992: Three Grad School Takeaways That Might Help You as Much as They Helped Me | Leadership Stories

About this episode

Sara Dean shares three key takeaways from her graduate school experience in Organizational Leadership that are applicable to leadership and personal development.

I’m five days out from graduating with my Master’s in Organizational Leadership. I’ll be honest, I am tired. Like, bone tired. I think the last four months have been a never-ending adrenaline rush to get to the finish line of grad school while also managing a full-time (and fully intense) work schedule and parenting during a busy baseball season. It’s been a lot. Don’t get me wrong, it’s been a lot of great things. I’m so grateful and truly elated for all I have experienced over the last two years. But I’m feeling the comedown, and it’s leaving me wiped out! While I think I’ll be processing the last two years for quite some time, I wanted to share a few nuggets with you right away. I’m walking away from this grad school experience with some important lessons learned that are immediately applicable for me — and might be for you, too! In this episode, I’m sharing three big takeaways from my grad school experience. First, I’m sharing a philosophy I learned in one of my first classes in the program on how to “see and see again.” This philosophy challenges us to look past assumptions, judgments, and biases and peel back the layers that might not be obvious at first glance. Second, I’m…

People in this episode

Host: Sara Dean

Topics covered

• leadership
• graduate school
• personal development
• organizational leadership
• life lessons

Keywords

• leadership lessons
• graduate school
• organizational leadership
• personal growth
• life lessons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Master’s in Organizational Leadership

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