MBA Insider

Note: This episode was produced in Collaboration with the Texas McCombs MBA Program. In this episode we spoke with Sarah Davison (McCombs, ‘22) and Craig Perry (McCombs, ‘23.) While Sarah and Craig have unique professional journeys, they came to the decision that an MBA was the right next step in their professional journey, and decided to move to Austin and attend the Texas McCombs MBA Program. Du...

Getting an MBA is an opportunity to achieve a desired career goal, but it’s also a chance to develop your leadership skills and open yourself up to further development and growth. At NYU Stern, leadership development is a critical component of the MBA experience, from the moment a prospective student applies to their program all the way until after they graduate. During this episode, we spoke with...

Jenny Blake is an Author, Entrepreneur, and Podcast Host. After starting her career at Google and helping develop a global career and leadership coaching program, Jenny left Google to pursue a career in solopreneurship and entrepreneurship. Since then, Jenny has written books, spoken on stages in front of thousands of people, and pivoted and iterated through 10+ years of a career as an entrepreneu...

Claire Harbour is an Author of Disrupt Your Career, a  Podcast Host of the Disrupt Your Career Podcast, and Leadership Coach to executives and leaders who are making significant career transitions. During our conversation, Claire talked about how she got into the work of career development and studying the nature of careers. She also talked about some of the common shifts in career development app...

Ann Hiatt is the Author of Bet On Yourself: Recognize, Own and Implement Breakthrough Opportunities, and a CEO Consultant to fast-growing startups and entrepreneurs. After starting her career at Amazon working directly for Jeff Bezos, Ann has also worked for other tech CEOs like Eric Schmidt and Marissa Mayer, where she learned how to create her own opportunities, operate in high-pressure environm...

Ashley Lautezenheiser is the Associate Director of Pre-MBA & Professional Programs at the Forté Foundation. In this episode, Ashley spoke to us about the role that Forté and it’s partners are playing in creating more opportunities for more women to take on leadership roles within business and specifically, the opportunities they are providing to early in career women who may have an interest i...

Lindsay Sage is the Founder of Sage Admit, an MBA Admissions Consulting Firm, and a frequent guest of the MBA Insider Podcast. In this episode, Lindsay and Al covered a critical topic to any prospective MBA applicant: what type of MBA program is right for me? During the conversation, Lindsay and Al covered everything from the common types of MBA programs, (ex: Full-Time, Part-Time, Executive, Onli...

April Rinne is a keynote speaker, futurist and author of the book Flux : 8 Superpowers For Thriving in Constant Change. Throughout her career, April has studied the concept of change, and is trying to better understand how we can create a better relationship with change, especially when we are living in a world of constant flux.  During our conversation, April spoke about the meaning of flux, and...

Editor’s Note: This episode has been produced in partnership with the Texas McCombs School of Business MBA Program In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with two Texas McCombs leaders in Rodrigo Malta (Managing Director, Marketing, Recruiting and Admissions)) and Tina Mabley (Assistant Dean, Full-Time MBA Program Director)  In addition to their roles in the Texas McCombs MBA program, bo...

Linda Abraham is an MBA Admissions Consultant and the Founder of Accepted, an admissions consulting firm. Linda shared some of the trends and insights from the previous MBA admissions cycle, and previewed her thoughts on trends what’s ahead for the 2022-2023 MBA admissions cycle including the impact of the economy, trends in MBA applications, and new We also talked about the challenges and opportu...

Sabina Sulat is an author, speaker, consultant and employment expert. Aftering spending her career in corporate L&D, Sabina now spends her time as a coach, consultant and employer expert helping students and professionals navigate job searches and career transitions. During our conversation, Sabina spoke about some of the challenges that student job seekers face, and how to navigate them. She...

Stephanie Lio is a Kellogg MBA Graduate and a Product Marketer. After starting her career as a management consultant, Stephanie went to the Kellogg School of Management to pursue an MBA, and pivot to a new career.  After graduating from Kellogg and entering the product marketing and tech world, Stephanie has now held product marketing roles at multiple tech companies and navigated through a few ye...

