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| #242: The Importance of Intentional Career Growth | 29 Jul 2024 | 00:11:12 | |
Note: This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes Career development doesn’t happen by accident. It happens through intentional actions and practices. In this episode, we talk about what intentional career growth is, and practical actions you can take to start growing your career today. | |||
| #241: 3 Habits to Advancing Your Career Today | 22 Jul 2024 | 00:10:37 | |
Note: This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes In this episode, I share three of my favorite habits that I regularly practice in order to manage my career. | |||
| #232: How MBAs Can Overcome Imposter Syndrome | 20 May 2024 | 00:38:02 | |
Note: This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes Dr Lisa Orbe-Austin is an Executive Coach and Psychologist, as well as the author of Own Your Greatness: Overcome Impostor Syndrome, Beat Self-Doubt, and Succeed in Life. As someone who is an expert in imposter syndrome, Lisa shared her journey to studying imposter syndrome, the foundations of imposter syndrome, and why it impacts high-achievers and career strivers like MBA students. She also provided tactical advice, based on her research and clinical work on how MBA students can overcome imposter syndrome and achieve their goals.
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| #142: Leadership and Career Lessons with David Siegel | 07 Mar 2022 | 00:50:28 | |
David Siegel is the CEO of Meetup, the Author of Decide and Conquer, and well as a Wharton MBA Graduate. After a number of executive roles at companies including 1-800 Flowers, Investopedia and Seeking Alpha, David got his first CEO job as the CEO of Meetup in November of 2019. During our conversation David spoke about his career journey, leadership lessons and some of the more memorable moments of his journey and decision making that he had to make while leading Meetup through it’s journey during a global pandemic and the challenges it faced along the way. David also spoke about some of the memorable moments from his journey at Meetup, his experiences dealing with leaders like Adam Newman (Former WeWork CEO and Founder) and the importance of relationships and communities in the future of work. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Links: | |||
| #141: Lessons and Learnings on Leadership, Management and Career Growth from the Army, Business School and Beyond | 02 Mar 2022 | 00:33:10 | |
This episode features guest Host and Friend of the MBA Insider Podcast, Jodi Innerfield. In this episode, Jodi spoke to her fellow Michigan Ross MBA Alumni classmate Ryan Bouchard. Prior to attending Ross, Ryan spent almost five years in the United States Army before getting an MBA from the University of Michigan. During the conversation, Jodi spoke to Ryan about his experience in the U.S. Army and his motivations for going to get an MBA. Ryan also spoke to Jodi about his career transitions he’s made so far, how he’s looked for opportunities to take on leadership experiences in his roles after graduating from business school, and additional insights and learnings from Jodi and Ryan on leadership and management that they’ve both learned through their post-MBA careers. Listen today on Apple Podcasts or Spotify | |||
| #140: Experiential Learning and Career Growth: The Role of Experiential Learning Programs at UNC Kenan-Flagler | 27 Feb 2022 | 00:39:42 | |
Experiential learning opportunities facilitate hands-on skills application and growth for MBA students, while setting them up for new career opportunities. To talk about how experiential learning facilitates development and growth, we spoke with two UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA students, Jeryon Davis and Olivia Koziol, as well as Karin Cochran, Executive Director of the STAR Program at UNC Kenan-Flagler. During our conversation, Jeryon and Olivia, MBA students who participated in the STAR Program, spoke about how experiential learning helped them expand their knowledge and skillsets in the short term, while also giving them the confidence and capability to make major career transitions into new functions and industries. Karin also spoke about the value of experiential learning programs like STAR. Having worked with hundreds of students and countless employers who have hired UNC MBAs, she discusses how programs like STAR prepare MBA students to navigate the complexities of the fast-changing world of work. Links | |||
