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# Not An MBA February 2027
- URL: https://www.aliciamckay.co.nz/not-an-mba-february-2027/
- Published: 2026-10-14T08:13:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-14T08:13:52.000Z
- Description: Eight weeks of live online strategic leadership for senior leaders. Tuesdays from 9 February, 10am to 1pm NZ time. Enrolments close 24 January.
- Author: Alicia McKay
- Tags: #event, Events

Not An MBA is an eight-week live online leadership course for experienced leaders in New Zealand and Australia who work in complex, changing systems - and it's back for two cohorts in 2027\. 

Not An MBA is for experienced leaders, usually 15+ years in, who are frustrated by slow progress in difficult systems and sense a more strategic approach would help. Students come from government, councils, health, banking, tech, construction and not-for-profits, and they learn as much from each other as from the curriculum.

Students learn strategic frameworks, build decision-making skills, and take their careers to the next level. 

## How it works

Every Tuesday for eight weeks, we meet on Zoom for a three-hour learning sprint. Between sprints you watch a short video module, read a chapter of *You Don't Need An MBA*, and complete a practical assignment applied to your life and work. It takes five to eight hours a week, about half of it in work time, with no travel and no days out of the office.

## What you learn

The Not An MBA curriculum teaches the five skills of strategic leadership outlined in *You Don't Need An MBA: Leadership Lessons that Cut Through the Crap.*

**By the end of the programme, students:**

- Respond more confidently to change and uncertainty.
- Set firmer boundaries around their time and energy.
- Make better, smarter decisions.
- Tackle systemic issues in their organisations.
- Build deeper, more trusting relationships.
- Lead more authentically and with greater passion.

## The details

- **Dates:** Tuesdays from 9 February to 6 April 2027\. No sprint on 30 March (Easter).
- **Time:** 10am to 1pm NZ time (8 to 11am in Sydney and Melbourne)
- **Cohort size:** up to 35 people
- **Price:** NZ$5,999 per person, plus GST for NZ enrolments. We invoice your organisation and work with purchase orders.
- **Enrolments close:** 24 January, or earlier if the cohort fills

[Enrol for February 2027](https://www.notanmba.com/enrol?ref=aliciamckay.co.nz)

Need a yes from your manager first? [Download the 2027 syllabus](https://www.notanmba.com/syllabus?ref=aliciamckay.co.nz) or grab the [PD request email template](https://www.notanmba.com/for-managers?ref=aliciamckay.co.nz).

If February doesn't suit, the [August 2027 cohort](https://www.aliciamckay.co.nz/not-an-mba-august-2027/) runs from 3 August.