MBA CSEA 2016 Boston Regional Forum
 
Agenda

 Time  
Program  
8:30 - 9 am

Check-in, breakfast and networking
9 - 10:15 am
Keynote speaker Andy Molinsky

REACH: If You’re Not Outside Your Comfort Zone, You Won’t Learn Anything

10:15 - 10:30 am  
Networking break
10:30 - 11:40 am

 Round Table discussion of top of mind topics of interest to schools and employers
11:40 - 11:45 am
Wrap-up
Boxed lunches to go, provided compliments of Liberty Mutual

 
More about our speaker

REACH: If You’re Not Outside Your Comfort Zone, You Won’t Learn Anything!

Do you feel comfortable delivering bad news? Do you look forward to speaking in public? Do you enjoy networking? Is it easy for you to speak your mind and be assertive with friends and colleagues? If you answered no to any of these questions, this book can help!

What often sets successful people apart is their willingness to do things most of us fear. What’s more, we have the false notion that successful people like to do these things, when the truth is that successful people have simply found their own way to do them.

According to Andy Molinsky, an expert on behavior in the business world, there are five key challenges underlying our avoidance tendencies: authenticity, competence, resentment, likability, and morality. Does the new behavior you’re attempting feel authentic to you? Is it the right thing to do? Answering these questions will help identify the “gap” in our behavioral style that we can then bridge by using the three C’s: Clarity, Conviction, and Customization. Perhaps most interesting, Molinsky has discovered that many people who confront what they were avoiding come to realize that they actually enjoy it, and can even be good at it.

Short, prescriptive, and based not only on the author’s groundbreaking research but on his own quest to get out of his comfort zone, Reach will help you take the thing you are most afraid of doing and make it a proud part of your personal repertoire.

Andy Molinsky is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at Brandeis University’s International Business School, specializing in behavior change and cross-cultural interaction in business settings. He holds a B.A. in International Relations, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Brown University, an M.A. in International Business from Columbia University, an M.A. in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University. Andy regularly writes for the Harvard Business Review, and his work has been featured in the Economist, Fast Company, Fortune, the Financial Times, The Boston Globe, NPR, and the Voice of America. His first book, Global Dexterity (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013), received the Axiom Award (Silver Medal) for Best Business Book in International Business & Globalization and has been used widely in organizations around the world, including Boeing, AIG, the US Air Force Academy, and the Clinton Foundation, among others. He speaks regularly to a wide range of professional audiences. Learn more at: www.andymolinsky.com

Round Table Discussions

Capitalizing on the professional expertise of our participants, we will offer round table discussions to provide a forum for sharing best practices on specific topics. Participants will select topics of greatest interest and rotate through the groups, sharing information and gaining new ideas and creative approaches to our work. Participants will select three topics to discuss in rotations. Topics include:
  • Engaging Student Organizations
    Subtopics: Best practices, sponsorship/engagement events, etc.
  • Enhancing the Candidate Experience
    Subtopics: How do we align student expectations to what an employer can deliver? Strategies for creating a positive candidate experience
  • Graduate Business Recruiting: Employers and Career Services Working Collaboratively to Reach Mutual Goals
    o Subtopics: Thoughts on using virtual events, successful branding strategies, etc.
  • Putting Together a Package: Meeting Candidate & Employer Needs
    o Subtopics: What is important/attractive to today’s Graduate Business student? Thoughts on supplemental benefits (i.e. loan repayment, flexible work arrangements, engaging spouses/partners, etc.)