| #139: How to Navigate MBA Internship Recruiting | 21 Feb 2022 | 00:15:52 | |
Right now, many MBA students are in the thick of internship interview season, navigating preparing for interviews, finding opportunities and building relationships with hiring managers and recruiters all while managing all the other academic components of business school is no easy task! In this episode, Al Dea, walks through some common challenges that MBA students face during internship recruiting season, and provides some tips and best practices for staying on course and focusing on your own personal goals. Listen Today on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Links | |||
| #138: The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd | 14 Feb 2022 | 00:51:11 | |
Paul Millerd is an MIT Sloan MBA Graduate, and the Author of the Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story for Life and Work. Like many hard-working and driven college graduates, Paul entered the corporate world after college ready to work hard, achieve success and climb the corporate ladder. But through a series of events before and after business school, Paul ended up taking an alternative path, and evolving his views on life and work. Much of which is written about in his book The Pathless Path as well as his newsletter, Boundless. During our conversation, Paul spoke about his career journey after graduating from MIT Sloan and with an MBA, and what ultimately led him to leaving his corporate career for a path of exploration, as well as the many learnings, lessons, and experiences Paul got along the way. We also spoke about his book, and the applications and insights that can be relevant to those who are reflecting on their career aspirations. Listen today on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Additional Links | |||
| #137: Leadership, Learning and Executive Coaching with Sounding Board CEO Christine Tao | 07 Feb 2022 | 00:38:52 | |
Christine Tao is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sounding Board, a leadership coaching platform focused on providing leadership and executive coaching to companies in a scalable way. After graduating with an MBA from Wharton in Marketing and Operations, Christine began her own journey in the startup and media world, with stints at growth-stage companies. Through these experiences, Christine learned about leadership and executive coaching, and witnessed the power of it herself, and as a result, was able to navigate many different challenges and opportunities throughout her career. During our conversation Christine spoke about her journey and learnings from her experiences in the workplace and in her career. She also shared her lessons of leadership, why she Co-Founded Sounding Board, and why she believes in the power of leadership coaching. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Links | |||
| #136: Building a Business while pursuing an MBA from Wharton | 01 Feb 2022 | 00:24:29 | |
Breanna Atkinson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kokada, whose mission is to create good-tasting and healthy food with ingredients from around the world. After her undergraduate career, she spent some time in consulting. She was inspired to pursue her MBA early on, and applied to Wharton while launching her first company. Another large influence has been in her time as an athlete, playing as a student athlete at Duke, and then going on to be a member of the Jamaican national women’s volleyball team. In this conversation, we discuss her journey as a student-athlete, developing her pitch, the value of an MBA for an entrepreneur, and the challenges of starting your own business. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Links | |||
| #135: Jake Singer, Swapstack, and New Forms of Education and Learning | 24 Jan 2022 | 00:38:10 | |
Jake Singer is the Co-Founder of Swapstack, and an NYU Stern MBA Alum. Prior to Co-Founding Swapstack, Jake spent his post-MBA career at Amazon, and after a few years left to pursue new career opportunities. During his exploration, Jake started a number of side projects, including his newsletter (The Flywheel) while also participating in On Deck, a Learning Cohort and Online community that connected him with fellow entrepreneurs and founders, which was a catalyst to Co-Founding Swapstack. During our conversation, Jake spoke about his post-MBA journey, founding Swapstack and some of the comparisons and differences between his learning experience with Swapstack and his MBA experience. We also spoke about some of the benefits of cohort learning experiences, and some of the valuable aspects of new forms of professional development in programs like On Deck. Listen today on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Links | |||
