Posted by: Christine Li-Auyeung on October 15, 2018
Guten tag. It has been six months since our cohort completed the EMBA programme. Thanks to two of our German classmates who planned a very special reunion for the EMBA S16 cohort, many of us once again packed our bags and travelled to Munich for Oktoberfest 2018. We finally got to see each other for […]
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Posted by: Christine Li-Auyeung on April 11, 2018
Put on your cowboy hats and boots as EMBAS16 heads west to sunny California for our last international module. As a member of Team USA, my fellow American classmates and I get to welcome and host the rest of our class on their trip to the states. For one week, we get to live, breathe […]
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Posted by: Christine Li-Auyeung on January 5, 2018
EMBAS16 descended into Shanghai and Hangzhou, China for our second international module in early December. A year after our visit to Mumbai, India, we continued our studies of global markets by venturing across the continents – a hallmark of the Oxford EMBA programme. As an overseas Chinese who grew up in the United States, the […]
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Posted by: Christine Li-Auyeung on October 2, 2017
Three formal assignments, two exams, and one entrepreneurship project pitch later (since my last blog); EMBAS16 has finally finished all our core classes. We are now at the half-time mark of our EMBA journey. Unlike the Super Bowl half-time show in American football, there are no superstars dancing on stage with fireworks in the background. […]
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Posted by: Christine Li-Auyeung on June 14, 2017
“If you walk out of this programme not feeling confident that you can do anything you are passionate about, and be successful at it, then you have missed the point of coming here.” – D.A. These were the words my successful entrepreneur group member and friend said to me one morning, as I ran into […]
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Posted by: Christine Li-Auyeung on April 6, 2017
Spring is upon us once again in Oxford. It was exactly a year ago when I first set foot on this historic campus for my Executive MBA admissions interview. Six months into the programme now, I have made fifty-seven new friends from around the world, who are travelling on this intellectually stimulating and fast-paced journey […]
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Posted by: Christine Li-Auyeung on January 25, 2017
For EMBA S16, we truly experienced the meaning of this adage on our first international module to Mumbai, India in early December. Growing up in New York, I have many Indian friends and consider myself quite exposed to the food, customs and culture of this BRIC nation. I enjoy going to Curry Hill (Murray Hill) […]
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Posted by: Christine Li-Auyeung on November 16, 2016
In module two of EMBA S16, we began to explore various leadership styles. One theme which emerged from our discussion is that different leadership styles are effective in different contexts. There is no one size fits all style that would work well in all situations. A leader who excels in turnaround strategies might not be […]
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Posted by: Christine Li-Auyeung on September 26, 2016
Oxford EMBA 16 began on September 11th, 2016, the fifteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. As a New Yorker, it was an emotional Sunday morning for me. It feels like it was only yesterday when two planes flew into the Twin Towers and changed our lives forever. I still remember frantically calling friends and family […]
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Posted by: Christine Li-Auyeung on August 15, 2016
It was June 2015. I was sitting at my office desk in New York City and reviewing the current day’s financial news headlines as part of my morning routine. Futures were up, XYZ Company reported earnings, and U.S. unemployment rate is down… Suddenly, a banner ad popped up. While I usually find these ads a […]
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