Carla Thomas

Carla Thomas, a Customer Service Manager from Shrewsbury, achieved her Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) through the Professional Development by Negotiated Studies course.

“As a working mum of three children, the idea of completing a Master’s sounded like madness, yet this is an exceptional course to undertake in terms of flexibility, meaning I could fit it around work, children and life in general.

It has been both life-enhancing and career-enhancing. Immediately, I began to feel confident in knowing that some of my instinctive leadership practices had names and theories associated with them. Exploring this became a real passion for me, which was an enormous boon to my career from both an advisory perspective and in my own leadership practice.

From a life perspective, the concept of setting this enormous goal and then hitting it was daunting at first, but because the course is modular, this became a series of smaller goals leading towards my completed MBA. The impact on my confidence has been enormous and I feel mentally awake and wanting to learn more.

It was either a Master’s or the piano, and I am glad to say, the Master’s won – although I am now onto my piano lessons and considering studying for a doctorate!”