When Sophie Lahey first came to the Kelley School of Business, she was not particularly interested in the environment or sustainability. It’s now part of her major and career path—she’s a senior studying sustainable business and public policy analysis. It started with the need to belong. “My first semester was a challenge,” Sophie says…. Read more »
Caroline Cronin, BS’17: Everyday Leadership Can Be Effortless
An accomplished student leader at the Kelley School of Business, Caroline Cronin was recognized in Poets and Quants Best and Brightest Business Majors of the Class of 2017. Here, Caroline reflects on the leadership lessons she learned in her four years at Kelley. For anyone unfamiliar with Drew Dudley’s TED talk on Everyday Leadership, I… Read more »
Not the Boss? 3 Tips to Lead With Influence
Picture yourself working on a team. You’re not the leader by title, but you’re responsible for getting a project done on time and on budget. You can’t do it without the cooperation of others, but you feel like you have little power. In this common business situation, you must lead by influencing others. This is… Read more »
VIDEO: Susan Jones, BS’86: Pursuing a Dream
Susan Jones had reached the second highest post possible at a Cincinnati advertising agency when she started to feel out of sync with the agency’s direction. So she resigned and started her own innovation firm, Seed Strategy, out of a home office in her barn. Today Seed Strategy, the Growth Acceleration Firm, is one of… Read more »
Want to Make Dreams Come True? Work in Financial Services
Finance is about helping people achieve their goals, says Taeshima White, BS’05, managing director at Charles Schwab—and that’s a natural fit for many women who may think they don’t have a place in the industry. Watch the video to learn the qualities and experience White says women need to be successful leaders in financial services…. Read more »
Jennifer Conway, MBA’18: 5 Truths About Finance
Jennifer Conway, MBA’18, majored in economics in college and then worked at high-profile firms in New York and Connecticut. She worked hard, introduced new ideas and reached a level of independence. Then she left. She moved away from the world’s financial center to earn an MBA at the Kelley School of Business. “In my… Read more »
Finance Careers Go Beyond the Wall Street Stereotype
Finance professor Veronika Pool has spent her career studying finance and fraud, publishing papers about hedge funds and mutual funds. She talks about the inherent gender disparity in finance and the wide array of finance careers available to women interested in the field. Is there anything that you would tell female students who are interested… Read more »
VIDEO: My Kelley Moment: How I Found My Voice
As a product leader at The Nielsen Company, Kalika Parnaik makes her voice heard. But she wasn’t so vocal when she first started in the Kelley School of Business Full-Time MBA Program. Kalika found that there’s no hiding in the Kelley MBA classroom—professors like Dean Idalene “Idie” Kesner sought out her perspective and encouraged her… Read more »
VIDEO: Teaching Confidence Through Skateboarding
Public skate parks can be intimidating places, especially for girl skaters just starting out. Courtney Payne Taylor, BS’06, says females represent less than 10 percent of riders. She teaches girls how to navigate skate parks with confidence through a strong understanding of how to handle the environment before they ride. Watch the video to see how… Read more »
Rebecca Garcia, BS’17: What I Learned While Working in Latin America
Born in the United States to immigrant parents, I have consistently sought out international experience that fostered my desire to learn. During my spring semester of junior year at the Kelley School of Business, I studied abroad in São Paulo while also working part-time as an intern at a small firm, ba}Stockler. These are my… Read more »