As I decide what to do after my trip, I have been conducting many informational interviews. The more I do them, the more I realize that they require strategic planning and intentionality. Finding the right job, launching the right business or joining your intended industry require clarity and access to secluded or unsaid information that
Let me start by prefacing that going to Bentley this early in my life is probably one of the best decisions I ever made. Unlike most MBA programs, the Bentley MBA is unique with its cohort environment combined with a mix of social science and business studies. My experience has been fulfilling and I have
Leadership is taking responsibility to guide others in the face of uncertainty. It is a choice, a decision and a responsibility. A leader must focus on being effective, not right. He must understand himself and his natural disposition. His leadership style is unique, but he has probably one of the four or all the styles
Our MBA cohort, twenty-five students and nineteen coming from different countries, visited the Camp in Aix-en-Provence, France for two days during the Spring Break. The Camp, officially opened this past September, is the first social innovation center of its kind in Europe and aims to bring people from different fields and organizations to tap into
In order to give one’s life meaning, one must have the ability to imagine and fight for a life beyond one’s own existence. Our time at Bentley is ending in less than three weeks. Over the past few months, each of us came with singular stories, but here at Bentley, we realized our destiny was shared. Good or
Le président Macky Sall a dit vrai dans son discours à Kigali. La jeunesse africaine ne peut pas tomber dans ce discours lénifiant faisant de l’Afrique le continent de l’avenir. Pour preuve, The Economist, un magazine Américain, qualifiait l’Afrique comme le continent des désespérés (Hopeless Africa) en 2000. Dix ans plus tard, ce même magazine
Assume: They are good and well deserving: do not question or doubt people’s merits or intentions. It is pointless. They are competent: people becomes defensive when you question their competency. It gets the team nowhere. They are committed: give them the benefit of doubt and let them prove to you that they do not care.
The purpose of constructive feedback is to discuss shortcomings, not to lambast individual. If you want to be heard and listened to, you must first empathize with the person you are giving feedback to. I recommend using the PROSOC method/model 😉 that contains three essential steps: Praise & Recognition: It is valuable to recognize and
Our life begins to end the day we become silence about things that matter stated Martin Luther King (MLK). 50 years ago, MLK died with the promise that we would make it to the Promised Land. Early on, he fought for legal and social equality for people. However, he soon realized that the law made
Here we go: Business is a social endeavor with economic, political, environmental and social consequences: your actions matter Know your mission as an individual and the mission of your organization: it is what you stand for Your values matter: change-makers are driven by their beliefs not their knowledge To be successful in life, surround yourself
