In this episode, Al walks through 5 key lessons about work and careers that nobody ever teaches you.Al’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itsaldea/

One of the most common career related questions we get is around how to get promoted at work. This episode walks through some suggestions for how to both strategically and tactically get promoted in your workplaceLinkshttps://alsnewsletter.substack.com/p/new-year-new-promotion https://www.fastcompany.com/90832084/how-get-noticed-promoted-working-remotely

Betty Tran is a MBA Candidate in the Class of 2024 at the Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business. After starting her career working in tech and startups, Betty decided to pursue an MBA at Tuck to further her business acumen and explore other career opportunities. During our conversation, Betty shared how she landed at Tuck, why she chose it, and how she has used her time at Tuck to advance in her career. Betty also shared some of the fun and challenging parts of the MBA experience, and how she thinks about her own view on career success.Betty Tran’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bettytranms/Betty’s Article in Fortune: https://fortune.com/education/articles/how-this-first-generation-student-ended-up-at-a-top-mba-program-and-landed-an-internship-with-microsoft/

Taylor Clark is an MBA Graduate from the Class of 2023 at Harvard Business School. Since her childhood, Taylor has always pursued opportunities to lead, and during our conversation, Taylor spoke about her desire to use her time in business school at HBS to continue to build her leadership skills, and how her time at HBS has helped her transform her thinking about her career and her leadership abilities.During our conversation, Taylor spoke about her journey to deciding on pursuing an MBA at HBS, why she wanted to go to Harvard specifically, and some of the memorable and impactful moments from her time at Harvard. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tayclark/

Are you looking to advance in your career? Trying to build relationships or advance towards a career goal? Here are five practical tips for standing out so you can build better relationships and find more ways to grow your careerLinks: https://al-dea.medium.com/10-ways-to-stand-out-in-the-workplace-be95efc65c88 

In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Rebecca Mallen Churchill and Elvis Diaz 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 network. During our conversation, Elvis, a W. P. Carey MBA graduate shared his professional journey which took him from a career in the non-profit space in New Jersey to pursuing an MBA at W. P. Carey to now, living and working in a career in corporate finance at a technology company in Arizona. As Director of Recruitment and Admission, Rebecca shared her perspective of what makes the community and students at W. P. Carey unique and valuable, some of the highlights of the W. P. Carey MBA program, and what she and her team are looking for in MBA applicants who are considering an MBA from W. P. Carey.Episode Guests:Elvis Diaz (Arizona State University, W. P. Carey, ‘19)Rebecca Mallen-Churchill (Director of Graduate Recruitment and Admission, Arizona State University W. P. Carey MBA Program) https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccamallen-churchill/Links:W. P. Carey Full-time MBA programW. P. Carey Executive ConnectionsNote: This episode was produced in collaboration with the ASU W. P. Carey MBA Program

Britt Hunter is an MBA Graduate from the Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management. Prior to pursuing her MBA at Owen, Britt worked in education and now currently works in HR at Microsoft. During our conversation, Britt spoke about her pre-MBA work in education, and how her students motivated her to apply for an MBA. She also shared some of the reasons why she chose to attend Owen, her favorite memories from business school, and her own journey with public speaking. LinksBritt’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittbritt-hunter/

Lindsay Sage is a former MBA Admissions Director at NYU Stern, as well as the Founder of Sage Admit, and an MBA Admissions Consultant. To kick off this fall’s MBA application season, we asked Lindsay to come on the podcast to talk through some of the things she is seeing through her conversations with MBA programs and MBA applicants.During our conversation, we spoke about some observations and learnings from the previous year’s MBA application cycle (2022-2023) , some recent events and trends and their implications and impacts on MBA applications, as well as what Lindsay is seeing and hearing from talking with MBA admissions directors and applicants.LinksLindsay’s Website: https://www.sageadmit.com/Previous Episode: https://mbaschooled.com/2021/09/06/episode-117-the-2021-2022-mba-application-season-with-lindsay-sage/ Previous Episode: https://mbaschooled.com/2022/08/29/162-what-type-of-mba-program-is-right-for-me/ Previous Episode: https://mbaschooled.com/2020/10/15/episode-53-breaking-down-the-mba-application-and-navigating-mba-admissions-with-lindsay-sage/

Editor's Note. This is a replay of a Top Performing Episode from 2021:After serving in the military, Katherine Rowe (UT-McCombs, ‘20) chose to get an MBA to pursue a new career, and landed at UT-McCombs. Throughout her time at McCombs, Katherine not only took advantage of the resources and opportunities to expand skills, but also built meaningful relationships that led to growth and development. In this conversation, Katherine spoke about her journey to McCombs, how she was able to effectively build a network from a non-traditional background, and the impact of those relationships that helped her grow her career in sports and entertainment.https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-rowe/ 

Newton Cheng is a Director of Health and Performance at Google and a UC-Berkeley Haas MBA Alumni. After graduating from Haas, Newton entered his post-MBA career at Google where he has worked for more than 15 years. Along the way, he’s been able to learn and grow in order to pursue being a high-performing employee while also prioritizing the many other important roles in his life, as husband, parent, and athlete. During our conversation, Newton spoke about his time at Haas, and the importance and meaning of community to helping him land a job and navigate his career. He also highlighted some of his own professional accomplishments and meaningful moments that he has had from his time at Google.Newton also spoke about what he’s learned from sharing his own story with large audiences about the intersection of performance, well-being and mental health, as well as how his own thinking about his MBA experience and what he’s learned has evolved as he has evolved in his life and career since graduating from business schoolLinksNewton’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/newtoncheng/