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How to apply to business school in fewer than 6 weeks
Don’t miss the chance to submit your best MBA application! Here’s our complete guide to finishing successful MBA Applications in a time crunch.
Discovery: Your Essential First Step to Awesome MBA Essays
The very best MBA applications are built on self-awareness and clarity. A successful MBA Essay works when you take a good look at yourself!
10 Tips to Crush your Zoom Interview
10 ways to make your video interview experience great for the Interviewer. Focus on giving them an enjoyable experience and get that offer!
How to Ace Your MBA Admissions Interview with the Friendship Mindset
Round 1 MBA application deadlines are here! We have all the interview advice you need to get out of your head and into the program of your dreams.
How To Get Your Highest GMAT score Possible And Why You Need to
If you’re trying to gain MBA admission, you need to try as hard as you can to crush the GMAT or GRE. Here's how to achieve your personal best.
What GMAT score is good enough for you
Here I explain what GMAT Score is high enough for your favorite MBA schools and explain why you probably need to take the GMAT and GRE again.
GMAT vs GRE Smackdown: How to decide which test is right for you?
My next 3 posts are gonna demystify the whole test score enigma and debunk some key myths about them. This is some heavy stuff.
A Screenwriter’s Guide to Epic Narratives for your MBA Essays
Here are my insider tips from my days as a screenwriter to help you construct Epic Stories in your MBA essays and shine in MBA applications.
Alumni can ruin MBA essays: 6 steps to collecting useful feedback
Good writing is essentially rewriting. It can be so helpful to get the input of a trusted friend or family member on your MBA stories.
How to Write the Harvard HBS MBA Application Essay
When you’re putting together a successful Harvard MBA essay, the most valuable thing you can do is tell an Epic Story. Learn how here.
How to Write a Great MBA Essay
Learn how to write a truly great MBA essay in this tips list compiled by Angela Guido, one of the MBA admissions industry's most beloved experts.
MBA Monday 2: What's the deal with school fit?
School fit isn't a black box like everyone says, it's critical to the success of your MBA application. I decode it in this #MBAMonday video on YouTube.
Look at all the amazing ways you can grow during this pandemic!
I'm sharing a list of cool things you can do to pass the time and grow as a person during the pandemic. The world is just bursting with bright ideas!
Say Hello to MBAMondays!
There's a lot of bad MBA application advice out there. Here's how to stay on the right track with your MBA career goals in our #MBAMonday series on YouTube.
How to Apply for MBA Admissions During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus is changing life as we know it, and that includes MBA programs. This is my advice on how to apply to business school this year.
Please stop trying to convince people you are good
You're failing life if you're trying to convince people you're good enough. Here's a better approach to getting what you want in your career.
How to Add Value to Your Professional Network
Social connections—whether professional or otherwise—should always be two-way avenues. Here's how to add value to your professional network.
Why Being Kind Is Your Best Networking Strategy and How to Do it
Kindness is the best networking strategy. We've got 47 creative ways to use kindness at work to enhance your professional friendships.
7 Ways to Build Better Professional Relationships
Professional friendship is all about creating shared positive experiences. Here's your complete guide to creating awesome professional relationships.
5 Ways to Improve Your Professional Networking Skills
Advice to help you bring out your best networking self, make great connections, forward your career and start you on your way to becoming a superconnector!
How to build your Professional Network
We're all about professional friendships here at CP. Enjoy our best free resources about networking. Yeah. that's right, it's free.
The World's Biggest Recruiters of Top MBA Talent
What are the world's biggest recruiters of top MBA graduates? The best MBA programs for specific companies? The best business schools for getting a job?
The Best MBA Programs by Industry
What’re the best MBA courses for specific industries? How do you know an MBA will help you get the job you want in consulting, technology, or manufacturing?
The Best MBA Programs by Function
What MBA is best for getting the job you want? How do you know it will help you develop the skills for your dream career? Dig into our insights by function.
