by Gregory Heller | Jan 5, 2020 | Episodes
On this episode I speak with Prof. Andy Hafenbrack about his research on mindfulness and his own experience with mindfulness practice. We also talk about stress, rumination, self-compassion and other related topics. Andy’s research has found that contrary to...
by Gregory Heller | Nov 27, 2019 | Episodes
A conversation with Foster School of Business, Evening MBA Class of 2019 graduates Joel Graves and Dan Charbonneau about their experience competing in — and winning — the 2019 ACG Cup Case Competition. Learn more about the ACG Cup at...
by Gregory Heller | Nov 10, 2019 | Episodes
Foster MBA Career Coach Elaine Newtson and I have a quick discussion about strategic approaches to crafting behavior interview answers. Check out this...
by Gregory Heller | Nov 5, 2019 | Episodes
Rob Cottingham has 30 years of experience as a speech writer and speech coach. I’ve known Rob for nearly half that time through our attendance at the same conferences including Web Of Change and NTEN, a conference for the nonprofit sector and have always been...
by Gregory Heller | Oct 14, 2019 | Episodes
Craig Murphy, Foster MBA Class of 2019, shares his experience switching from a career as an engineer in oil and gas services to a full-time role in management consulting with a general management summer internship in manufacturing. Craig talks about how he prepared...
by conversationsoncareers_ufelsl | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’m in the process of building out a new website for the show. In the meantime, you can find all episodes of “Conversations on Careers and Professional Life” on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or listen on Spotify.
by Gregory Heller | Sep 16, 2019 | Episodes
You can learn more about the Foster Technology Club at http://uwfostermbaa.com Shobhit mentioned the blog https://stratechery.com/, the A16Z Newsletter https://a16z.com/tag/newsletters/ and the podcast Planet Money. I plugged the Indicator Podcast by Planet...
by Gregory Heller | Jul 22, 2019 | Episodes
Philip Bozarth Dreher, Foster MBA 2019, pivoted from a career in architecture to career in management consulting. Philip talks about re-contextualizing his past work experience for consulting interviews, preparing for case interviews, Designing Your Life and...
by Gregory Heller | Jul 3, 2019 | Episodes
Asal Mirsalimi, Foster MBA 2019, on how she used the Foster MBA Career Management Office resources, and what she learned about informational interviewing during her time at Foster. Asal conducted dozens of informational interviews (or prototyping conversations as we...
by conversationsoncareers_ufelsl | Jun 20, 2019 | Episodes
Three conversations about national MBA career conferences including National Black MBA Career Expo, Prospanica and National Association of Women MBA’s Career Conference with Foster 2019 MBAs Jamie Young and Johnathan Duong and MBA Career Management’s...