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Between Business & Life Podcast

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Work-life balance. It’s at the top of everybody’s list of desirable career benefits. Now the Naveen Jindal School of Management offers students help on how to plan for this in their own lives: a podcast, formerly called “The Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast” (Greatest Of All Time, naturally) has been re-branded as “Between Business & Life.” An MBA student today. A balanced professional tomorrow. It’s another way that the Jindal School seeks to prepare students to become effective leaders in their future roles. The podcast offers new episodes monthly, featuring thought leaders who have achieved success in their careers as well as an excellent work-life balance. Each episode is designed to equip students with knowledge of business trends while inspiring them to manage both business and life.

Location:

United States

Description:

Work-life balance. It’s at the top of everybody’s list of desirable career benefits. Now the Naveen Jindal School of Management offers students help on how to plan for this in their own lives: a podcast, formerly called “The Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast” (Greatest Of All Time, naturally) has been re-branded as “Between Business & Life.” An MBA student today. A balanced professional tomorrow. It’s another way that the Jindal School seeks to prepare students to become effective leaders in their future roles. The podcast offers new episodes monthly, featuring thought leaders who have achieved success in their careers as well as an excellent work-life balance. Each episode is designed to equip students with knowledge of business trends while inspiring them to manage both business and life.

Language:

English

Contact:

9728835079


Episodes

Between Business and Life Podcast, Episode 6: Toward Sustainability and other Tangible Goals

1/30/2024
Thea Junt, MBA’16, environmental sustainability consultant for Southwest Airlines, joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about the company’s Nonstop to Net Zero initiative. They discuss how the SWA is meeting its strategic goals toward reducing its environmental impact and achieving sustainability, not only in its use of aviation fuel but also in its community outreach. They also go over ways students can incorporate sustainability into their education, no matter their major, and how workers can contribute to their companies’ efforts. Junt also explains how she creates a meaningful work-life balance by taking home her passion for sustainability with gardening and planting habitats in which caterpillars can thrive to become butterflies. Links discussed in this episode: https://turnipgreencreativereuse.org/

Duration:00:34:04

Between Business and Life, Episode 5: Quiet Quitting

12/14/2023
In this episode of Between Business and Life, Samantha (Sam) Dwinell, chief people officer at Stream Realty Partners and member of the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s Advisory Council, joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about quiet quitting: what it means and doesn’t mean — and how that differs among different generations of workers. They also discuss remote work vs. flexibility within the context of work-life balance — especially as it relates to young people at the beginning of their careers. Shatz is assistant dean for MBA Programs at the Jindal School.

Duration:00:29:34

Between Business and Life Podcast, Episode 4: A Deep Dive into Cryptocurrency

11/30/2023
In this episode of Between Business and Life, Matthew Rabinowitz, MBA’02, joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about cryptocurrency. Rabinowitz is a serial entrepreneur, husband, father of three boys and a self-described “recovering engineer” who splits his time between living in Spain and directing several U.S.-based companies. He has researched digital currency since 2013.

Duration:00:42:09

Between Business and Life Podcast, Episode 3: Unraveling the Mystery of Today’s Economic Climate

10/31/2023
Dr. Peter Lewin joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about the state of the economy and how best to seek a work-life balance given its current state. Lewin is a clinical professor in the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s Finance and Managerial Economics Academic Area.

Duration:00:30:07

Between Business and Life Podcast, Episode 2: Balancing a Cybersecurity Career with a Family Life

8/29/2023
In this episode, Sam Satyanathan, MBA’04, director of information security at Freddie Mac, joins host Lisa Shatz, for a discussion about how he balances a career as a cybersecurity professional with a family life and as an MBA mentor at The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management.

Duration:00:27:44

Between Business and Life Podcast, Episode 1: Blockchain in the Supply Chain with Chris Hanebeck

6/14/2023
In the inaugural episode of Between Business and Life, Truckl CEO Hanns-Christian (Chris) Hanebeck joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about how his company is advancing blockchain technology in the supply chain. They also discuss how Hanebeck manages to achieve a work-life balance while running a company.

Duration:00:45:20

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, Episode 26: Jack Liu, MBA’19, on Transitioning from Engineering to Business

4/27/2023
In this episode, host Lisa Shatz and Jack Liu, MBA’19, a senior product manager at Sabre Corporation, discuss how he transitioned from a career as an engineer — Liu earned his MS in Telecommunications Engineering degree from UT Dallas in 2010 — to a full-time MBA student and how that experience equipped him to change his mindset from the how’s of engineering product development to the why’s of a strategic, client-focused product manager.

Duration:00:24:14

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, Episode 25: Tasha Okulate. MBA’19, Discusses How She Achieved a Family-Work-School Life Balance While Pursuing an MBA

3/22/2023
In this episode, host Lisa Shatz and Tasha Okulate, MBA’19, sales strategy senior manager at PepsiCo, discuss how Okulate juggled family life with work and school while she and her husband both pursued MBA degrees at UT Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management.

Duration:00:34:16

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, Episode 24: Daniel Myers, MBA’15, On How Engineers Benefit from Obtaining an MBA

12/22/2022
In this episode, host Lisa Shatz and Daniel Myers, MBA’15, global lead in developer relations with Snowflake, discuss how obtaining an MBA can benefit the career of an engineer, whether in a role as senior engineer or moving into management.