How to Choose the Best Business School for You
When you’re deciding which MBA to invest in, it’s pretty complicated. To make it easier for you we’ve got a handy guide for your research.
How Not to Embarrass Yourself in MBA Applications
Don't let misuse of common phrases make you look less than brilliant. Here, Sarah will give you a verbal toolkit to help you avoid commonly misused phrases.
Curiosity: The Biggest Threat to Ignorance
MBA advice: Be curious. It can make you a better business leader. If you want to change the world, you first have to know how it works right now.
Here's why you need to tell the truth in your MBA applications
Did you know that schools do background checks on students? That's why if you have resume blemishes or academic indiscretions you need to tell the truth.
10 ways to show your target schools the love
MBA deadlines are approaching fast, so here are 10 creative ways to demonstrate your interest in schools before you apply.
How to Say Thanks the Right Way
People help you grow and advance. They create opportunities for you. Appreciation is the secret key to keeping good energy flowing to and through you.
Take the Right Advice from the Right People
Internet searching is an indispensable skill. But sometimes the things you need to know can’t be learned online. There is no substitute for mentorship.
Your Initiative is the Key to Unlocking Opportunity
Resumes are all about impact & positive contributions to meaningful outcomes. Want to have more impact and contribute towards meaningful outcomes? It’s easy.
How to Actually Enjoy the MBA Application Process
I use these secrets to coach my clients to amazing outcomes while bringing out their authentic voices so they get more than just a stellar application.
But Do You Really Know What You Want?
But Do You Really Know What You Want? Explore Preferences: If you don’t know what you want, it will be hard to make confident choices.
5 Questions with MBA Admissions Consultant Angela Guido
I help aspiring business leaders understand their strengths, how to communicate them & achieve their goals, and build strong professional relationships.
Master your future: How to be a Long Term Visionary and a Short Term Pragmatist
What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question I’m still asking after more than 3 decades. And that’s as it should be.
Don’t Waste Your MBA Career Pivot: Advice For New Admits
Here are some things you can do now to get ahead of the game. Taking these steps before classes begin will help ensure your success in the internship race.
5 Ways to Bring More Fun & Connection to Your Office
If you’re feeling stuck in the rut of just getting your work done, try a few of these ideas for how to bring more fun and connection to your office.
Loads of Amazing Free MBA Application Advice
Loads of Amazing Free MBA Application Advice! Here are some of my choicest pieces of advice for MBA applicants, rising MBAs, and even folks on the waitlist.
How to choose the right MBA Program for you
Did you get into multiple schools? It's a tough decision! This is for people who have the problem of having to choose between rival offers for MBA admission.
How to Write an Awesome Recommendation
Writing great recommendations isn’t rocket science. If you just keep a few principles in mind, you too can be a ninja recommender!
I gave up second guessing my decisions. Here's what happened
I couldn't accept the decisions I made. Then I made peace with them and discovered something new. It got easier to make decisions!
The 8 things every leader must do before 8AM
You are awesome without having to try. I recommend doing more things that bring you joy because that is the best path to fulfilling your ultimate purpose.
The One Thing That Changed How I Think About Risk
Security and risk: Humans need a balance of both in order to be happy, fulfilled, and feel alive. So why don’t we take more risks?
You can learn charisma in 3 minutes and 34 seconds (with some help from a dancing monkey)
Charisma isn't what you think. Let this Italian dude and his dancing monkey show you how to wow a crowd and make friends with strangers.
Real Leaders Don't Use the Word “Led”
Stop and look at your resume. Do you have bullets that start with the word “Led”? You have to get rid…real Leaders Don’t Use the Word “Led”
How to Be a Selfish A** in Job Interviews
The secret to presenting yourself as the ideal hire: show your utility function. This is what employers want to know when they interview you.
Top 10 Tools for Your Creative MBA Essays
If your MBA program requires you to submit a creative MBA essay, you need one or more of these 10 cool tools to make yours awesome and easy.
Something really important the toilet taught me
If you aren’t asking questions and seeking to understand how things really work, it will limit your opportunities for advancement.
