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The Rendanheyi Model is an innovative model of management focusing on taking a holistic approach and empowering employees to take ownership in the workplace. Join Dr. Annika Steiber, Director of the Rendanheyi Center at Menlo College, and the Center’s three summer interns - Xinan Li ‘22, Carey Lee ‘21, and Yuanyuan Shen ‘20 - to learn more about the Rendanheyi Model, the center at Menlo that shares its name, and the research that our guests engage in to explore how this model might be adapted to other parts of the world outside of his home in China.

➺ Haier Company: The first and only company to use the Rendanheyi Model of management.

➺ International Conference | Sept. 16 -18, 2020 | Tickets are free for Menlo faculty, staff and students.

The Rendanheyi Model is an innovative model of management focusing on taking a holistic approach and empowering employees to take ownership in the workplace. Join Dr. Annika Steiber, Director of the Rendanheyi Center at Menlo College, and the Center’s three summer interns - Xinan Li ‘22, Carey Lee ‘21, and Yuanyuan Shen ‘20 - to learn more about the Rendanheyi Model, the center at Menlo that shares its name, and the research that our guests engage in to explore how this model might be adapted to other parts of the world outside of his home in China.

➺ Haier Company: The first and only company to use the Rendanheyi Model of management.

➺ International Conference | Sept. 16 -18, 2020 | Tickets are free for Menlo faculty, staff and students.

On May 22nd, we interviewed Menlo's President, Steven Weiner, about his career journey and the semester ahead. In this snapshot of a longer episode - which can be heard in "Journey to the Presidency", episode 19 - our listeners can learn President Weiner's thoughts on the Fall semester. While much has changed in the last few months, his optimism remains. 

On May 22nd, Dylan Houle and Kelly Davis asked Menlo's President, Steven Weiner, for his thoughts on the upcoming Fall semester. While much has changed since that conversation, President Weiner's positive outlook for the college remains the same. 

This bonus episode is a clip from a longer episode: Episode 19, Journey to the Presidency. 

Enjoy an engaging discussion with Menlo College’s 11th inaugurated president, Steven Weiner. In this episode, we explore President Weiner’s journey from aspiring botanist to start-up executive to college president. President Weiner shares his vision for the future of college and recounts the story of one of our most famous “alumni”: Phar Lap, a legendary racing horse who met a mysterious end.

Alumnus Maxwell Barnes ’18 shares his journey from college custodian to VC Associate in this wide ranging discussion. Maxwell discusses the unique challenges he faced growing up, what motivated him to transfer to Menlo College from Chico State, and the internships and chance encounters that put him on a path to success. Plus, you’ll get a sneak peak and the background story behind the book he’s writing on internships.

Books:

➺ APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur–How to Publish a Book by Guy Kawasaki

➺ Secrets of Sand Hill Road by Scott Kupor

➺ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

➺ Animal Farm by George Orwell

Podcasts:

➺ Hidden Brain

➺ Planet Money

Kyle Lubke, Menlo College class of 2016 and member of the Menlo Alumni Council, joins the ICS live from Montana for an engaging discussion on everything from careers in audit and accounting to why he’s passionate about improving young people’s financial literacy. Along the way, you’ll learn a little about his golf game and why he thinks even numbers nerds to be good writers.

Yasmin Gomez is known on Menlo’s campus for her intense dedication to and success in everything she tackles - being a student, being a mother, participating in Menlo’s first cohort of  UIF fellows, and advocating for Latinx and immigrant rights. She took her ability to make calculated, thoughtful decisions and applied this skill early in her time at Menlo to decide on pursuing a degree in Marketing, leading her to find creativity, practicality, and vast applicability to the work she does now to forge forward her goals to help give back to those who need it most.

➺ 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene

Ali Young, Menlo College class of 2014, joins the ICS team for an engaging discussion on everything from careers in sales and business development to how COVID-19 is impacting gender equity and social norms at work. You'll hear which professors made the biggest impact on Ali and why she chooses to stay engaged with the college through the Menlo Alumni Council.

Resources that she mentions:

➺ Website: Saleshacker.com

➺ Book: Sales Engagement: How The World's Fastest Growing Companies are Modernizing Sales Through Humanization at Scale by Manny Medina (https://www.amazon.com/Sales-Engagement-Companies-Modernizing-Humanization/dp/1119584345 )

➺ Website: Chorus.ai

➺ https://salesengagement.com/podcast/

Enjoy this lively discussion with Ramped Careers founders Manoj Jonna and Danny Leonard and one of their most successful fellows, Menlo College alumna Solin Piearcy ’20. Manoj, Danny and Solin discuss the Ramped Fellowship and how to succeed in business development. Along the way, Solin shares how her classroom, club and athletic experiences helped prepare her for her first job after college at Transifex.

➺ Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

➺ Extreme Ownership: How the U.S. Navy SEALs Lead And Win by Jocko Willink

➺ A Hunter’s Game by Yin Dumela

➺ Modern Sentimentalism: Affect, Irony, and Female Authorship in Interwar America by Lisa Mendelman

➺ The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation by Matthew Dixon