| #134: Alex Brandwein and Brandwein’s Bagels | 17 Jan 2022 | 00:31:53 | |
Alex Brandwein (UNC Kenan-Flagler, ‘20) is a UNC Kenan-Flagler Graduate and the Founder of Brandwein’s Bagels, a bagel shop located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. After working in the Investment Banking industry to start his career, Alex came to business school with a desire to pivot into a new career. Through reflection and exploration and the use of the many entrepreneurship resources at UNC Kenan-Flagler, Alex decided to open a bagel shop, right in the heart of Chapel Hill during the spring of 2020. During this conversation, Alex spoke about his journey to business school, and how he came up with the idea for Brandwein’s Bagels and how he used his time at UNC Kenan-Flagler to build his business. Listen today on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Links | |||
| #133: Tackling Employee Burnout, and Building a Company in Business School | 10 Jan 2022 | 00:43:48 | |
Yannell Selman is a UC Berkeley Haas MBA Graduate and the Founder of Cultiveit, an online wellness platform that human resources departments use to recommend “high-quality time-off” experiences to treat worker burnout. Selman built the company partially based on her own experiences with burnout in her career, and during her time in business school used many of the entrepreneurship programs and offerings at Haas to develop, test and scale her product and organization. During this conversation, Selman spoke about her journey to Haas, how her MBA helped her build Cultivate. She also talked about some of the progress Cultiveit has made to date in working with companies to address burnout, and her future aspirations for what’s ahead for the company. Listen today on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Links: | |||
| #231: The Unspoken Rules to Career Success | 13 May 2024 | 00:53:41 | |
Note: This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes Gorick Ng is a HBS Alum and the Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Start Your Career Off Right,. The Unspoken Rules is now offered at multinationals, professional services firms, startups, and non-profits around the world for onboarding, training, and diversity and inclusion. In 2021, Harvard Business School offered The Unspoken Rules to every MBA student. Gorick has been thinking about careers and jobs since he started helping his mother prepare her resume and apply to jobs when he was only a teenager. Since then, he’s gone on to help countless numbers of students and young professionals navigate their careers, and built his own career first as a management consultant and now as a career development expert. During our conversation, Gorick spoke about his learnings about careers over the years, some of the challenging events in his career that led to the ideas for his book “The Unspoken Rules’ ‘ and a wide-ranging conversation around career development advice for MBA students and Alum. Links: | |||
| #132: What’s the ROI of an MBA Education? | 05 Jan 2022 | 00:26:59 | |
One of the questions that is top of mind for any professional who is considering an MBA is around value - what is the ROI of an MBA degree, and is it worth it for me? In this solo episode, Al talks about how an MBA is one of many potential accelerants for career growth and learning, and why someone might value an MBA degree. He walks through key questions around figuring out if an MBA is worth it to you, the common reasons why people see value in an MBA, some alternatives to MBA degrees, and how to figure out if an MBA is the right path for your own career learning and growth. Listen today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Links: | |||
| #131: The Story of MBASchooled | 13 Dec 2021 | 00:36:17 | |
This week, we’re flipping the format on the MBA Insider Podcast, with the help of a former guest and friend Eryn Schultz, and putting Al Dea (MBA Insider Host) in the guest chair. In this episode, Eryn, a fellow entrepreneur, talks to Al about his own entrepreneurial journey with building MBASchooled. Al spoke about his motivation for creating MBASchooled, why he recently left his corporate career at Salesforce to focus on his entrepreneurial journey, and what’s next for MBASchooled.
