28 min

How to Develop Your Leadership Skills In the Modern Economy with Luke Owings: VP of Product at Abilitie #dogoodwork

    • Self-Improvement

Luke is the Vice President of Product at Abilitie, a leadership development company that offers virtual mini-MBAs and business simulations that help senior executives from companies around the world build leadership skills and improve strategy execution.
Since 2015, they have taught 25,000+ executives in over 50+ countries, and their clients include Fortune 500 companies such as PayPal, Marriott, Coca-Cola, GE, and Southwest Airlines. In 2020, Abilitie was recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies and Inc. Best Work-Places In America.
Luke is also an Advisory Board Member of Haymakers 4 Hope, a nonprofit that has raised 20M+ for cancer cure research.
Before joining Abilitie, Luke was an Expert Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm that is a trusted advisor to two-thirds of the Fortune 1000 businesses and governments around the world. He holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School and was also a Teaching Fellow for Harvard University’s undergrad economics class.

Highlights
What Abilitie is: How they work Who Luke Owings is How the education now evolved Where’s the value that is most intertwined with what the market needs today and tomorrow How Luke makes the remote delightful versus in a room Why do people care about getting an MBA or the next certification versus getting real-world results and trying something new What three things MBAs can give How getting an MBA from established institutions differs from earning it online What key insights to look for Why it is important to leverage education Where to learn more about the programs that Luke develops and facilitate


Episode Resources Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork https://dogoodwork.io/work-with-raul https://dogoodwork.io/podcast  Connect with Luke Owings https://www.abilitie.com/ Get a $200 tuition credit if you mention that you came from the Do Good Work Podcast: https://invitedmba.com/modern-mba/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-owings-9889214 

Luke is the Vice President of Product at Abilitie, a leadership development company that offers virtual mini-MBAs and business simulations that help senior executives from companies around the world build leadership skills and improve strategy execution.
Since 2015, they have taught 25,000+ executives in over 50+ countries, and their clients include Fortune 500 companies such as PayPal, Marriott, Coca-Cola, GE, and Southwest Airlines. In 2020, Abilitie was recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies and Inc. Best Work-Places In America.
Luke is also an Advisory Board Member of Haymakers 4 Hope, a nonprofit that has raised 20M+ for cancer cure research.
Before joining Abilitie, Luke was an Expert Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm that is a trusted advisor to two-thirds of the Fortune 1000 businesses and governments around the world. He holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School and was also a Teaching Fellow for Harvard University’s undergrad economics class.

Highlights
What Abilitie is: How they work Who Luke Owings is How the education now evolved Where’s the value that is most intertwined with what the market needs today and tomorrow How Luke makes the remote delightful versus in a room Why do people care about getting an MBA or the next certification versus getting real-world results and trying something new What three things MBAs can give How getting an MBA from established institutions differs from earning it online What key insights to look for Why it is important to leverage education Where to learn more about the programs that Luke develops and facilitate


Episode Resources Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork https://dogoodwork.io/work-with-raul https://dogoodwork.io/podcast  Connect with Luke Owings https://www.abilitie.com/ Get a $200 tuition credit if you mention that you came from the Do Good Work Podcast: https://invitedmba.com/modern-mba/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-owings-9889214 

28 min