Steve Gilman is the Founder of Range, an employee professional development platform, and a graduate of Columbia Business School. After entering business school with a desire to explore numerous career paths, Steve found his way into entrepreneurship during his second year of business school and has worked on multiple companies since graduation. During this interview, Steve spoke about his journey...

Karen Hebert-Maccaro is the GM of Education at Morning Brew, and a seasoned executive in the field of business education and learning with stints in corporate, higher education and now startups. After overseeing the entire Executive Education portfolio at Babson College, Karen came to Morning Brew to lead their efforts in building in-context and personalized learning experiences for Morning Brew r...

Starting a new career and reentering the professional world after you graduate from an MBA program is an exciting opportunity - but how do you start right, and hit the ground running?  In this recorded webinar, our three MBASchooled community members of Natasha Chan, Audrey del Rosario and Lucero Perez share their own post-MBA journeys after they graduated from business school. During this convers...

Episode #153: Building Meaningful Relationships To Win in Work and Life Tim Sanders is a Best-Selling Author of Love is the Killer App, a VP at Upwork, and an expert on building and cultivating relationships. While Tim’s book was released over 20 years ago, it has stood the test of time as relationships and building connection are critical elements of succeeding in life and in your career. Tim is...

Niya Dragova is the Co-Founder and CEO of Candor, a company that helps tech employees negotiate compensation packages and advocate for pay equity in the tech industry. After learning on the fly about how to negotiate compensation and becoming aware of the information gap that employees face in compensation negotiation, Niya started coaching friends and colleagues on their compensation negotiation,...

Lindsey Pollak is NY Times Best-Selling Author author, speaker, consultant, and career and workplace expert. For the past two decades, Lindsey has been writing, speaking, researching and advising individuals and organizations on how to navigate and thrive in the workplace. During our conversation, Lindsey shared her observations and insights from her research and ongoing conversations with company...

To celebrate the 150 episode of the MBA Insider Podcast, Al Dea jumps on to share some of his reflections from building MBASchooled and the MBA Insider podcast. In this episode, Al shares some of his stories and experiences around going to business school, starting MBASchooled and deciding to launch the MBA Insider podcast. He also shares lessons and reflections of what he has learned about the MB...

Khe Hy is the Founder of Radreads, an online community and newsletter around productivity, life and careers. After a career on Wall Street, Khe quit his job and went on to pursue his own path, and started writing a newsletter, blogging, and building an online learning business all along the way During our conversation, Khe spoke about his career, and what led him to quit a career in finance to pur...

This episode features MBA Insider Guest Host, Brad Vonick. A longtime supporter and friend of MBASchooled and the MBA Insider Podcast, Brad takes over the mic to interview his friend, Fernando Gutierrez, a Booth MBA graduate from the Class of 2017.  After Starting his career in Management Consulting, Fernando decided to pursue an MBA at Booth, and then transition into tech. During the last 3 years...

Ethan Burris is a Management Professor and Senior Associate Dean at the University of Texas-Austin McCombs School of Business. He studies and researches on the concept of employee voice, and how employees can make their voices heard.  Recently, Ethan wrote an HBR article titled “How to Sell Your Ideas Up The Chain of Command” a critical skill for any employee who wants to advance within their comp...

Ben Jackson is the Founder and Principal of Hear Me Out, a Culture Strategy service that works with fast-growing companies to improve their culture and their workplace. Through 1:1 interviews, Ben and his team talk directly and confidently with the employees of the companies that hire them to understand workplace and culture challenges, and to identify potential solutions to improve company cultur...

In this solo episode, Al Dea talks about what to do once you’ve been admitted to an MBA program. He’ll go over some of the common things you need to think through before you accept your offer, and what information to find out from admission weekend events if you’re still evaluating your decision. Finally, he’ll also share a couple examples of things you can do to start preparing for your MBA. List...

Jeroen Verhoeven is the Associate Director of Admissions and Recruitment at ESADE Business School. After working in Spain for 19 years with 16 of them at ESADE, Jeroen is well-versed in the value and impact of a global MBA experience. During the conversation, Jeroen spoke about the invisible, but essential aspects of the ESADE MBA experience and what makes it unique, along with the opportunities o...