A lot of people ask me questions about my MBA. I’ll try to catalog the questions and answers here. I will update this over time if I can. Why did you do this? I’ve been thinking about getting an MBA for about 15+ years. I have often felt like I have a language barrier with …
Category Archives: Career
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After several months of searching I received, and accepted a job offer last week. Here is the story of how it went. Starting the search After being laid off in January 2022, I took some time off to recuperate from the ups and downs of my last job and two years of pandemic parenting, one …
Career Values
The Knowdell Career Values Card Sort is a straightforward online card sort tool to help prioritize what aspects of your career you value or those you could pursue. I did an assessment as part of my MBA program, among many others. My report indicates the following variables that are key to my work satisfaction, in …
What assessments reveal about me
Over the course of my MBA, I have taken a series of assessments to determine strengths, weaknesses, and skills. These are mostly provided by my program in an effort for every student to be come more attuned to their abilities and strategize ways to address their weaknesses, whether that means taking on new skills or …
Burnout Recovery
Last week, I was let go in a re-organization. It was a pretty great ride, and the people I have met during my tenure there have been remarkable partners and coworkers. No hard feelings. The reality is that I’ve been dealing with pretty significant burnout for about… 9 months, maybe longer. Eventually, I would read …
One of the laws of stress
I think about stress a lot. I learned yesterday about an interesting study conducted in 1908 related to the application of stress and the affect on productivity, a study that is still impacting how organizations view worker productivity today. Robert M. Yerkes and John Dodson conducted an experiment with a box. The box had set …