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Read MoreCareer AdvancementBuilding Your Personal Brand – Part 2: Your Elevator Pitch
Your elevator pitch is a key component of your personal brand. In Part 2 of her series on personal branding, Forté Alumni Leadership Council member Asha Aravindakshan shares advice on what to consider when building your elevator pitch.
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Read MoreCareer AdvancementBuilding Your Personal Brand – Part 1
When it comes to your professional career, your reputation is key, especially if you are looking to take on a bigger role at your workplace, switch companies, or industries, or grow a business. In Part 1 of her series on personal branding, Forté Alumni Leadership Council member Asha Aravindakshan offers tips on how to maximize your brand to its fullest potential.
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Read MoreCareer AdvancementDon’t Get Stuck: How Being Too Helpful Can Cost You a Promotion
As workers and employers face decisions about when and if to go back to in-person work, women need to be on guard for an invisible challenge that may await. Research shows that women tend to take on more of what’s termed non-promotable work. Also called glue work, this includes many tasks that make things run […]
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Read MoreArticlesHow a Student-Led Initiative Helped Diversify Darden’s Case-Based Curriculum
Pam Fischer was in her first year at Darden when she and other women noticed how few of the cases they were studying featured women. With the help of other student leaders, Pam launched a case audit that inspired changes.
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Read MoreCareer AdvancementFeedback Gap Can Hold Women Back
Early in their career, women can face a hidden stumbling block. Research shows women are not getting the same kind of feedback as their male colleagues. They aren’t hearing about what they need to do better, what they need to know more about, what skills they need to master. When women do get feedback, it’s […]
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Read MoreArticlesYou’re (I’m) Not an “Admissions Mistake”
35 years ago, Soojin Kwon was a freshman at Yale, worried that she was an “admissions mistake.” Today, she’s Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Student Experiences, University of Michigan (Ross School of Business) — and she has advice for other students feeling that same fear.
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