CareerCast by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Chicago Booth believes in life-long career development to help you maintain your professional edge. Through CareerCast, an online, audio recording series, we give alumni and students the chance to hear experts discuss topics such as crafting your story, making an industry or function change, managing employees, taking the entrepreneurial plunge and more. Because these talks are available online, you can access them anytime, anywhere and as often as you want.
You will have the opportunity to submit questions to the speaker in advance of the broadcast. Then check in the third Friday of each month to listen to the interview. For 24 hours after the broadcast, you can submit follow-up questions.
We've created a CareerCast webpage for each broadcast where you can get more information about that month's topic. The page will feature useful links to tools, books, articles and first-hand stories.
You will have the opportunity to submit questions to the speaker in advance of the broadcast. Then check in the third Friday of each month to listen to the interview. For 24 hours after the broadcast, you can submit follow-up questions.
We've created a CareerCast webpage for each broadcast where you can get more information about that month's topic. The page will feature useful links to tools, books, articles and first-hand stories.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Apr 17, 2015 • 30min
Entrepreneurship - Buying a Business
There are many ways to become an entrepreneur and Russ Maki, President, Graphic Conservation Company (and Booth alum) did it two ways. The first was a start-up. It didn't go as well as expect and eventually folded. The second was buying a business several years ago. He leveraged his previous experience and Booth MBA and has made it a great success. In this CareerCast, Russ shares his insights, lessons learned, and practice advice you can use as you consider various avenues to becoming an entrepreneur.
Mar 17, 2015 • 28min
Cut Out the Unproductive and Achieve Your Goals
Are you super busy and yet aren't accomplishing some goals that are important to you? Know that you are not alone. Peter Bregman, author of Four Seconds: All the Time You Need to Stop Unproductive Habits and Get the Results You Want believes that a key to success is pausing for as few as four seconds to break bad habits and form more productive ones. In this CareerCast, Peter shares his approach, perspective, and usable advice to accelerate your goal achievement.
Feb 20, 2015 • 32min
Jumpstart Your Job Search
The job search process can be long, frustrating, and exhausting – if you go about it in inefficient and ineffective ways. Greg David, President of Laka & Company and job seeker advocate, believes that there are a set of ideas you can use to accelerate your job search and land a position that will help you advance in your professional life. In this Career Cast, Greg shares the perspective, experience, and practical tips to help you jumpstart your job search this year and beyond.
Jan 16, 2015 • 27min
Relationship Building: The Power of Connectional Intelligence
Would you like to consistently deliver breakthrough innovation and results by harnessing the value of relationships and networks? Erica Dhawan, Founder & CEO of Cotential, a global innovation firm and author of Get Big Things Done, believes that you can absolutely do this. this CareerCast, Erica shares how to leverage Connectional Intelligence to innovate growth, solve highly complex challenges, marshal resources and knowledge fast, and create powerful and sustainable success.
Dec 19, 2014 • 24min
Creating a Compelling Executive Brand
Do you have a strong brand? Does it transcend any one platform – be it Twitter, LinkedIn, or Facebook? Tom Doctoroff, CEO of JWT Asia Pacific, and author of Twitter is Not a Strategy, believes that your brand should be clear, consistent, and focused – and absolutely global. In this CareerCast, Tom shares how his experiences, insights, and wisdom with Asia's greatest marketing successes, from Nike's launch in China to Ford's rise to produce more than one million vehicles per year in China, and can help you solidify your career positioning, advancement, and success.
Nov 21, 2014 • 27min
Getting More in Any Negotiation
Are you prepared to negotiate your next job offer or the next round of funding for your start-up? If not, you may want to listen to this CareerCast with Stuart Diamond. Stuart is the author of Getting More and President of Global Strategy Group, which advises companies and governments on negotiating foreign investment and devising strategies, structures and marketing to compete effectively on an international scale. In this CareerCast, Stuart shares his insights, strategies, and deep experience in Getting More in Any Negotiation.
Oct 17, 2014 • 23min
Overcoming a Career Challenge
Career challenges come in many different forms – from not having the requisite experience or being seen as someone with too many years in the workforce to being in a toxic culture or taking on too much risk and failing. So is there a way through it? Susan Ershler, would tell you absolutely 'yes'. Her confidence of this comes from years in leadership positions in global companies and her climbing the Seven Summits around the world which became the basis for her book, Conquering The Seven Summits Of Sales: From Everest To Every Business, Achieving Peak Performance as well as Together on Top of the World. In this CareerCast, Susan shares her unique perspective on facing challenges and turning them to your advantage.
Sep 19, 2014 • 27min
Reinventing Your Career and Life
Does this sound like you: knowing that you have much to offer and not sure where you want to go next? Even if you have a target, do a whole variety of things stop you from even getting started? Across the world, millions of people what to want to reinvent themselves, but most just don't know how. In this Career Cast, Steve Olsher shares his passion for career reinvention along with practical tips, insights, and encouragement on how to reinvent your career and positively change your life.
Aug 15, 2014 • 29min
The Road to the Executive Suite
Many people aspire to senior corporate ranks, yet few get there. If you analyze individuals who make it to the executive suite, certain qualities, characteristics, and experiences emerge. In this CareerCast, strategic advisor to CEOs, author, and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for High Performance, Susan Lucia Annunzio shares her vast experience, keen insights, and practical advice from her decades of working directly with C-suite executives.
Jul 18, 2014 • 26min
Successfully Transition into Your New Job
When do you have the most leverage to make a great impression in your company? Some talent management experts believe that it's the moment you accept an offer. In this CareerCast, Michelle Hay, Director of HR for the America's at A.T. Kearney, leading Talent Acquisition, Integration, Learning and Development, Talent Management, Rewards and Off-boarding, shares her multi-faceted experience, insights, and advanced approached for successfully transitioning into a new role.
