At least that’s the impression you might get if you believe everything you read. I spend quite a bit of time reading academic and business forums and inevitably I see the same misconceptions everywhere I go. As an MBA graduate (and a DBA student) I take offense to many of the comments I read, some [...]
For the first time in almost five years I was forced to go a few days without my BlackBerry crutch. I had planned on voluntarily going without a BlackBerry for a few days to see how I could manage (someday). Unfortunately, I didn’t quite plan on doing that this week! What surprised me is how [...]
As of today it’s official: I’m a Doctoral Student at Northcentral University. Most people probably have not heard of NCU or the program I’m enrolling in (Doctorate of Business Administration, DBA). Decide on a school and a program started soon after I started my MBA… so why NCU and why the DBA program?
I recently ran across a blog by Meg Guiseppi with a lot of great information about managing your personal “brand”. The idea is that in this Internet-enabled (dependent?) world, the traditional strategies of sending a resume to a head-hunter are simply outdated. Everyone has heard about the social networking sited like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc… [...]
This post marks the beginning of my second blog: LeesWeblog. As of this post, I am in my last term as an MBA student at Troy State University and very active in government (DoD) contracting from both a management and technical perspective. I have also worked in academia, for-profit organizations, and owned two small businesses. [...]