Want an MBA?
September 14, 2008
For the past couple of years, I've been hosting and producing podcasts for MBA Podcaster, and an idea has been growing. Have you ever thought of completely shaking things up? If the universe doesn't do it for me, I do it.
I'm toying with the idea of getting my MBA. After reading THE BEST BUSINESS SCHOOLS' ADMISSIONS SECRETS, I understand that there is no toying with an expensive high-stakes idea like that, but this book gives so much wonderful information, that I can imagine writing the essays, describing my passions in business terms, and getting back into the classroom. The author, Chioma Isiadinso, emphasizes authenticity and credibility.
There are two drivers here. One is, that I have been watching my main industry -- radio -- being decimated. Hundreds -- no, thousands -- of talented newspeople, air personalities, and program directors being laid off, and if they are replaced, it is by someone who will work for one-fifth the pay. True. Meanwhile, the CEO's are receiving multi-million dollar bonuses.
As I work on these MBA podcasts, interviewing students, staff and professors, I see how protecting the bottom line is often the only thing that matters. This is what is being taught to the next generation of CEOs. I have noticed a small fraction of students who -- in their projects -- try to keep layoffs at minimum. I know that I need to beef up the finance/marketing part of my brain, at first for my own work, then to create successful businesses that can regenerate talent and use the sense of unlimitedness, instead of scarcity as the prime force.
The second, is that when I list off what I do -- Interviewer, Radio and TV Host, News Anchor, Media Trainer, Speaker, Podcaster, Author, Writer, Emcee, Voiceover Artist and On-Camera Talent -- eyes glaze over. About a year ago, I noticed the confusion in a businesswoman's eyes as I got halfway through, and I said "I'm a Multi-Media Entrepreneur."
"Ah-ha," she said, pleased she now got the focus.
So now I want to really be a Multi-Media Entrepreneur. After I finished an interview at Ross School of Business, one of the professors, Jeff deGraff stopped me in my tracks. "You're an impresario, that's what you are."
Cool.
Now what.
Isiadinso's book lets me know that I am definitely in the minority -- not a banker or a business consultant or an accountant -- but that that could be to my advantage. She does a wonderful job of describing how you can stand out from the crowd if you are a banker or consultant or accountant. It's a book she begs you to mark up and make your own.
I learn every day in my career -- a career of my own making -- and maybe, just maybe I should investigate this idea of getting my MBA. Everyone wants to make a difference. Sometimes you have to change lanes to do so.
For the past couple of years, I've been hosting and producing podcasts for MBA Podcaster, and an idea has been growing. Have you ever thought of completely shaking things up? If the universe doesn't do it for me, I do it.
I'm toying with the idea of getting my MBA. After reading THE BEST BUSINESS SCHOOLS' ADMISSIONS SECRETS, I understand that there is no toying with an expensive high-stakes idea like that, but this book gives so much wonderful information, that I can imagine writing the essays, describing my passions in business terms, and getting back into the classroom. The author, Chioma Isiadinso, emphasizes authenticity and credibility.
There are two drivers here. One is, that I have been watching my main industry -- radio -- being decimated. Hundreds -- no, thousands -- of talented newspeople, air personalities, and program directors being laid off, and if they are replaced, it is by someone who will work for one-fifth the pay. True. Meanwhile, the CEO's are receiving multi-million dollar bonuses.
As I work on these MBA podcasts, interviewing students, staff and professors, I see how protecting the bottom line is often the only thing that matters. This is what is being taught to the next generation of CEOs. I have noticed a small fraction of students who -- in their projects -- try to keep layoffs at minimum. I know that I need to beef up the finance/marketing part of my brain, at first for my own work, then to create successful businesses that can regenerate talent and use the sense of unlimitedness, instead of scarcity as the prime force.
The second, is that when I list off what I do -- Interviewer, Radio and TV Host, News Anchor, Media Trainer, Speaker, Podcaster, Author, Writer, Emcee, Voiceover Artist and On-Camera Talent -- eyes glaze over. About a year ago, I noticed the confusion in a businesswoman's eyes as I got halfway through, and I said "I'm a Multi-Media Entrepreneur."
"Ah-ha," she said, pleased she now got the focus.
So now I want to really be a Multi-Media Entrepreneur. After I finished an interview at Ross School of Business, one of the professors, Jeff deGraff stopped me in my tracks. "You're an impresario, that's what you are."
Cool.
Now what.
Isiadinso's book lets me know that I am definitely in the minority -- not a banker or a business consultant or an accountant -- but that that could be to my advantage. She does a wonderful job of describing how you can stand out from the crowd if you are a banker or consultant or accountant. It's a book she begs you to mark up and make your own.
I learn every day in my career -- a career of my own making -- and maybe, just maybe I should investigate this idea of getting my MBA. Everyone wants to make a difference. Sometimes you have to change lanes to do so.
Labels: Chioma Isiadinso, Jeff de Graff, THE BEST BUSINESS SCHOOLS' ADMISSIONS SECRETS
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