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| #130: Introducing VC Unleashed | 06 Dec 2021 | 00:26:53 | |
In this episode, we spoke to Tanvi Lal (UC Berkeley Haas, ‘22) and Faud Lagali (UCLA Anderson, ‘23) 2 Members of the Founding team of VC Unleashed, a global community of BIPOC and women MBA investors. VC Unleashed was Founded by Michelle Dhansinghani (CBS, ‘22) as a means to improve pathways to the Venture Capital Industry for BIPOC and women investors. During our conversation, Tanvi and Faud spoke about their interest in the VC industry, why they were motivated to participate in building VC Unleashed, and about the current efforts and future aspirations of VC Unleashed. Listen Today on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Links | |||
| #129: The Peachtree Minority Venture Fund and Investing in Underrepresented Founders | 29 Nov 2021 | 00:18:52 | |
Alan Quigley and Chris Anen are Founding Members of the Peachtree Minority Venture Fund, a Venture Capital Fund they helped create that is affiliated with Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. During our conversation, Allen and Chris spoke about the ideation process for coming up with the idea for the fund, the actual process of building and launching the fund, and why they are looking to invest in underrepresented founders and entrepreneurs. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Links | |||
| #128: Breaking into Product Management with Felix Watson Jr | 15 Nov 2021 | 00:27:29 | |
Felix Watson Junior is a UCLA Anderson Alumni, and the Founder of the PM Mastermind Group. After starting his career as an engineer, Felix pursued an MBA to pivot into a career in product management, and has done PM stints at Microsoft and Google. Now, Felix helps educate current and aspiring Product Managers through his PM Mastermind Group. During our conversation, Felix spoke about his journey into Product Management, and his advice to aspiring Product Managers. Listen today on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Additional Links | |||
| #127: The Role of Allyship and Intersectionality in Creating Diverse and Inclusive MBA Experiences | 08 Nov 2021 | 00:32:50 | |
In this episode, we spoke to TJ Scott and Kelsie Carter, two MBA students in the Class of 2022 in UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Full-Time MBA program. TJ and Kelsie both come from different backgrounds and experiences, but are both advocates of allyship and honoring the intersectionality of whole human beings. TJ and Kelsie spoke about their own unique journeys to UNC Kenan-Flagler, why they chose to get an MBA degree, and how the role of allyship and intersectionality play in creating a diverse and inclusive environment that allows all people to thrive. They also took time to define and share what these words mean to them, and spoke about how as student leaders, they are cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture for their classmates and peers at UNC Kenan-Flagler. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Links | |||
| #126: Investing in Female Entrepreneurs with Elizabeth Davis | 01 Nov 2021 | 00:32:29 | |
Elizabeth Davis (Tuck, ‘20) is a Tuck MBA Alum and Investor at Anthemis. In her role at Anthemis, Elizabeth works closely with the Female Innovators Lab, a Venture Fund and Studio dedicated to helping female entrepreneurs start and scale businesses in the financial services ecosystem. During our conversation, we spoke about Elizabeth’s career journey to, some of the experiences behind how she found her interest in the intersection of female entrepreneurialism and financial services, and her motivation for working to empower female entrepreneurs through venture capital. Listen today on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Links | |||
| #125: The Future of MBA Education with Andrew Crisp | 26 Oct 2021 | 00:29:35 | |
Andrew Crisp is the Owner of Carrington Crisp, and works with top business schools around the world. He is also the Author of a recently whitepaper titled “The Future of Lifelong and Executive Education,” where he conducted research on prospective MBA students, employers and hiring managers to better understand how higher education needs to evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of professionals. During our conversation, Andrew shared some of the insights he found in his report and what those insights mean for students, alum, employers and MBA administrators. He also spoke about what the future of MBA education could look like in the future. Links: | |||
| #124: Breaking into Product Management and How to Make an Internal Career Transition In Your Company | 24 Oct 2021 | 00:37:58 | |
