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  Mid-Level

  Slide-Decks and Second Opinions: The Evolving Art of Consulting

  There was a time when every consulting insight came with a 50-slide appendix, a perfectly color-coded Gantt chart, and a watermark declaring Confidential – For Client Use Only. Competence was measured in slide count, and PowerPoint was the industry’s native language. Back then, consultants spoke in frameworks, clients nodded in agreement, and everyone left the […]

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  Champions for Change

  Tricia Osolin on Creativity, Confidence, and Leading with Integrity

  When Tricia Osolin, University of Chicago (Booth School of Business) ‘14, made the leap from Hollywood creative campaigns to business school, she wasn’t just changing industries — she was challenging expectations. “Going back to school for an MBA was not the norm,” she recalls. “Most people at my agency asked, ‘Why would you want to […]

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  Diversity and Inclusion

  Pa’lante with an MBA: Latina Leaders This Hispanic Heritage Month

  The first thing you’ll notice about Hispanic Heritage Month is that, unlike most “months,” it doesn’t start on the 1st. It begins on September 15th, a time when five Latin American countries celebrate independence, with Mexico and Chile right after. In other words, it launches in the middle of a stretch already full of national […]

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  Leadership

  Powerfully Likeable: The Workshop—and the Book—You Didn’t Know You Needed

  Recently, we had the absolute pleasure of hosting Dr. Kate Mason for a Forté Business Essentials session, and let me just say…WOW! I’ve been doing this work for a while (read: I’m a seasoned professional), and I still walked away with a fresh perspective, tools I could actually use, and more than one moment of […]

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  Seasoned/Executive

  Continental Drift: Work, Values, and the Ocean Between

  Gen Z, born roughly between the mid-1990s and early 2010s, are entering the workforce with bold expectations and little tolerance for outdated systems. They’re digital natives raised on global content and instant feedback, but their lives look very different depending on which side of the Atlantic they’re on. Sure, they share memes, influencers, and a […]

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  Leadership

  The Key to Employee Motivation? Their Manager.

  Much has been written about the great resignation, quiet quitting, and the challenge of retaining top talent. But if you peel back the layers, one truth stands out: employees don’t leave companies, they leave managers. According to McKinsey’s Better Bosses research, relationship management accounts for up to 89% of the variance in employee satisfaction with […]

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