by Gregory Heller | Apr 12, 2021 | Episodes
On this episode I speak with Austin Guyette, Foster MBA 2019. Austin is an investor with Voyager Capital, a Seattle based venture capital firm. We talk about his career journey and how he successfully landed his dream job in venture capital. Austin shared some...
by Gregory Heller | Apr 2, 2021 | Episodes
On this episode, I speak with Professor Warren Boeker, the Douglas Olesen/Battelle Chaired Professor of Management at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. I invited Professor Boeker on the show to talk about innovation and design...
by Gregory Heller | Mar 26, 2021 | Episodes
On this episode, I speak with Rebecca Lovell. Rebecca holds an MBA from Foster, since she graduated her career has included roles with the City of Seattle office of economic development, Geekwire, the Northwest Entrepreneur’s network, and Alliance of Angels. She...
by Gregory Heller | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Excited that Conversations On Careers and Professional Life is now listed on Feedspot’s Top 15 MBA Podcasts. I’m in good company with the HBR Ideacast, the $100 MBA, and the Touch MBA Admissions Podcast among others.
by Gregory Heller | Mar 13, 2021 | Episodes
My guest on this episode is Sam Ushio. Sam and I met through my colleague Elaine Newtson (also a guest on the show, episodes 2.11 Behavioral Interviewing and 4.2 Informational Interviewing) in the pre-Covid times. We connected around the work I’ve done with...
by conversationsoncareers_ufelsl | Feb 9, 2021 | Episodes
Back in 2019, I had the opportunity to attend a two-day Search Inside Yourself training lead by Tony Back and Larissa Benson sponsored by the UW Resilience Lab. It was an amazing opportunity to learn about, and have the lived experience of brining mindfulness...
by Gregory Heller | Jan 7, 2021 | Episodes
This episode is different than most others. I don’t have a guest. So it’s not really a conversation, but it is based on the conversations I’ve had with many students preparing for behavioral job interviews. What follows is pretty close to a...
by Gregory Heller | Dec 18, 2020 | Episodes
On this episode, former journalist and current technology leader Kristin Graham and I talk about tips for improving your business communication in normal times and right now during during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Kristin works at Amazon where, among other things, she...
by Gregory Heller | Dec 8, 2020 | Episodes
My colleague Julie Boden and I took some time to discuss reframing internship application rejection and put it into the broader context of an MBA career plan, and the application and review process. We’ve reached that time of the year where first-year...
by Gregory Heller | Nov 23, 2020 | Episodes
Alexandra Samuel, PhD. joins me for a conversation about strategies and techniques for networking when you can’t actually meet people in person, like right now during this continuing Covid Pandemic. Alex and I actually met in person at a conference over 15...