3 Things to Do Before You Quit
Before you quit your job and head off to bschool, be sure to do these 3 things to solidify existing relationships and collect valuable feedback.
LinkedIn Profile Protocol for MBAs
Want to know why a fab LinkedIn profile is essential, even if you plan to get your next job on campus? Here's a guide to looking good online!
Career Bites #12: Interview People
You’re willing to work hard, you want to add value, but you also want to enjoy your work and be inspired. The key is to interview people.
Career Bites #11: Be a Short Term Pragmatist
You won't reach your highest goals overnight. To get there fast, maximize your current options and enjoy the ride. Be a Short Term Pragmatist.
Career Bites #10: Be a Longterm Visionary
Being a longterm visionary is a cure for Short Term Myopia and Option Paralysis. Try this quick exercise to help steer your career.
How to Rock a Professional Conference
A professional conference is a great opportunity to create career social churn, support and inspiration. Here's how to make the most of one.
Career Bites #9: Be of Service
Want to have more impact in your career? It’s easy. Just ask yourself this one question: How can I be of service? The download our 67 ideas!
MBA Resume Protocol
Are you a past, current, or future MBA? Want to present yourself as a business leader? You need an MBA resume. Follow our complete guide.
Career Bites #8: Build Your Resume
Learn how to build your resume through expanded impact and measurable results. Follow these tips to make it easy to impress with your resume.
Career Bites #7: Say Thanks
Don't just say thanks. Use Vivid Appreciation: the art of giving back by letting people share your success and be inspired. Learn how.
Career Bites #6: Get Mentors
Mentorship is part of how we grow. Mentors are people whose wisdom makes your journey easier. You can’t achieve full potential without them.
Career Bites #5: Be Curious
Be curious. Ask questions about how the world works. It will make you a better thinker & leader. Download our free market sizing problem set!
Career Bites #4: Be a Risk Taker
Are you a Risk-Taker? Would you call yourself brave? You need to be if you want a fulfilling career. Here's why and how to cultivate courage.
Career Bites #3: Be Kind
Workplace Kindness is an underestimated way to advance your career. You need to hustle. But unlike hard work, kindness never goes unnoticed.
Career Bites #2: Knowledge Capital
Jobs pay in two currencies – cash and knowledge capital. Develop knowledge you can take with you, don’t just master the firm’s way.
The Awesome Informational Interview
Want to research potential firms & impress networking contacts? Here is our 7-Step Process for conducting an Awesome Informational Interview.
Career Bites #1: Explore Preferences
Explore preferences; decide what you like and what matters to you. If you don’t know what you want, it's hard to make confident choices.
Resilience: Get Good at Failing
Resilience allows you to grow. If you know how to fail, then you know how to succeed. Follow these 3 easy steps to turn setbacks into wins.
Confident Humility:Key to Successful Interviews
Confident humility is required to live a full and happy life. It's a founding principle for Berkeley Haas and Google seeks in its employees.
5 Tips for Upward Management
Upward Management may be the most undervalued skill for professional success. If you are a great upward manager you will also advance rapidly.
Death to the Elevator Pitch
You have to stop using your Elevator Pitch to introduce yourself at Networking Events. Try a better way to connect.
Listen! Avoid Awkward Networking Moments
Listen! Avoid Awkward Networking Moments. Listen here to find out how to gain access to any networking conversation without being an arse.
None of Your Beeswax! Understand Social Distance
Understanding Social Distance is your key to confidence in any professional networking situation – even when you are outside of your culture.
How to Turn a Disparaging Comment into Useful Feedback
Sometimes feedback takes the form of a disparaging comment. Instead of letting them get you down, here's how to use them to grow.
Networking Your Way to Real Friendship
Did you think that the purpose of a networking event was to impress people? Take the transaction out of networking and get people to like you.
This ONE Tip Will Make You Love Networking
Change your perspective on networking. It's something you already do and enjoy. This is the Career Protocol networking philosophy.
