We Believe Great Ideas Shouldn’t Fail Because of Complex Jargon.
We started The MBA Toolkit with a simple belief: the powerful tools of business and management shouldn’t be locked away in expensive textbooks or complicated academic papers. They belong in the hands of founders, team leaders, public sector professionals, and ambitious individuals everywhere.
Our mission is to democratise business knowledge. We translate the tried-and-tested frameworks taught in top MBA programmes into simple, actionable steps you can use today to solve real-world problems.
Our Core Philosophy
We’ve built this entire toolkit on a foundation of clear promises to you.
Our Belief: Business knowledge is often made deliberately complex.
Our Promise: We break down every concept into bite-sized, easy-to-digest steps. No jargon, just results.
Our Belief: Theory without practical application is useless.
Our Promise: Every tool comes with practical examples that bring it to life, ensuring you can apply it effectively in your work immediately.
Our Belief: You’re busy. Your time is your most valuable asset.
Our Promise: We save you time by delivering concise, actionable insights, so you can stop searching and start doing.
Meet the Founders
We’re the minds behind The MBA Toolkit, two professionals with decades of real-world experience and a shared passion for empowering others through practical knowledge.
Glenn Carlin, MBA
Sheffield Hallam University Business School
With an MBA and 20 years of experience in Health and Social Care, Glenn is driven by a profound commitment to making a positive impact. He is passionate about leveraging proven business frameworks to empower others to achieve success. Glenn’s approach is focused on practicality, ensuring that knowledge is not only insightful but immediately implementable.
Tom Wilkins, MBA
The Open University Business School
Tom believes in making a difference for the many, not the few. After a 22-year career as a physiotherapist and healthcare manager, he has dedicated himself to coaching and developing others. He understands the real-world challenges of balancing work, family, and personal ambition, and wants to share the skills and knowledge he’s gained to help others succeed.
Why We Started The MBA Toolkit
Throughout our careers in healthcare, we saw brilliant, passionate people—clinicians, managers, and support staff—working tirelessly to make a difference. But we also saw them struggle with the same challenges that face every business: managing teams, planning strategies, and prioritising tasks with limited resources.
The tools to solve these problems existed, but they were wrapped in the language of the MBA classroom.
We constantly asked ourselves: “What if everyone had access to the same strategic tools taught in business school, but in a way that was simple, practical, and free?”
The MBA Toolkit is our answer.
This isn’t just a collection of theories for us. It’s the toolkit we wish we’d had. Now, we’re sharing it with you.
Ready to build your own toolkit?
Enough about us. It’s time to equip yourself with the knowledge you need to succeed.