Shyvee Shi is a Kellogg MBA Alum and Product Manager at LinkedIn. During our conversation, Shyvee spoke about her journey to Kellogg, and her post-MBA career, both as a management consultant and now product manager. She also gave a detailed look into the transitions that she’s made, first from consultant to product manager, and then making another internal transfer to another product management team. She also shared more about her recent experiments with producing content on LinkedIn, and some of her learnings from this experience. | |||
| #123: Her Personal Finance with Eryn Schultz | 17 Oct 2021 | 00:28:12 | |
Eryn Schultz is an HBS Alumna, and the Founder of Her Personal Finance, an online education platform focused on personal finance for women. Eryn started Her Personal Finance as a means to help other women learn the personal finance skills they needed to achieve their own goals, as well as from her own personal experiences with finance in her personal life and professional career. During our conversation, Eryn spoke about her career journey, what inspired her to start Her Personal Finance, and the common questions and topics that come up in the courses and coaching she does through Her Personal Finance, especially with MBA students and alum. She also shared with us her journey to entrepreneurship, and her experience with building her own business. | |||
| #230: Breaking into Product Management with Felix Watson Jr | 06 May 2024 | 00:27:29 | |
Note: This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes Felix Watson Junior is a UCLA Anderson Alumni, and the Founder of the PM Mastermind Group. After starting his career as an engineer, Felix pursued an MBA to pivot into a career in product management, and has done PM stints at Microsoft and Google. Now, Felix helps educate current and aspiring Product Managers through his PM Mastermind Group. During our conversation, Felix spoke about his journey into Product Management, and his advice to aspiring Product Managers. Additional Links | |||
| #122: Own Your Career Own Your Life with Andy Storch | 11 Oct 2021 | 00:45:27 | |
Andy Storch is a USC Marshall MBA Alum, an author, podcast host, and keynote speaker. He is also the author of Own Your Career, Own Your Life, a book he wrote about how you can take ownership of your career to achieve your own personal goals. Throughout Andy’s life, he has taken control of his career by following his curiosity, staying open to learning, and by proactively setting and working toward his own version of success. During our conversation, Andy spoke about his career, how his time in business school helped him further his career, and his journey to writing and publishing his book. Links: | |||
| #121: NYU Stern MBA Admissions with Lisa Rios | 03 Oct 2021 | 00:24:25 | |
Lisa Rios is the Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions at NYU Stern. This past month, NYU Stern’s Full-Time MBA program announced that they received an 8% increase in applications and welcomed 338 full-time MBA students into the class of 2023. During our conversation, Lisa spoke about some of the highlights from last year’s MBA application cycle at NYU Stern and some of her reflections and learnings on the application cycle. She also shared more of what’s new at NYU Stern, what she is excited about for this year’s MBA application cycle, and why a full-time MBA is great career development opportunity for early and emerging career professionals. | |||
| #120: The Equity Network with Kristina Hu | 26 Sep 2021 | 00:26:41 | |
Kristina Hu is a MBA Student at Harvard Business School (2022) and the Co-Founder of the Equity Network, a social enterprise she is working on while a student at HBS. After doing stints in Investment Banking and Product Management, Kristina is building a social enterprise aimed at democratizing access to professional networks for underserved and underrepresented populations to help them achieve their career goals. During our conversation, Kristina spoke about her journey to HBS, why she and her Co-Founders came up with the idea of the Equity Network, and how they are working on their social enterprise while students at HBS. Links | |||
| #119: The Unspoken Rules to Career Success | 19 Sep 2021 | 00:53:41 | |
Gorick Ng is a HBS Alum and the Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Start Your Career Off Right,. The Unspoken Rules is now offered at multinationals, professional services firms, startups, and non-profits around the world for onboarding, training, and diversity and inclusion. In 2021, Harvard Business School offered The Unspoken Rules to every MBA student. Gorick has been thinking about careers and jobs since he started helping his mother prepare her resume and apply to jobs when he was only a teenager. Since then, he’s gone on to help countless numbers of students and young professionals navigate their careers, and built his own career first as a management consultant and now as a career development expert. During our conversation, Gorick spoke about his learnings about careers over the years, some of the challenging events in his career that led to the ideas for his book “The Unspoken Rules' ' and a wide-ranging conversation around career development advice for MBA students and Alum. Links: | |||
