Lindsay Sage is the Founder of Sage Admit, and an MBA Admissions Consultant based in the New York City area. In this episode, Al Dea and Lindsay Sage discuss the M7 business schools, exploring their definitions, unique attributes, and the strengths of each institution. They delve into the commonalities among the M7 schools, the importance of selecting the right school based on individual goals, and when it might make sense to consider schools outside the M7. Finally, Al and Lindsay emphasize the...
Sep 29, 2024•30 min
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.
Jul 29, 2024•11 min
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.
Jul 22, 2024•11 min
Note: This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes Your success in your career is correlated to the amount of people that want you to succeed. That’s why it’s important to have the right kinds of relationships that can help you in your career. In this episode, we talk about why relationships are important, and the kinds of people who can join your “career team” and help you advance in your career today
Jul 15, 2024•19 min
Note: This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes Working hard and doing good work is important. But if you just put your head down and do good work, you’ll miss out on a lot of opportunities. This episode focuses on helping people understand the importance of speaking up and sharing your work, and how you can use professional advocacy to elevate your work, help others, and grow your career
Jul 08, 2024•19 min•Ep. 239
Note: This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes Sometimes, it's hard to know how you want to advance in your career, or what steps to take. We don’t have to have it all figured out, but when we use an iterative and experimentation approach to career growth, we can often find great opportunities. This episode focuses on the concept of career experiments, and walks you through how you can run your own career experiments to test, explore and learn your way to growing your career....
Jul 01, 2024•21 min
Note : This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes Many MBA students cite that networking and building relationships are two of the most valuable parts of the MBA experience. But how does that play out, and how do MBA graduates cultivate their relationships with their peers and classmates during business school and beyond? In this episode, we spoke to three MBA alums, Margaret Nealon (USC Marshall, ‘22) Ethan Siegel (Owen, ‘22) and Jill Toner (UNC Kenan-Flagler, ‘22) about their MBA exp...
Jun 24, 2024•41 min
Note : This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes Whitnie Narcisse is an MBA Graduate from UNC Kenan-Flagler, and currently the SVP of Operations at First Round Capital. Whitnie spoke about her journey to UNC and her journey to venture capital. She also provided insight into the moves she made to land a career in VC, as well as practical advice on some important lessons when it comes to networking, and Whitnie’s practical tips for building mentor and mentee relationships. Links Proving...
Jun 17, 2024•40 min
Note : This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes Nasim Mirzai came to Duke University (Fuqua) after spending the beginning of her career in the Art Gallery Industry. During her time at Fuqua, In addition to her coursework, Nasim speaks to lots of prospective MBA students, holds numerous leadership positions, is an MBASchooled Ambassador. During our conversation Nasim spoke about her decision to attend Fuqua, the types of questions she helps prospective MBA students answer, and her adv...
Jun 10, 2024•28 min
In this episode, Al reflects back on his MBA Internship from a decade ago in the summer of 2014. He shares how he ended up at Salesforce (it wasn’t planned) what that recruiting experience taught him, as well as the key lessons he learned from that internship that has helped him navigate his career.
Jun 03, 2024•32 min
Note : This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes In this episode, MBASchooled Ambassador Margaret Nealon (USC Marshall, ‘22) joins us to talk about her journey to USC Marshall. During our conversation, we spoke about Margaret’s career journey, why she chose to get an MBA, and her advice to prospective MBA students.
May 27, 2024•25 min
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 resea...
May 20, 2024•38 min
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 ...
May 13, 2024•54 min
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 t...
May 06, 2024•27 min
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 ...
Apr 29, 2024•24 min
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 ...
Feb 19, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 228
Note : This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes from 2023 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...
Feb 12, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 227
Note : This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes from 2023 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 an...
Feb 05, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 226
Note : This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes from 2023 Many MBA students cite that networking and building relationships are two of the most valuable parts of the MBA experience. But how does that play out, and how do MBA graduates cultivate their relationships with their peers and classmates during business school and beyond? In this episode, we spoke to three MBA alums, Margaret Nealon (USC Marshall, ‘22) Ethan Siegel (Owen, ‘22) and Jill Toner (UNC Kenan-Flagler, ‘22) about the...
Jan 29, 2024•41 min•Season 3Ep. 225
Note: This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes from 2023 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 the case for how employees are multi-dimensional individuals, and can re-think and reframe their relationship with their job and career, and to use portfolio and di...
Jan 22, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 224
Note : This is a replay of one of our most popular episodes 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 se...
Jan 15, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 223
Mentorship is a critical element of success in the career journey of many leaders. So how can mentorship facilitate learning and transformation during business school so that an MBA student can achieve their unique goals? Founded over a decade ago, the Executive Connections Program at the ASU W.P Carey Business School was designed to provide MBA students with relationships, knowledge, and confidence personalized to their unique career goals In this episode, you’ll hear from Jenny Tang (Mentee)) ...
Jan 08, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 222
Stephanie Movahhed is Business and Mindset Coach, and an MBA Graduate from the Michigan Ross School of Business. Prior to her time in business school, Stephanie spent time at Google before deciding to pursue an MBA to get formal business training. In her time post business school, Stephanie found ways to follow her interests and curiosities, even if it meant taking her down a path that she didn’t always expect. This has allowed her to create a life and career that she finds fulfillment and meani...
Dec 04, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 221
MBA students go to business school to achieve their career goals. But how does that actually happen? In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Simone Bayfield and Joey Kimes 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 brand and ...
Nov 27, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 220
A common question that career driven professionals have is “how do I know if I am ready for an MBA?” In this episode, Al walks through how by taking stock and reflecting on where you are in your career, you can determine if an MBA could be the next step. Make sure to listen in to learn How the workplace and careers are changing, and why an MBA could be valuable Common reasons why MBA students choose to go to business school Common scenarios for when you might be ready to pursue an MBA as the nex...
Nov 20, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 219
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 programs, and hear from Jack, Cindy and Adam about how their experiences in rotational programs and how ...
Nov 06, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 218
In this episode, Al shares four specific actions that all professionals can take in order to grow their career today.
Oct 30, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 217
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. Jess also shared how she was able to turn her interest in education into a career an EdTech, startin...
Oct 23, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 216
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Oct 09, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 215
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 graduating from business school she went from working in the consulting and CPG industries to eventu...
Oct 02, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 214
