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NOT AN MBA RETURNS!

Australia and New Zealand’s favourite strategic development programme is BACK.

Don’t miss your opportunity to join the only Not An MBA cohort for 2026.

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Cohort details

Eight weeks of the most impactful and effective leadership development of your career.

Learning Sprints

All learning sprints run from 9AM - 12PM NZST / 7AM - 10AM AEST

  • Tuesday 21 July

  • Tuesday 28 July

  • Tuesday 4 August

  • Tuesday 11 August

  • Tuesday 18 August

  • Tuesday 25 August

  • Tuesday 1 September

  • Tuesday 8 September

Time

  • 8 weeks

  • 5-8 hours per week

Cost

  • $5,999

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“Fabulous return on investment. Mojo enhancing, powerful and pithy, naMBA delivers the goods without the fluff that padded out some of my university MBA papers. Practical useable tools lie at it's heart - naMBA helps you manage boundaries, set priorities, apply systems thinking and communicate with impact. Be prepared to be blown away.”

Robin Rutter Baumann
Operations Manager, Te Whatu Ora Te Tai O Poutini

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Join the July 2026 cohort of Not An MBA below.

Once your enrolment is confirmed, we will send through your invoice - and get your free copy of You Don’t Need An MBA in the post.

Programme Inclusions

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    Free Book

    All students receive a copy of You Don’t Need An MBA, Alicia McKay’s best-selling leadership book.

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    Video Curriculum

    Fun, frank videos containing lessons, thoughts and prompts for the next sprint.

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    Interactive Sessions

    Sprint sessions are held for three hours every week, online via Zoom.

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    Practical Tools

    Exclusive tools and resources that you can use immediately - and forever.

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    Relevant Assignments

    Each learning sprint includes a relevant, useful assignment, ensuring all learning is applied, immediately.

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    Engaged Community

    A tight-knit cohort of your peers hosted on an interactive social platform for high-touch support.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The programme cost is $5,999. Early bird discounts are available.

    Payments are made upfront by invoice. Three month payment plans are available on request.

  • 8 weeks long, with learning sprints every week

    Why 8 weeks? Because change that isn’t implemented within 8 weeks is exponentially more likely to fail. So, we right-size our change for that timeframe.

  • Around 5-8 hours a week. You will need 3 hours a week for attending the sprint, and an additional 2-5 hours for watching video content, reading the book chapter and completing your assignment.

  • Other cool people like you, who know they don’t need a fancy piece of paper to be kick-ass leaders.

    Generally, mid-career professionals who are full of fire and ready to take the next step.

    We also attract some ludicrously ambitious young guns, and a few oldies who have a lot left to give and are tired of the bullsh*t.

    Our students have an average of 20 years experience in their field.

    Joining us from business, government, iwi and not-for-profit, they're all senior managers with a passion for development.

  • That’s up to you! There’s lots of theory and subject matter knowledge that you’ll get from an MBA that naMBA won’t help you with. More information is available in this comparison table.

  • That’s up to you. All attendees need to read You Don’t Need An MBA and you’re likely to dig into other articles and books that relate to topics of your interest.

    Alicia frequently drops book recommendations into her chats – it’s up to you whether you pursue that or not.

  • Nope. I mean, you can if you like. But… nope. All students develop a Leadership Manifesto and Showcase presentation as part of their journey. We find these outputs to be far more useful than an academic thesis.

  • We’re all online for three hours, and most of that time is spent in interactive discussion – sharing progress and ideas, learning from peers, discussing points of view and (hopefully) having some challenging debates.

    In each sprint, Alicia will quickly recap the content and focus for this part of the programme, and provide guidance and conversation prompts.

    You will discuss the results of your last assignment, and get prepared for your next one.

  • Yes. Miss two and you’re out, unless there’s an exceptionally good reason. Commitment matters.

  • We can’t give all our secrets away!

    naMBA includes a variety of short, interesting assignments. Some of these will be things you publish, some will be things you’ll say (conversations to have with others) and some will be things you make.

    There’s considerable scope to interpret each assignment with your own creativity and to inspire (and be inspired by!) others.

  • Great question - and we’re here to help. We’ve prepared this useful guide that outlines the naMBA curriculum, and how valuable it is for leaders and organisations of all levels.

    You might also like this email template to help you put in your PD request.

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