| #118: Piedmont Pennies with Becca Jordan Wright | 12 Sep 2021 | 00:31:33 | |
Becca Jordan Wright is the Founder of Piedmont Pennies, and a UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School MBA Alum. Becca focused most of her first year in business school finding a new career path after a stint in management consulting, but during the second year, she decided to pursue her entrepreneurial itch and founded Piedmont Pennies, a North Carolina’s handcrafted cheese snack. During our conversation, we spoke to Becca about her journey to pursuing an MBA, why she chose UNC Kenan-Flagler, and how she decided to take a favorite recipe from her childhood and turn it into an entrepreneurial venture. Use the Code “MBASchooled” for a discount at PiedmontPennies.com | |||
| #117: 2021-2022 MBA Application Season with Lindsay Sage | 06 Sep 2021 | 00:28:13 | |
Lindsay Sage is the CEO and Founder of Sage Admit, an MBA Admissions Consulting Firm where she specializes in helping MBA applicants navigate the MBA admissions process. After previously working on the MBA Admissions Staff at NYU Stern, Lindsay has seen MBA applications from diverse perspectives. During our conversation, we spoke about what’s new with the MBA admissions cycle for 2021-2022, some of the common challenges that MBA applicants face, and what MBA applicants can do to make sure they overcome these challenges to successfully navigate the MBA admissions process. Links | |||
| #116: Pursuing a Path to Entrepreneurship and Startups at UCLA Anderson | 29 Aug 2021 | 00:26:20 | |
Michael Vilardo (UCLA Anderson, ‘21) is a UCLA Anderson Alumni, and Co-Founder of Emile. During his time at Anderson, Michael used every opportunity to explore opportunities within entrepreneurship before finding the opportunity to join Emile as a Co-Founder and COO. During our conversation, Michael spoke about his journey to UCLA Anderson, his time in business school, and how he used the programs and resources at UCLA Anderson to pursue his desire to strengthen his entrepreneurial skills. | |||
| #115: Priscilla Weninger: A Voice For First-Generation College Students and Young Professionals | 23 Aug 2021 | 00:33:09 | |
Priscilla Weninger is a graduate from the Texas McCombs MBA program, a management consultant, and the Founder and Host of the Early Career Moves Podcast. Priscilla started her podcast because she wanted to use her learnings, resources and voice to help and guide first-generation students and BIPOC young professionals to help them build and grow their careers. During our conversation Priscilla spoke about her journey to an MBA, her time at Texas McCombs, and what she’s learned from hosting her podcast. | |||
| #114: Applying Mindfulness to the MBA Application Process with Shannon Demko | 15 Aug 2021 | 00:42:38 | |
Shannon Reinard Demko is a Director & Senior Coach at Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) as well as the Founder at MindfulMBA. As someone who has coached and advised numerous MBA aspirants and applications, Shannon has seen all the highs and lows that applicants and students encounter. From the dreaded rejection to getting off the waitlist to navigating the difficulties of the first semester, Shannon uniquely understands the ups and downs of MBA students and applicants. Additionally, Shannon is Founder of the MindfulMBA, where she uses her knowledge of these challenges to help students and alum manage the challenges of the MBA lifestyle with mindfulness, stress management and introspection. During our conversation, Shannon spoke about her own journey and background, why she started MindfulMBA, how Mindfulness can help MBAs at every stage of their journey, and her advice to using mindfulness to navigate everyday life. | |||
| #113: How MBAs Can Break Into Product Management | 08 Aug 2021 | 00:34:02 | |
Diego Granados is a Fuqua MBA Alum, Product Manager at Microsoft, and is passionate about helping people transition and succeed in Product Management Careers. As someone who worked hard to break into Product Management during his MBA, Diego found himself asking how he could help others break into the field during the beginning stages of COVID-19, and began writing, posting, teaching, and speaking about his experience, learnings and advice about how to break into Product Management. During our conversation, Diego spoke about his journey to Product Management, and his tips for aspiring MBA Product Managers. Links: | |||
| #229: Building a Business while pursuing an MBA from Wharton | 29 Apr 2024 | 00:24:29 | |
