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
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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.
Jun 20, 2014 • 28min
Unlocking the Best Strategies for a Global Job Search
Global experience is essential for senior level career success. Even though most people understand this, few know how to conduct an effective job search outside of their home country. In this CareerCast, Karl Alleman, Managing Partner of the Chicago office and the North American Automotive & Manufacturing Practice for the global executive search firm Egon Zehnder International, reveals his insights, knowledge, and wisdom on the best strategies for a conducting a successful global search. In addition, Mr. Alleman also shares his personal experience with this topic as President and CEO of Brown Machine, a leading manufacturer of capital equipment company and as a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.
May 16, 2014 • 22min
The Career Story That Commands Attention
Does your career story command attention? Do others listen to what you have to say wanting more? If not, Joe McCormack Managing Director and President of the Sheffield Company and author of Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less, would tell you are using more words than you need. In this CareerCast, Joe shares his vast knowledge, years of experience, and practical approach on how to craft a brief, yet compelling career story. Listen in and learn how to leverage your story to your next role, new career, or even in launching an entrepreneurial venture.
Apr 18, 2014 • 30min
Building Career Advocates
Do have relationships but don’t know how to leverage them? Are there people who you haven’t spoken to in a long time and aren’t sure how to reconnect? Do you look at what others can do and forget to see what you can offer others? In the next CareerCast, Adam Grant, Wharton Professor and author of Give and Take, will share his insights, amazing experiences, and practical knowledge about developing relationships that become your career advocates.
Mar 21, 2014 • 53min
Small Move, Big Change
Do you set goals and sometimes don’t achieve them when and how you want to? Do you aspire to achieve something and then get overwhelmed by the realities of your daily life? Do you want to accelerate your progress – beginning now? In this CareerCast, Caroline Arnold, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Author, Small Move, Big Change, shares her research, strategies, and practical solutions to set and achieve your professional and personal goals.
Feb 21, 2014 • 34min
Disciplined Entrepreneurship
Some people believe that entrepreneurs should keep things open, fluid, and unstructured. Bill Aulet, managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and author of Disciplined Entrepreneurship would tell you that this unrestrained approach is a big mistake. In this CareerCast, Bill shares his deliberate method and the benefits of employing it to help you achieve entrepreneurial success.
Jan 17, 2014 • 25min
Professional Visibility to Advance Throughout Your Career
Are excellent skills, talent, and accomplishments enough to excel in today’s world? Dan Schawbel, Managing Partner of Millennial Branding and New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success, would say absolutely not. As a business professional you need to be known as credible, valuable, and forward-thinking authority. In this CareerCast, Dan shares his insights on how to use proven visibility techniques to create a powerful presence in your job search, internal promotion, career change, and even in building the founding team for your start-up.