How to apply to business school in fewer than 6 weeks
Don’t miss the chance to submit your best MBA application! Here’s our complete guide to finishing successful MBA Applications in a time crunch.
Discovery: Your Essential First Step to Awesome MBA Essays
The very best MBA applications are built on self-awareness and clarity. A successful MBA Essay works when you take a good look at yourself!
10 Tips to Crush your Zoom Interview
10 ways to make your video interview experience great for the Interviewer. Focus on giving them an enjoyable experience and get that offer!
How to Ace Your MBA Admissions Interview with the Friendship Mindset
Round 1 MBA application deadlines are here! We have all the interview advice you need to get out of your head and into the program of your dreams.
How To Get Your Highest GMAT score Possible And Why You Need to
If you’re trying to gain MBA admission, you need to try as hard as you can to crush the GMAT or GRE. Here's how to achieve your personal best.
What GMAT score is good enough for you
Here I explain what GMAT Score is high enough for your favorite MBA schools and explain why you probably need to take the GMAT and GRE again.
GMAT vs GRE Smackdown: How to decide which test is right for you?
My next 3 posts are gonna demystify the whole test score enigma and debunk some key myths about them. This is some heavy stuff.
A Screenwriter’s Guide to Epic Narratives for your MBA Essays
Here are my insider tips from my days as a screenwriter to help you construct Epic Stories in your MBA essays and shine in MBA applications.
Alumni can ruin MBA essays: 6 steps to collecting useful feedback
Good writing is essentially rewriting. It can be so helpful to get the input of a trusted friend or family member on your MBA stories.
How to Write the Harvard HBS MBA Application Essay
When you’re putting together a successful Harvard MBA essay, the most valuable thing you can do is tell an Epic Story. Learn how here.
How to Write a Great MBA Essay
Learn how to write a truly great MBA essay in this tips list compiled by Angela Guido, one of the MBA admissions industry's most beloved experts.
MBA Monday 2: What's the deal with school fit?
School fit isn't a black box like everyone says, it's critical to the success of your MBA application. I decode it in this #MBAMonday video on YouTube.
Look at all the amazing ways you can grow during this pandemic!
I'm sharing a list of cool things you can do to pass the time and grow as a person during the pandemic. The world is just bursting with bright ideas!
Say Hello to MBAMondays!
There's a lot of bad MBA application advice out there. Here's how to stay on the right track with your MBA career goals in our #MBAMonday series on YouTube.
How to Apply for MBA Admissions During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus is changing life as we know it, and that includes MBA programs. This is my advice on how to apply to business school this year.
Please stop trying to convince people you are good
You're failing life if you're trying to convince people you're good enough. Here's a better approach to getting what you want in your career.
How to Add Value to Your Professional Network
Social connections—whether professional or otherwise—should always be two-way avenues. Here's how to add value to your professional network.
Why Being Kind Is Your Best Networking Strategy and How to Do it
Kindness is the best networking strategy. We've got 47 creative ways to use kindness at work to enhance your professional friendships.
7 Ways to Build Better Professional Relationships
Professional friendship is all about creating shared positive experiences. Here's your complete guide to creating awesome professional relationships.
5 Ways to Improve Your Professional Networking Skills
Advice to help you bring out your best networking self, make great connections, forward your career and start you on your way to becoming a superconnector!
How to build your Professional Network
We're all about professional friendships here at CP. Enjoy our best free resources about networking. Yeah. that's right, it's free.
The World's Biggest Recruiters of Top MBA Talent
What are the world's biggest recruiters of top MBA graduates? The best MBA programs for specific companies? The best business schools for getting a job?
The Best MBA Programs by Industry
What’re the best MBA courses for specific industries? How do you know an MBA will help you get the job you want in consulting, technology, or manufacturing?
The Best MBA Programs by Function
What MBA is best for getting the job you want? How do you know it will help you develop the skills for your dream career? Dig into our insights by function.
