staff and experienced practitioners, you will have to show creativity and insight in developing a new product or service proposition and crucially the plan to put it into practice. 

This project tests your teamwork and entrepreneurial skills, ensuring you gain a real understanding of the new venture planning process and its various challenges.

Challenge 2: Consulting Challenge

This challenge takes place during the Leading in Practice module. By this point in the programme your leadership and management knowledge and skills will have reached a level whereby you can confidently provide high-quality consultancy support to a business in need.

Often this is a small to medium sized-business, social enterprise or voluntary sector organisation – an organisation that may not have the funds or managerial resources to address its most significant challenges.

You engage with the client, diagnose a significant problem or issue affecting the organisation, make a positive intervention, and take appropriate action to either remedy the situation or make recommendations for further action.