Break through

Today's Leadership and Organizational Behavior case was one of the most powerful discussions we've had yet as a section. For the first time, our conversation reached the point where, in the wake of an especially personal comment, someone had to break out the Kleenexes and pass them among the rows. After a standing ovation we fell completely silent. Some of us were dabbing at eyes and all of us were pretty hesitant to follow that contribution with any of our own. Our cases in the past few LEAD classes have turned markedly introspective, which is important but rare in the daily bustling about that is an MBA student's life. For a moment we glimpsed an entirely different level of what this learning experience and section can be. Considering where we're starting from, that's a very high level indeed.