How to Choose the Best Business School for You
When you’re deciding which MBA to invest in, it’s pretty complicated. To make it easier for you we’ve got a handy guide for your research.
How Not to Embarrass Yourself in MBA Applications
Don't let misuse of common phrases make you look less than brilliant. Here, Sarah will give you a verbal toolkit to help you avoid commonly misused phrases.
Curiosity: The Biggest Threat to Ignorance
MBA advice: Be curious. It can make you a better business leader. If you want to change the world, you first have to know how it works right now.
Here's why you need to tell the truth in your MBA applications
Did you know that schools do background checks on students? That's why if you have resume blemishes or academic indiscretions you need to tell the truth.
10 ways to show your target schools the love
MBA deadlines are approaching fast, so here are 10 creative ways to demonstrate your interest in schools before you apply.
How to Say Thanks the Right Way
People help you grow and advance. They create opportunities for you. Appreciation is the secret key to keeping good energy flowing to and through you.
Take the Right Advice from the Right People
Internet searching is an indispensable skill. But sometimes the things you need to know can’t be learned online. There is no substitute for mentorship.
Your Initiative is the Key to Unlocking Opportunity
Resumes are all about impact & positive contributions to meaningful outcomes. Want to have more impact and contribute towards meaningful outcomes? It’s easy.
How to Actually Enjoy the MBA Application Process
I use these secrets to coach my clients to amazing outcomes while bringing out their authentic voices so they get more than just a stellar application.
But Do You Really Know What You Want?
But Do You Really Know What You Want? Explore Preferences: If you don’t know what you want, it will be hard to make confident choices.
5 Questions with MBA Admissions Consultant Angela Guido
I help aspiring business leaders understand their strengths, how to communicate them & achieve their goals, and build strong professional relationships.
Master your future: How to be a Long Term Visionary and a Short Term Pragmatist
What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question I’m still asking after more than 3 decades. And that’s as it should be.
Don’t Waste Your MBA Career Pivot: Advice For New Admits
Here are some things you can do now to get ahead of the game. Taking these steps before classes begin will help ensure your success in the internship race.
5 Ways to Bring More Fun & Connection to Your Office
If you’re feeling stuck in the rut of just getting your work done, try a few of these ideas for how to bring more fun and connection to your office.
Loads of Amazing Free MBA Application Advice
Loads of Amazing Free MBA Application Advice! Here are some of my choicest pieces of advice for MBA applicants, rising MBAs, and even folks on the waitlist.
How to choose the right MBA Program for you
Did you get into multiple schools? It's a tough decision! This is for people who have the problem of having to choose between rival offers for MBA admission.
How to Write an Awesome Recommendation
Writing great recommendations isn’t rocket science. If you just keep a few principles in mind, you too can be a ninja recommender!
I gave up second guessing my decisions. Here's what happened
I couldn't accept the decisions I made. Then I made peace with them and discovered something new. It got easier to make decisions!
The 8 things every leader must do before 8AM
You are awesome without having to try. I recommend doing more things that bring you joy because that is the best path to fulfilling your ultimate purpose.
The One Thing That Changed How I Think About Risk
Security and risk: Humans need a balance of both in order to be happy, fulfilled, and feel alive. So why don’t we take more risks?
You can learn charisma in 3 minutes and 34 seconds (with some help from a dancing monkey)
Charisma isn't what you think. Let this Italian dude and his dancing monkey show you how to wow a crowd and make friends with strangers.
Real Leaders Don't Use the Word “Led”
Stop and look at your resume. Do you have bullets that start with the word “Led”? You have to get rid…real Leaders Don’t Use the Word “Led”
How to Be a Selfish A** in Job Interviews
The secret to presenting yourself as the ideal hire: show your utility function. This is what employers want to know when they interview you.
Top 10 Tools for Your Creative MBA Essays
If your MBA program requires you to submit a creative MBA essay, you need one or more of these 10 cool tools to make yours awesome and easy.
Something really important the toilet taught me
If you aren’t asking questions and seeking to understand how things really work, it will limit your opportunities for advancement.
