MBA Insider

In this episode, we explore the opportunities that come with MBA rotational programs. This episode features Jack Brynes (UNC Kenan-Flagler) Cindy Zheng (Wharton) and Adam Tomasiello (UNC-Kenan-Flagler) three MBA graduates who pursued MBA rotational programs after graduating from business school. During this episode, we’ll unpack what a rotational program is, some of the benefits of rotational prog...

In this episode, Al shares four specific actions that all professionals can take in order to grow their career today.

Jess Stokes is an MBA Graduate from the Wharton School of Business. Prior to going to Wharton, Jess was a teacher, and decided to get an MBA to broaden her business knowledge and find opportunities to learn and grow.  During our conversation, Jess spoke about her decision to attend business school and how she took a non-linear approach to learning, experimentation, and growth while an MBA student....

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Kathy Oneto is a UC-Berkeley-Haas MBA Graduate, and the Principal Strategist at the Agency Oneto. She is also the host of the Sustainable Ambition Podcast. After starting her career in advertising, Kathy decided to pursue an MBA to continue learning and growing and finding other opportunities to explore new paths and explore more opportunities. During our conversation, Kathy spoke about how after...

In this episode, Al walks through 5 key lessons about work and careers that nobody ever teaches you. Al’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itsaldea/

One of the most common career related questions we get is around how to get promoted at work. This episode walks through some suggestions for how to both strategically and tactically get promoted in your workplace Links https://alsnewsletter.substack.com/p/new-year-new-promotion   https://www.fastcompany.com/90832084/how-get-noticed-promoted-working-remotely

Betty Tran is a MBA Candidate in the Class of 2024 at the Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business. After starting her career working in tech and startups, Betty decided to pursue an MBA at Tuck to further her business acumen and explore other career opportunities.  During our conversation, Betty shared how she landed at Tuck, why she chose it, and how she has used her time at Tuck to advance in...

Taylor Clark is an MBA Graduate from the Class of 2023 at Harvard Business School.  Since her childhood, Taylor has always pursued opportunities to lead, and during our conversation, Taylor spoke about her desire to use her time in business school at HBS to continue to build her leadership skills, and how her time at HBS has helped her transform her thinking about her career and her leadership abi...

Are you looking to advance in your career? Trying to build relationships or advance towards a career goal? Here are five practical tips for standing out so you can build better relationships and find more ways to grow your career Links:  https://al-dea.medium.com/10-ways-to-stand-out-in-the-workplace-be95efc65c88  

In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Rebecca Mallen Churchill and Elvis Diaz about the MBA program at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.  Consistently ranked as a top MBA program in the United States, W. P. Carey offers MBA students the benefits of a community-driven MBA program with the scale and opportunities of the broader Arizona State University b...

Britt Hunter is an MBA Graduate from the Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management. Prior to pursuing her MBA at Owen, Britt worked in education and now currently works in HR at Microsoft. During our conversation, Britt spoke about her pre-MBA work in education, and how her students motivated her to apply for an MBA. She also shared some of the reasons why she chose to attend Owen,...

Lindsay Sage is a former MBA Admissions Director at NYU Stern, as well as the Founder of Sage Admit, and an MBA Admissions Consultant. To kick off this fall’s MBA application season, we asked Lindsay to come on the podcast to talk through some of the things she is seeing through her conversations with MBA programs and MBA applicants. During our conversation, we spoke about some observations and le...

Editor's Note. This is a replay of a Top Performing Episode from 2021: After serving in the military, Katherine Rowe (UT-McCombs, ‘20) chose to get an MBA to pursue a new career, and landed at UT-McCombs. Throughout her time at McCombs, Katherine not only took advantage of the resources and opportunities to expand skills, but also built meaningful relationships that led to growth and developme...

Newton Cheng is a Director of Health and Performance at Google and a UC-Berkeley Haas MBA Alumni. After graduating from Haas, Newton entered his post-MBA career at Google where he has worked for more than 15 years. Along the way, he’s been able to learn and grow in order to pursue being a high-performing employee while also prioritizing the many other important roles in his life, as husband, paren...

Note: This is a replay episode of one our most popular episodes from 2022: 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. Durin...

Editor's Note. This is a replay of a Top Performing Episode from 2021: 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-MB...

David Bradford is a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford GSB, a Co-Instructor of the Popular GSB Class, Interpersonal Dynamics, and the Co-Author of the book Connect :Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends and Colleagues. David has taught the “touchy feely” course at Stanford for decades, and has a longtime experience in teaching and coaching MBAs on some of the most critical skills ne...

This is the 200th episode of MBA Insider! Thank you to all the listeners and supporters who have been a part of the MBA Insider journey. In this solo episode, Al walks through the history of starting the MBA Insider podcast, as well as sharing how he has evolved and changed since the podcast began in March of 2020. Finally, Al shares some of the lessons he’s learned from producing 200 episodes. Li...

Note :  This is a crossover episode from The Edge of Work Podcast. If you like this episode, make sure to check out The Edge of Work  Simone Stolzoff is the Author of The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work . Through his diverse experiences in advertising, tech, journalism, and design, Simone has developed a unique understanding of the evolving world of work.  In his book, " The Good E...

Note : This is a crossover episode from The Edge of Work Podcast. If you like this episode, make sure to check out The Edge of Work Christina Wallace is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, an HBS Graduate, entrepreneur and author. In her most recent book, The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger Than Your Business Card, Christina makes t...

This episode is hosted by MBA Insider Friend and former guest, Jodi Innerfield. In this episode, Jodi interviews Rebecca Offesend, a Columbia Business School MBA Graduate. Rebecca was able to use her time at CBS and in business school to transition into the finance and banking sector, before finding a home working in Venture Capital.  During this conversation, Rebecca spoke about her journey to pu...

Elissa Sangster is the CEO of the Forté Foundation, an organization that is dedicated to changing the power balance in the workplace. Through various programs, partnerships and resources, Forté plays a critical role in identifying and developing women leaders by supporting them in their time in business school and as MBA graduates and leaders in their chosen fields.  During our conversation, Eliss...

DJ DiDonna is an Entrepreneurship Professor at HBS as well as the Founder of the Sabbatical Project. After pursuing an entrepreneurial path after graduating from an HBS, DJ decided to take a sabbatical before figuring out his next move, and enjoyed it so much that he decided to start studying sabbaticals. Through his career, DJ has interviewed hundreds of others who have taken sabbaticals and cont...

After publishing MBA Insider: How to Make The Most of Your MBA Experience, I found that one of the most popular chapters in the book was the final chapter, Life After Business School . Even for aspiring students, many people were curious to learn how an MBA could change and accelerate the lives and careers of the students who participated in the MBA experience. To date, some of the top performing...