MBA Retreat 2012

Each year, UVU hosts a "retreat" of sorts for the incoming MBA students.   It was held in the lovely Wasatch campus of UVU. Which was essentially a spacious building that overlooked all of Heber. To say that it was beautiful, was an understatement. 

It was about a 45 minute drive (from Orem), and upon arriving, we were greeted with Einstein's bagels, which brighten any early Saturday morning. 

After necessary paperwork, we were placed in teams. There are about 40 MBA students, so there were 7 teams of 5 or so. 

I thought I would probably get placed with the most awful group--I am the one that has the worst luck with things like that. 

Turns out, I had a pretty kick-a team. Throughout the day, we went through about 12 different stations set up by CEObuilder. 

There were activities where we learned to work together as a team, and apply business principles to everyday activities. 

• Rappelling (where each of us had a disability and we had to cope with it)
• Puzzles (our team rocked this)
• Dollar auction (I essentially screwed my team over on this one)
• the Swamp
• Blind frisbee golf (High score--well it was golf--so I got the lowest score!)

The Mousetrap Minefield: A Game of Trust

Then I found out (at lunch), that the teams that we had would be the ones that we would be for the rest of the program. Um, what?! Not that I didn't think our team was awesome, because we were, we got 3rd out of all the teams. I was hoping for a victory, but better than nothing. 

I realized that I can be very competative, and I would rather do things on my own. But, in a business, I won't always be able to do that. It was a good eye opener for me.   

We then worked on a case study, which is seriously what I love business school for. I can't wait for how many we will do. 

The View of the Campus

We then learned about Abilene's paradox, which I know I've used about 50 million times in my life. And once you know about it, you'll realize how much you've used it too! 

Overall, this retreat really got me psyched for my MBA. I can't wait to see what we will be working on/learning. 

Not to mention, my group jives really well together. 

But I stink as a person, and can't remember names, but, I think we will be able to go far.

Heeeeellllooo Sundial. Fav part of the Wasatch Campus.
It was accurate too, mind you.