Ashley Lautezenheiser is the Associate Director of Pre-MBA & Professional Programs at the Forté Foundation. In this episode, Ashley spoke to us about the role that Forté and it’s partners are playing in creating more opportunities for more women to take on leadership roles within business and specifically, the opportunities they are providing to early in career women who may have an interest in the MBA degree.During this conversation, Ashley spoke about some of the common questions, challenges and conversations she has with early in career women who are curious about leadership opportunities such as an MBA. She also shared some of the programming and offerings Forté provides to open doors to more women interested in an MBA, as well as her advice to women who might be considering pursuing an MBA degree.

Lindsay Sage is the Founder of Sage Admit, an MBA Admissions Consulting Firm, and a frequent guest of the MBA Insider Podcast. In this episode, Lindsay and Al covered a critical topic to any prospective MBA applicant: what type of MBA program is right for me?During the conversation, Lindsay and Al covered everything from the common types of MBA programs, (ex: Full-Time, Part-Time, Executive, Online, Dual-Degree) consideration factors for why a program might be a good fit for you, and new and recently launched online, hybrid, and part-time MBA programs. Lindsay also provided advice for how MBA applicants can select the right MBA program based on their unique goals and aspirations.https://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/programs/mba/charlotte-executive-mba/ https://business.wisc.edu/graduate/mba/professional/ Listen today on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

April Rinne is a keynote speaker, futurist and author of the book Flux: 8 Superpowers For Thriving in Constant Change. Throughout her career, April has studied the concept of change, and is trying to better understand how we can create a better relationship with change, especially when we are living in a world of constant flux. During our conversation, April spoke about the meaning of flux, and what it means for people who are building and growing their careers in a state of constant change. She also gave advice and some ideas, around how to navigate setbacks and challenges, and how you can apply some of the 8 superpowers of flux, to grow yourself and your career amidst uncertainty and change.Listen today on Apple Podcasts or SpotifyApril’s LinksAmazon LinkWebsiteWebsite: FluxHBR Article: Why You Should Build a Career Portfolio

Editor’s Note: This episode has been produced in partnership with the Texas McCombs School of Business MBA ProgramIn this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with two Texas McCombs leaders in Rodrigo Malta (Managing Director, Marketing, Recruiting and Admissions)) and Tina Mabley (Assistant Dean, Full-Time MBA Program Director) In addition to their roles in the Texas McCombs MBA program, both are proud McCombs MBA graduates and have a strong passion for all things McCombs and Austin.During our conversation, Rodrigo spoke about updates and changes to the MBA application to McCombs, including their test policy, video interview, and opportunities to speak with current MBA students. Rodrigo also shared his perspective on what makes Austin a great place to get an MBA, and why he believes prospective MBA applicants should consider McCombs. Tina shared with us some of the new opportunities and changes that have come about with the MBA program experience at McCombs as a result of the past few years, and she provided her perspective about what makes the student experience at McCombs unique. She also spoke about the opportunities that McCombs students have inside and outside of the classroom at McCombs, and their approach to providing new and relevant courses to ensure students build the skills needed to thrive in their careers and the future of work.Listen today on Apple Podcasts and SpotifyLinksApply Now: The Texas McCombs Full-Time MBA ApplicationTexas McCombs Full-Time MBA Program

Linda Abraham is an MBA Admissions Consultant and the Founder of Accepted, an admissions consulting firm. Linda shared some of the trends and insights from the previous MBA admissions cycle, and previewed her thoughts on trends what’s ahead for the 2022-2023 MBA admissions cycle including the impact of the economy, trends in MBA applications, and new We also talked about the challenges and opportunities of applying to an MBA program during periods of economic uncertainty, predictions of what might happen during the 2022-2023 MBA admissions cycle.Listen today on Apple Podcasts or SpotifyLinksLinda’s Previous EpisodeAcceptedLinda’s Poets and Quants Article

Sabina Sulat is an author, speaker, consultant and employment expert. Aftering spending her career in corporate L&D, Sabina now spends her time as a coach, consultant and employer expert helping students and professionals navigate job searches and career transitions.During our conversation, Sabina spoke about some of the challenges that student job seekers face, and how to navigate them. She shared her own insights and perspective on topics including personal branding, transferable skills, and managing a job search while trying to work a job, all to help students and job seekers effectively navigate their job search.Sabina’s LinksLinkedIn Profile Re: Working (reworkingworks.com)

Stephanie Lio is a Kellogg MBA Graduate and a Product Marketer. After starting her career as a management consultant, Stephanie went to the Kellogg School of Management to pursue an MBA, and pivot to a new career. After graduating from Kellogg and entering the product marketing and tech world, Stephanie has now held product marketing roles at multiple tech companies and navigated through a few years of her post MBA career, which has allowed her to reflect, think deeply, and evolve her own thinking on work, career, and life, and the most important things in each area.During this conversation, we spoke about Stephanie’s career and work journey, transitions, and the importance of finding your own intrinsic motivations for pursuing work and careers.Listen today on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

Steve Gilman is the Founder of Range, an employee professional development platform, and a graduate of Columbia Business School. After entering business school with a desire to explore numerous career paths, Steve found his way into entrepreneurship during his second year of business school and has worked on multiple companies since graduation.During this interview, Steve spoke about his journey from professional baseball to the foreign service to entering business school and how his experiences gave him the inspiration for his newest company, Range. Steve also reflected on some of the challenges with how professional development and learning happens in today’s workplace, and what he and his team are doing to solve for it with Range.Listen today on Apple Podcasts or SpotifyLinksRange WebsiteSteve’s Profile

Karen Hebert-Maccaro is the GM of Education at Morning Brew, and a seasoned executive in the field of business education and learning with stints in corporate, higher education and now startups. After overseeing the entire Executive Education portfolio at Babson College, Karen came to Morning Brew to lead their efforts in building in-context and personalized learning experiences for Morning Brew readers. Karen’s background across multiple aspects of learning and education gives her a unique perspective and insight into the future of learning and business education, a topic we spoke about at length during this discussion.During our conversation, Karen spoke about her journey to Morning Brew, as well as what she sees as the opportunities and challenges with the business education space. She also spoke about what she and her team at Morning Brew are working on, including some insights into their new Cohort-Based Education programs at Morning Brew.Listen today on Apple Podcasts or SpotifyLinksTwitterLinkedInMorning Brew Learning

Starting a new career and reentering the professional world after you graduate from an MBA program is an exciting opportunity - but how do you start right, and hit the ground running? In this recorded webinar, our three MBASchooled community members of Natasha Chan, Audrey del Rosario and Lucero Perez share their own post-MBA journeys after they graduated from business school. During this conversation, they spoke about what it was like to onboard into a role/industry/function, how to build relationships, and how to learn from mistakes and challenges.Listen today on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!