Note: This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes Breanna Atkinson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kokada, whose mission is to create good-tasting and healthy food with ingredients from around the world. After her undergraduate career, she spent some time in consulting. She was inspired to pursue her MBA early on, and applied to Wharton while launching her first company. Another large influence has been in her time as an athlete, playing as a student athlete at Duke, and then going on to be a member of the Jamaican national women’s volleyball team. In this conversation, we discuss her journey as a student-athlete, developing her pitch, the value of an MBA for an entrepreneur, and the challenges of starting your own business. Links | |||
| #112: Career Development For MBAs with Derek Pando | 01 Aug 2021 | 00:48:00 | |
Derek Pando is a BYU MBA Alum, and has done tours of duty in marketing roles at companies like Salesforce, LinkedIn, and most recently, Zoom. Along the way, Derek has always been thoughtful about making career decisions and has had a genuine curiosity in career development and growing a career. During our conversation, Derek spoke about his career journey, lessons he’s learned from each experience and how he has made transitions, and his advice to MBA and aspiring MBAs about how to build a successful career. Links: | |||
| #111: Career Strategy, Learning, and The Changing World of Work | 25 Jul 2021 | 00:46:25 | |
Nick deWilde has spent his career working in talent development. After graduating from Stanford GSB, Nick served as the Managing Director of Tradecraft, where he helped hundreds of talented people navigate career transitions into design and marketing roles at high-growth startups. He currently serves as a Product Marketing Principal at Guild Education and publishes a newsletter called The Jungle Gym. He writes about career strategy, learning and the changing nature of work. Links:
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| #110: Ryan Price and MBA Secrets | 18 Jul 2021 | 00:19:47 | |
Ryan Price is a MBA Student at the BYU School of Management (Class of 2023.) Prior to BYU, Ryan worked as an entrepreneur, which fueled his decision to pursue an MBA at BYU. Ryan is also the Host and Founder of the MBA Secrets podcast, and during our conversation, Ryan spoke about his decision to pursue an MBA, the highs and lows of his MBA application journey, and what he’s learned from creating the MBA Secrets Podcast. | |||
| #109: Life After Business School with Kerry Rigley (UNC Kenan-Flagler) | 25 May 2021 | 00:48:27 | |
After graduating from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School with her MBA, Kerry Rigley returned to her career in management consulting, and was able to take much of what she learned in business school to expand into new opportunities in her career. After breaking into serving new clients and new industries, Kerry then pivoted into an internal strategy role in the Travel and Hospitality Industry, and then again to a role within the tech industry. Through the successes and challenges, Kerry has learned valuable lessons along the way which have helped her grow personally and professionally. During our conversation, Kerry spoke about her life after graduating, how she has managed through the highs and lows of her career, as well how she is thinking about her career as an MBA Alum. | |||
| #108: Life After Business School with Jasmine Ako (Yale School of Management) | 23 May 2021 | 00:30:53 | |
After graduating from Yale SOM in 2019, Jasmine Ako moved across the country to return to Los Angeles and began her post-MBA career in management consulting. Throughout her post-MBA journey, Jasmine has been able to use her MBA experience to develop and grow, personally and professionally. During our conversation, Jasmine spoke about her journey to her post-MBA career, her life after business school, and her advice to MBA graduates about how they can be successful in their lives after they graduate from business school. | |||
| #107: Life After Business School with Lucero Perez (Texas McCombs) | 18 May 2021 | 00:30:34 | |
After graduating from the University of Texas-Austin (McCombs) with her MBA, Lucero Perez began her post-MBA journey after graduating from Texas McCombs by transitioning into a career in management consulting, before switching to a career in Tech at an enterprise software company. Along the way, Lucero navigated the post-MBA career and life journey with the support of family and friends, and her own career ambitions. During this conversation, Lucero spoke about her journey to transitioning to life after graduating, some of the highs and lows, and provided her own advice to how to best navigate career and life after graduating from business school. | |||
| #106: Life After Business School | 16 May 2021 | 00:46:52 | |
After graduating with an MBA from the University of Michigan (Ross) Jodi Innerfield moved to San Francisco to start her post-MBA career working in a Product Marketing role at a startup. Since then, she’s moved to larger companies and has built a career at Salesforce and moved back across the country to the East Coast. During our conversation, we spoke about her life after graduating from Ross as well as some of the exciting opportunities and challenges of life after business school. Jodi also spoke about her career journey, how she views her own career development, and her advice to MBA graduates for how to best launch their post-MBA careers. | |||
