{"id":661,"date":"2021-11-01T10:30:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T10:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/?p=661"},"modified":"2022-11-07T09:58:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T09:58:07","slug":"olufunmilola-balogun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/2021\/11\/01\/olufunmilola-balogun\/","title":{"rendered":"Olufunmilola Balogun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">MBA 2020, UK<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><strong><em>\u201cBe the leader you want to see.\u201d Susie Ramroop<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I have worked in the pharmaceutical industry, community pharmacy and now in the NHS Community Health Services as the Lead Pharmacist in Medicines Information and Education.<\/p>\n<p>I am passionate about the health and wellbeing of the individual and community. I am passionate about social justice, equality, inclusion, and organisational development. I love to see people thrive to their full potential and to do that in a more meaningful way. I offer coaching in my organisation and on the NHS Coaching and Mentoring Leadership programme.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work, I enjoy cooking, travel, keeping fit and reading.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Achievements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worked at the Mass Vaccination Centres in the pandemic in prevention of Covid19 infections and was part of the team vaccinating over half a million people in Kent and Medway<\/li>\n<li>Initiating and organising the \u2018Living in Our World\u2019 lived experience of Black and Asian Minority Ethnic group Kent Community Health NHS Trust which has led to a perceptible shift in organisation culture in the workplace with positive outcomes<\/li>\n<li>Creating a Coaching Initiative during the Covid19 Pandemic to support colleagues during a challenging time and its disproportionate impact on ethnic minorities which has had phenomenal success<\/li>\n<li>Collaboration with Medway School of Pharmacy to create a joint role for pharmacists in my team to support the development of undergraduate pharmacy students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What attracted you to the Kent MBA programme and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kent Business school is highly ranked globally, and I live and work in Kent, naturally a perfect combination for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What were your motivations for undertaking an MBA?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have always seen myself as a lifelong learner and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/digital-lifelong-learning\/apprenticeships\/employing-an-apprentice\/senior-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kent MBA Senior Leader Apprenticeship Programme<\/a> offered by my organisation was the next step for me. I have always been interested in business management, as I had managed a pharmacy retail business for previous employers and wanted to broaden my horizon and knowledge on business skills. I wanted to develop my knowledge and understanding of the many aspects of organisational culture and leadership and from reviewing the modules offered, I could see how It would help me become a better leader and create my growth opportunities for my career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aspiration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would like the MBA to pave the way to a career in more senior management roles with a particular interest in corporate social responsibility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be authentically you and leverage your strengths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBA 2020, UK \u201cBe the leader you want to see.\u201d Susie Ramroop I have worked in the pharmaceutical industry, community pharmacy and now in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/2021\/11\/01\/olufunmilola-balogun\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74554,"featured_media":662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[244706],"tags":[249099],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74554"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":943,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions\/943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}