Michael Kowalzik never thought he’d be running a successful German technology company when he graduated from INSEAD in 2000. Then again, the products and services he is providing for global companies didn’t exist twelve years ago. He had to invent a whole new business model.
Like most of his colleagues on the INSEAD MBA programme in 2000, Michael Kowalzik wanted to be an entrepreneur. He concentrated on traditional core course modules like finance, marketing and strategy and paid less attention to organisational development. Now, as the CEO of a successful German technology company, he wishes he’d concentrated a bit more on the softer people skills and leadership courses.
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