Duration:00:25:12

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, Episode 23: Mike Zamulinski, MBA’21, MS’21: How a Non-Traditional Background Can Benefit an MBA Student

10/27/2022
In the episode, host Lisa Shatz catches up with Mike Zamulinski, MBA’21, MS’21, a strategy consultant at Deloitte in its Finance Strategy & Transformation division. They discuss his non-traditional background and how it benefitted him in his career change once he earned two graduate degrees at UT Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management.

Duration:00:25:56

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, Episode 22: Melike Aslan Coskun, MBA’21, MS’21, An International Student’s Guide to Succeeding in Grad School

8/26/2022
In this episode, Melike Aslan Coskun, MBA’21, MS’21, joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about how she transitioned from careers in the defense and trade industries in her home country of Turkey to a graduate student at The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management, which helped launch her career as a global supply chain manager at Tesla.

Duration:00:26:03

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Episode 21: Sreenath (Sree) Janakiraman, MBA’19, Leveraged an Internship into a Full-time Position

6/28/2022
In this episode, Sreenath (Sree) Janakiraman, MBA’19, and host Lisa Shatz discuss how Janakiraman leveraged an internship he obtained at AT&T while a student in the MBA Cohort Program into a full-time position as a senior strategy consultant. Janakiraman then was promoted to associate director of strategy in less than two years.

Duration:00:29:19

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, Episode 20: Cameron Prince, MBA’20

4/25/2022
In this episode, host Lisa Shatz chats with Cameron Prince, MBA’20, a supply chain and operations leadership development program (LDP) Associate at Raytheon Technologies. Price discusses his military background and how that experience informed his decision to pursue a Full-Time MBA at The University of Texas at Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management.

Duration:00:27:55

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, Episode 19: Valerie Ward, MBA’20

2/22/2022
In this episode, host Lisa Shatz speaks with Valerie Ward, who graduated from the Naveen School of Management’s Full-Time MBA program in 2020 with a concentration in business analytics. They discuss how Ward successfully used the degree as a springboard to make a transition from being a stay-at-home mom to landing her current role as a lead experience manager at a major technology company.

Duration:00:31:56

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, Episode 18: Jordan Pedigo, MBA’16, MS’16

12/10/2021
In this edition of the Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, host Lisa Shatz, assistant dean of MBA Programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, speaks with Jordan Pedigo, MBA’16, MS’16. At the time their conversation was recorded, Pedigo was vice president and senior division controller at BOK Financial. Soon afterward, he took a position at U Bank as executive vice president and chief financial officer. They discuss how he selected The University of Texas at Dallas over the other universities in the region that offer MBA programs. He also explains how the program benefited him.

Duration:00:20:06

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, Episode 17: Travis Kemp, MBA’18, MS’18

10/1/2021
Travis Kemp, MBA’18, MS’18, joins host Lisa Shatz, assistant dean and director of MBA Programs ,to discuss the benefits and challenges of undertaking a double MS/MBA degree at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. Kemp attributes his success at AT&T (he was promoted to director, supply chain strategy after the episode was recorded) to the organizational and time-management skills he necessarily learned while juggling full-time work and graduate study. Photo by Zahira Kemp.

Duration:00:32:46

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast: Episode 16: Bonnie Hurst, MBA’20

6/17/2021
In this episode, host Lisa Shatz, assistant dean and director of the MBA Programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas, welcomes Bonnie Hurst, MBA'20, senior project leader at Methodist Health System in Dallas-Fort Worth. Hurst discusses her role at Methodist as a data analyst and how the UT Dallas MBA degree prepared her for the role. She also discusses how she overcame adversity while a student in the program as well as the most valuable skills she learned in it.

Duration:00:26:26

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, Episode 15: Tarun Tripathy, MBA’18

4/23/2021
In the episode, Tarun Tripathy, MBA’18, a consultant at Deloitte, joins host Lisa Shatz, assistant dean of MBA Programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. They discuss what brought him to his decision to enroll in an MBA program, why he chose UT Dallas and the highlights and challenges he experienced as an international student and what he learned from them.

Duration:00:29:28

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, Episode 14: Tristan Opie, MBA’19

1/31/2021
In this episode, host Lisa Shatz, assistant dean of MBA programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, chats with Tristan Opie, MBA’19, an experienced consultant for the Healthcare and Life Sciences division of West Monroe Partners, a Chicago-based national consulting firm with offices throughout the U.S., including Dallas. Shatz and Opie discuss what life has been like in the year since he graduated from the Full-Time MBA program, during which he was in the consulting immersion program. Opie also explains why he selected UT Dallas from among other top MBA programs and recalls fond memories while he was getting his degree.

Duration:00:32:14

Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, Episode 13: Lisa Shatz, Jindal School’s Assistant Dean of MBA Programs

12/17/2020
In this episode, host Dr. Monica Powell and guest Lisa Shatz, an assistant dean at the Naveen Jindal School of Management and director of its MBA programs, chat about their shared history as colleagues and friends. Shatz will take over as host of the Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast beginning with Episode 14.

Duration:00:29:43