Donna Ross
Director Strategic Policy & Programmes, MBIE
Class of 2022
Turning Up More Confidently
Donna Ross is Director of Strategic Policy and Programmes at the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. After completing Not An MBA, she noticed a huge change in her confidence.
“I turn up at meetings better prepared and more confident. Before, I’d come and at the corner ofthe table and not say very much. Now, I I take my place in the middle of the table. I feel like I can contribute a lot more. I could have done it before! But it’s taken the naMBA course to reinforce it.”
Hear Donna reflect on her newfound confidence - and how’s it changed the way people view her at work - in this video:
Grateful for Community
When we asked Donna how to sum up her Not An MBA experience, she came back to one word: grateful.
“i am grateful, for finding and discovering Alicia, for meeting all the people on the course, and for them sharing their knowledge and expertise with me. I’m grateful that I was able to do the same with people - and I'm grateful I have a lot more tools in my kit!
… And I don’t wait for permission now. I just go ahead and get done.”