A major component of this site is a weblog that has had several lives, from its start as a featured MBA applicant/student blog on a separate site to its own presence on the Blogger system and now to its own domain as my personal website.
As you read through the entries, you'll see me go through three distinct phases in my life:
- Pre-MBA experience: Experiences that one typically goes through before matriculating at business school
- Life as an MBA student: Highs and lows of my time as a student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in much more detail than most would expect to see
- Post-MBA life...and serving as a career/education/life coach to the masses: Responses to questions emailed to me by readers, where I use what I have learned through my own missteps and experiences to help others achieve their goals and avoid making the same misstepsÂ
Things you need to know about the new GMAT
My long-time readers know that I do my best to keep my ear to the street about all things having to do with business school and MBA admissions. Well, as I've moved upward in my career and become more busy overall, it's become more difficult to keep up with some of the...
Junior Chemical Engineering major targeting an MBA and considering changing his major
The email below came to me from a college junior who is interested in getting an MBA one day and is wondering whether he should change his major from Chemical Engineering. Junior year is pretty late in the game to be considering this sort of change, but I understand...
3 tips to judge your performance management tactics
Lately, I've been mixing content about general business concepts in with my usual posts about education and careers, with the intention of providing a more broad base of business-related information to my readers. This post is another more generally-focused piece that...
An Oversight in MBA Programs: A Real Discussion About Creating Good Company Culture
In today’s piece, Julianna Davies takes a look at good company culture, how it is created and fostered, and why it has little to do with earning an MBA. Julianna is a writer for http://www.mbaonline.com, a leading website with resources for future and current...
How to bounce back from being laid off
In today's economy, many people around the world have had to deal with the shock involved with being laid off. For most people, being told that their employer no longer needs their services is a huge surprise and can lead to fear, apprehension, financial strain, and,...
Beat The GMAT’s 2012 ‘Write Like an Expert’ Series – Free webinar series (Jul 31 – Aug 30)
This is a really quick entry to share information about a FREE offering that should be helpful to people applying to MBA programs this year. Nowadays, the competition to get into top MBA programs is stiff, so I'm always on the lookout for good resources to help my...
Coming this fall…the Which MBA? Online Fair (Sept. 5-6, 2012)
Recently, I was contacted by the team at The Economist with information about a FREE online MBA fair that they are sponsoring in early September. The fair will include 40+ MBA programs from around the world, including both full-time and part-time programs. This...
Prospective McKinsey consultant seeking advice on connecting with current staff
I received the following email from a reader who is interested in applying for a position at McKinsey & Company's London office, but is hoping to speak with someone working in that office before submitting his application. As I mention in my response to him, he may...
Advice for an MBA summer intern worried about chances for a full-time offer
Hey, folks. The email below came to me from a rising second-year MBA student from a top program, who is currently in the middle of a summer Management Consulting internship with one of the MBB firms. He has reached out to me because he recently had his mid-summer...
New information resource for aspiring MBA applicants
Recently, I was contacted by the team at FindTheBest.com, which offers a collection of comparison tools related to MBA programs. Its site allows visitors to compare general info about academic programs, GMAT prep programs, and even GMAT tutors, all of which could be...