Are you sitting in your cubicle daydreaming of escaping the corporate grind to start your own business? Do you play with different ideas, but struggle to find how to turn your passion into one that could actually make you a living? I’m here to tell you that you are overthinking it. Here are five tips to help you leverage what you love into a new path. 1. Side-launch or...

I recently came across a TED-X talk (16:48) given in Goa, India by Capt. Raghuraman. In that talk the speaker, an Army Captain in India, and then a businessman-entrepreneur delineates a framework that has its roots in the military warfare. The speaker synthesizes his military, business, and start-up experience to present this framework that is effective in any endeavor—from a military...

Acing Interviews for Executives Tweet: Many executives with stellar résumés are bummed-out by the democratic selection process at their target companies. Here’s an analysis of how to avoid failure. Having now worked with many C-level and senior executives I find that they often run into problems when going through job interviews, as they navigate through their...

Antidote/noun   1 A medicine given to counteract the effects of a poison (or, formerly, a disease). (Foll. by against, for, to.).   2 fig. Something which counteracts an evil. (With constructions as sense 1.)   Although the title of this blog suggests that it is about how to overcome bad management (which is, actually, a process) it is written more for those who...

Although the phrase Design Thinking has been bandied about lately in many discussions that go beyond product design, its origins date back to the concepts of systems thinking. As contrasted with Linear Thinking, Systems Thinking is a discipline that requires anyone engaged in making decisions about any topic or matter to look at all the implications of a change as that change affects everything...

What Is a Blockchain? A blockchain is a distributed database or ledger shared among a computer network's nodes. They are best known for their crucial role in cryptocurrency systems for maintaining a secure and decentralized record of transactions, but they are not limited to cryptocurrency uses. Blockchains can be used to make data in any industry immutable—the term used to describe the...

Faculty & Research About Alumni Strategy What is a business strategy? And how to develop one! 7 minute read ⏱ Last update: August 2022 A business strategy in its simplest form is a tool for helping you achieve your business goals A business strategy provides the guiding principles for many organizational decisions, such as hiring new employees, or developing new products. And helps you to...

Career as a verb means to go, drive, or run at top speed especially in a headlong manner (“He careered though the small alleys without a scratch on his car.”). Yet, despite this license most continue to treat “career” as a noun not just in their verbal usage of it, but also in their life where it involves managing their own professional career. They let their career...

As a career and life coach clients often come to me wondering about the appropriate attire to wear during business situations: most commonly, Interviews; business lunches or dinners; cocktail parties; events; and company parties. Although there no set rules for what to wear, there are some conventions and expectations that if you follow can make the difference between a savvy dresser and a...

As a career and life coach I work with all levels of clients: from interns to CEOs and everyone in between. Before I engage with clients I ask them to complete my detailed Client Intake Questionnaire (CIQ), which requires thoughtful responses about their current needs and how they became aware of these needs. For most mid-level and senior managers, including executives (director and above)...