Inside Out, Outside In: An Experiential Pedagogy for Personal Growth In Management Education

The volatility of the current business environment makes it imperative to manage people effectively in the process of achieving organizational goals. Understanding our own and others' behavior helps in developing competencies necessary for effectively managing people which is an essential prerequisite for managerial effectiveness. Competencies that have direct implications for the self and the interpersonal context are essentially relational at their core. Thus, an experiential pedagogy is justified for optimal learning outcomes. The article explores how an experiential Personal Growth Lab a core curriculum at the onset of the MBA journey, raises students’ self-awareness, develop their ability to understand others and grasp the key aspects of group dynamics by using a mix of experiential and task-based creative pedagogical and logistical approaches.