Don’t limit yourself to jobs for PhDs (or Professional Doctorates) in your discipline

Facebook LinkedIn X The Degree Is a Door, Not a Destination After earning your PhD or professional doctorate, it’s natural to look for the next logical step. You open job boards, filter by discipline, and find yourself in a familiar echo chamber: postdocs, adjunct roles, or industry positions so narrowly aligned with your dissertation that […]
Leadership Struggles in Small Family Businesses

Facebook LinkedIn X Where Family and Business Collide Running a small business is hard. Running a small family business? That’s leadership on hard mode. Every family business begins with a dream, independence, legacy, purpose. It’s a chance to build something together, to create opportunity across generations, to weave work and love into the same story. […]
PhD (or Professional Doctorate) Jobs: How To Transition From Academia Into Business

Facebook LinkedIn X From Dissertation to Direction You’ve earned the title. After years of research, late-night writing sessions, and the relentless pursuit of new knowledge, you’ve crossed the finish line, Dr. You. But once the celebration fades, a new question emerges: What’s next? For many newly minted PhDs and professional doctorate holders, the next step […]
The Dirtbag’s Guide to Executive Leadership: Lessons from the Wild for the Boardroom

Facebook LinkedIn X When a Suit Meets a Sleeping Bag At first glance, a dirtbag and an executive couldn’t be more different. One lives out of a van at the base of a granite wall, chasing sunrises and ascents; the other occupies a corner office with an Outlook calendar packed to the minute. One measures […]
Leadership Lessons from History’s Greatest Leaders

Facebook LinkedIn X Why History Still Teaches Us How to Lead In a world obsessed with innovation, it’s easy to forget that some of the greatest leadership lessons are timeless. The tools have changed, from telegrams to Slack messages, but the essence of leadership has not. Whether commanding armies, founding nations, or leading movements, history’s […]