| #105: Why Haas? | 22 Apr 2021 | 00:34:31 | |
In this episode, we spoke to Austin Lavin, and Elle Wisnicki, two Haas Student Ambassadors and Class of 2022 MBA students at the Haas School of Business. During our conversation, Austin and Elle shared their journey to Haas, their own beliefs in why Haas is a unique place, and what made them choose to pursue an MBA at Haas. As Haas Student Ambassadors, Elle and Austin talk to numerous prospective MBA students, and shared their advice for how prospective and admitted students can choose if Haas is the right MBA program for them. | |||
| #104: Digital Transformation The Future of Work, And What They Mean For MBA Students | 18 Apr 2021 | 00:38:23 | |
In this episode, I spoke to Anh Phillips and Gerald Kane, two experts in the fields of digital transformation and the future of work, and 2 Co-Authors of The Technology Fallacy: How People Are The Real Key To Digital Transformation, and the upcoming book, The Transformation Myth: Leading Your Organization Through Uncertain Times. During our conversation, we spoke about what MBA students need to understand and know about the impact of digital transformation on organizations, people, and careers. We also spoke about the future of work, and the ways in which MBAs can use their time in school to prepare for their future careers. | |||
| #103: How MBAs Can Overcome Imposter Syndrome | 14 Apr 2021 | 00:38:02 | |
Dr Lisa Orbe-Austin is an Executive Coach and Psychologist, as well as the author of Own Your Greatness: Overcome Impostor Syndrome, Beat Self-Doubt, and Succeed in Life. As someone who is an expert in imposter syndrome, Lisa shared her journey to studying imposter syndrome, the foundations of imposter syndrome, and why it impacts high-achievers and career strivers like MBA students. She also provided tactical advice, based on her research and clinical work on how MBA students can overcome imposter syndrome and achieve their goals.
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| #228: How to Navigate MBA Internship Recruiting | 19 Feb 2024 | 00:15:52 | |
Right now, many MBA students are in the thick of internship interview season, navigating preparing for interviews, finding opportunities and building relationships with hiring managers and recruiters all while managing all the other academic components of business school is no easy task! In this episode, Al Dea, walks through some common challenges that MBA students face during internship recruiting season, and provides some tips and best practices for staying on course and focusing on your own personal goals. | |||
| #102: From Tech Recruiter to Rice MBA Student and Entrepreneur | 11 Apr 2021 | 00:24:15 | |
Lizzie Ann Jones is a MBA Student In the Class of 2022 at Rice University. Prior to business school, Lizzie was a Corporate Recruiter at Expedia and Amazon, where she learned the ins and outs of hiring and the job search process. Now, as an MBA student, Lizzie is continuing to broaden her business skillset to grow her own career coaching business while preparing for a transition to a career within product marketing. During our conversation, Lizzie spoke about her previous world as a corporate recruiter, her journey to Rice, and how she is building her own business while an MBA student | |||
| #101: How Forté’s MBA Launch Program is Helping Create More Women Leaders | 05 Apr 2021 | 00:35:16 | |
Ashley Lautzenehiser is an Associate Director at the Forté Foundation, and heads up the Forté MBALaunch program This 10-month program provides a structured road map for applying to business school, including step-by-step application guidance and supportive peer groups. During our conversation, Ashley spoke about Forte’s mission to empower more women leaders, and how the Forté MBALaunch program helps prospective female applicants navigate the MBA application process. | |||
| #100: What MBAs Need to Know About Career Development and the Future of Work | 04 Apr 2021 | 00:48:02 | |
To celebrate the 100th Episode of the MBA Insider Podcast, Daniel Liu, the Managing Director of Career Education & Coaching for the Texas McCombs School of Business joins us to talk about career development for MBAs. As the world of work continues to evolve, Daniel has the task of thinking how he and his teams will equip students with the career development skills they need to succeed in a fast-changing and ever evolving landscape. In this episode, we spoke to Daniel about his own background, the “career development toolkit” MBA students need to continuously thrive in their careers, and what MBA students can do to use their time in business school to prepare for the future of work. | |||