January 2011
9 posts
U.S. Satisfaction With Gov't, Morality, Economy... →
Dissatisfaction with the government, feels like nothing new since the Bush era began. However, corporate dissatisfaction is something new. In the 50s, people joined a corporation and hoped to stay there for life. They believed that corporations had relevant influence on society and that their family would be better off it they lived in the corporate world. Corporate satisfaction has been an up and...
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The Interconnectivity of Education
I am a Full-Time MBA student. I am constantly surrounded by other Full-Time MBA students. In the first semester, there was some overlap with the MS Applied Finance and MS Global Business programs. As we go deeper into our separate focused educations, the classes together become fewer, and in a year, they’ll be gone.
This semester, I began 2 unique classes that allowed my interactions with...
Southwest proves business is more than the numbers →
This blog re-post pretty much explains it all. Southwest once again proved why their dominance continues both as a business and as an industry leader. Airlines consistently put the consumer last, which is hilarious considering this is a competitive industry where we actually have some choice. I have been a dedicated Southwest flier for many years despite people calling it a “cattle...
A Very Special 5K →
activeartist:
If you are in the Los Angeles area please read! My sister, Hannah (the same one from my ‘Team Alex’ post) is planning a 5k for school, and she’s trying to get more runners. You can find out more information about the 7th Annual Run The Waves, Presented by Pepperdine Challenge for Charity…
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How do you feel about the 2010 economy?
I am guessing you know someone, if not more than one person, close to you that has been collecting unemployment, underemployed, temporarily employed or who is being underpaid because they had to take whatever they could get. This definitely felt like the norm to me in 2010, counting myself, my boyfriend, my mother, my aunt, and other family and friends, I’ve run out of hands. That being...
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Finally learning mandarin!
Ni Men Hao!
Last night I took my first mandarin (Zhong wen) class! I’ve enrolled this semester and will be mostly learning pinyin (the transliteration for the pronunciation) but I’m hoping to supplement that with Rosetta Stone which does teach the characters. I’m hoping to have some conversational beginner base when I go to Shanghai in April. Obviously I won’t be fluent,...
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B-school kicks my big butt
For those who aren’t aware, I’ve had some ups and downs with my weight over the past 7 years. At one point, I had lost 92 lbs. I have kept off 62 lbs. By no means did business school make me gain 30 lbs in one semester, but it hasn’t afforded me the structure that I used to have when I worked. Working allowed me to formalize my eating throughout the day, plan ahead, and not get...
How do you challenge your people? →
An interesting thought that I read shortly after viewing the entire season of Undercover Boss…just makes you think about leadership’s role in everything.
signalrunner:
An idea to follow over at the PwC Innovation Blog:
“One of Leadership’s core responsibilities is to address issues and challenges within the business. But what if we flipped that model and gave part of that...