3 Things to Do Before You Quit
Before you quit your job and head off to bschool, be sure to do these 3 things to solidify existing relationships and collect valuable feedback.
LinkedIn Profile Protocol for MBAs
Want to know why a fab LinkedIn profile is essential, even if you plan to get your next job on campus? Here's a guide to looking good online!
Career Bites #12: Interview People
You’re willing to work hard, you want to add value, but you also want to enjoy your work and be inspired. The key is to interview people.
Career Bites #11: Be a Short Term Pragmatist
You won't reach your highest goals overnight. To get there fast, maximize your current options and enjoy the ride. Be a Short Term Pragmatist.
Career Bites #10: Be a Longterm Visionary
Being a longterm visionary is a cure for Short Term Myopia and Option Paralysis. Try this quick exercise to help steer your career.
How to Rock a Professional Conference
A professional conference is a great opportunity to create career social churn, support and inspiration. Here's how to make the most of one.
Career Bites #9: Be of Service
Want to have more impact in your career? It’s easy. Just ask yourself this one question: How can I be of service? The download our 67 ideas!
MBA Resume Protocol
Are you a past, current, or future MBA? Want to present yourself as a business leader? You need an MBA resume. Follow our complete guide.
Career Bites #8: Build Your Resume
Learn how to build your resume through expanded impact and measurable results. Follow these tips to make it easy to impress with your resume.
Career Bites #7: Say Thanks
Don't just say thanks. Use Vivid Appreciation: the art of giving back by letting people share your success and be inspired. Learn how.
Career Bites #6: Get Mentors
Mentorship is part of how we grow. Mentors are people whose wisdom makes your journey easier. You can’t achieve full potential without them.
Career Bites #5: Be Curious
Be curious. Ask questions about how the world works. It will make you a better thinker & leader. Download our free market sizing problem set!
Career Bites #4: Be a Risk Taker
Are you a Risk-Taker? Would you call yourself brave? You need to be if you want a fulfilling career. Here's why and how to cultivate courage.
Career Bites #3: Be Kind
Workplace Kindness is an underestimated way to advance your career. You need to hustle. But unlike hard work, kindness never goes unnoticed.
Career Bites #2: Knowledge Capital
Jobs pay in two currencies – cash and knowledge capital. Develop knowledge you can take with you, don’t just master the firm’s way.
The Awesome Informational Interview
Want to research potential firms & impress networking contacts? Here is our 7-Step Process for conducting an Awesome Informational Interview.
Career Bites #1: Explore Preferences
Explore preferences; decide what you like and what matters to you. If you don’t know what you want, it's hard to make confident choices.
Resilience: Get Good at Failing
Resilience allows you to grow. If you know how to fail, then you know how to succeed. Follow these 3 easy steps to turn setbacks into wins.
Confident Humility:Key to Successful Interviews
Confident humility is required to live a full and happy life. It's a founding principle for Berkeley Haas and Google seeks in its employees.
5 Tips for Upward Management
Upward Management may be the most undervalued skill for professional success. If you are a great upward manager you will also advance rapidly.
Death to the Elevator Pitch
You have to stop using your Elevator Pitch to introduce yourself at Networking Events. Try a better way to connect.
Listen! Avoid Awkward Networking Moments
Listen! Avoid Awkward Networking Moments. Listen here to find out how to gain access to any networking conversation without being an arse.
None of Your Beeswax! Understand Social Distance
Understanding Social Distance is your key to confidence in any professional networking situation – even when you are outside of your culture.
How to Turn a Disparaging Comment into Useful Feedback
Sometimes feedback takes the form of a disparaging comment. Instead of letting them get you down, here's how to use them to grow.
Networking Your Way to Real Friendship
Did you think that the purpose of a networking event was to impress people? Take the transaction out of networking and get people to like you.
This ONE Tip Will Make You Love Networking
Change your perspective on networking. It's something you already do and enjoy. This is the Career Protocol networking philosophy.