The Tar Heel Hustle

We wrapped up Season 1 with Episode 8, introducing our Social Media Manager, Esmeralda, as she interviewed Javier, Bola, and Mafe. We candidly shared our experiences thus far in the Kenan-Flagler Executive MBA and what drove us to launch the Tar Heel Hustle podcast last year. We invite you to join us as we relive some of our most surprising insights, outtakes, and anecdotes.

We’ll have a couple of surprise guests and discover more about their journey and future aspirations. Join us as we chat with the winners of our ice breaker challenge, Amy and Laura.

To close out our season finale, our hosts share what to expect in Season 2 with a sneak peek of some of the incredible panelists lined up to share the inspiring stories that led them to the Kenan-Flagler Business School EMBA program!

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Credits:

Hosts: Bola Mustapha and Javier Guillermo Molina

Producers: Bola, Javier and Mafe Osilia

Social Media Coordinator: Esmeralda Baltazar

Editor: Jack McCarthy

The Tar Heel Hustle is brought to you by Kenan-Flagler Business School Executive MBA students.

We wrapped up Season 1 with Episode 8, introducing our Social Media Manager, Esmeralda, as she interviewed Javier, Bola, and Mafe. We candidly shared our experiences thus far in the Kenan-Flagler Executive MBA and what drove us to launch the Tar Heel Hustle podcast last year. We invite you to join us as we relive some of our most surprising insights, outtakes, and anecdotes.

We’ll have a couple of surprise guests and discover more about their journey and future aspirations. Join us as we chat with the winners of our ice breaker challenge, Amy and Laura.

To close out our season finale, our hosts share what to expect in Season 2 with a sneak peek of some of the incredible panelists lined up to share the inspiring stories that led them to the Kenan-Flagler Business School EMBA program!

We would love to hear from you!

Follow us – links below- and let us know what you think of the show.

Facebook: The Tar Heel Hustle

Instagram: @The_Tar_Heel_Hustle

Twitter: @TarHeelHustle

Credits:

Hosts: Bola Mustapha and Javier Guillermo Molina

Producers: Bola, Javier and Mafe Osilia

Social Media Coordinator: Esmeralda Baltazar

Editor: Jack McCarthy

The Tar Heel Hustle is brought to you by Kenan-Flagler Business School Executive MBA students.

Meet classmates Abiba Sakanogo, Vaishak Sukumaran, and Mafe Osilia! Seasoned professionals from different continents of the world with a common desire to keep learning. Javier and Bola explore their journey from their home countries to the U.S. and ultimately the Kenan-Flagler Business School and get glances into some of their most interesting experiences with different cultures from around the world.

In this episode, Abiba, an Executive Finance Director based in Maryland, and Mafe, a Finance Business Systems Director based in Dallas, share their experience in re-allocating to the U.S. and starting an MBA in the same year. Vaishak, a Software Engineering Manager, shares his journey to UNC and examines the importance of diversity to enrich the learning experience in the program.

For our guests, the school values, the Global Entrepreneurship Lab (GEL), and the Leadership Program played a huge role in their decision to pursue an education at the Kenan-Flagler Business School. Candidly, they shared what the future holds for them with entrepreneurial ventures and NGO efforts to increase third-world access to education, help improve refugee's quality of life and contribute to fair trade/responsible sourcing efforts.

To learn more about Refugee Resettlement: Refugee Resettlement – Baltimore

For more information about UNC support to international students check out this recent update about UNC MBA STEM designation.

We would love to hear from you!

Follow us – links below- and let us know what you think of the show.

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Instagram: @The_Tar_Heel_Hustle

Twitter: @TarHeelHustle

Credits:

Hosts: Bola Mustapha and Javier Guillermo Molina

Producers: Bola, Javier and Mafe Osilia

Social Media Manager: Esmeralda Baltazar

Editor: Jack McCarthy

The Tar Heel Hustle is brought to you by Kenan-Flagler Business School Executive MBA students

Meet Professor Mabel Miguel! Our excellent leadership and management professor at UNC Kenan-Flagler. Javier and Bola asked her about her experience shaping EMBA students throughout the years, and her remarkable journey from Venezuela to North Carolina.

In this episode, Professor Miguel shares a taste of her global expertise and experiences infusing leadership lessons that transcend geographical and cultural boundaries. For Mabel, self-awareness is fundamental for a leader - leaders have to discover what makes them tick.

Mabel also speaks about the Kenan-Flagler Business School faculty's commitment to excellent state-of-the-art teaching, and how her EMBA students always surprise her with new knowledge about the concepts she teaches.

We would love to hear from you! Follow us – links below- and let us know what you think of the show.

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Instagram: @The_Tar_Heel_Hustle

Twitter: @TarHeelHustle

Credits:

Hosts: Bola Mustapha and Javier Guillermo Molina

Producers: Bola, Javier and Mafe Osilia

Social Media Manager: Esmeralda Baltazar

Editor: Jack McCarthy

The Tar Heel Hustle is brought to you by Kenan-Flagler Business School Executive MBA students.

Meet classmates, Susie Tomko and Tyler Van Horn! In terms of academic brilliance and progressive leadership abilities, these two are easily among the top of our class. Javier and Bola examine how they leveraged their prior experience scaling the corporate ladder at an accelerated rate into continued success in the classroom.

In this episode, Susie, currently a Global Marketing Consultant, shares her motivation to pursue an MBA and gives us a sneak peek into what her near future looks like. Tyler, an Associate Director of Operational Effectiveness, shares his journey to UNC and examines the importance of cultural fit in future opportunities.

For both guests, location, ranking, and return on investment played a huge role in their decision to pursue an education at the Kenan-Flagler Business School. Candidly, they expressed how their expectations were exceeded by the caliber of the faculty and fellow students they’ve had an opportunity to meet and get to know on a deeper level.

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We would love to hear from you!

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Instagram: @The_Tar_Heel_Hustle

Twitter: @TarHeelHustle

Credits:

Hosts: Bola Mustapha and Javier Guillermo Molina

Producers: Bola, Javier and Mafe Osilia

Social Media Manager: Esmeralda Baltazar

Editor: Jack McCarthy

The Tar Heel Hustle is brought to you by Kenan-Flagler Business School Executive MBA students.

Meet professor Christian Lundblad! Our highly distinguished and experienced macroeconomics professor. Javier and Bola discuss his career, his role in shaping EMBA students' lives over the years, and his outlook for 2021.

In this episode, Prof. Lundblad shared what he finds fascinating about teaching, and his journey from the school down the road to where he currently resides as the Chair of the Finance Area as well as Director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and the Center for Excellence in Investment Management.

Prof. Lundblad left us with a few gems from his macroeconomics course and the keys to developing investment management skills. Stay tuned for a great episode.

To learn more about the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise visit: http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/kenan-institute 

We'd love to hear from you! Follow us – links below- and let us know what you think of the show.

Facebook: The Tar Heel Hustle

Instagram: @The_Tar_Heel_Hustle

Twitter: @TarHeelHustle

Credits:

Hosts: Bola Mustapha and Javier Guillermo Molina

Producers: Bola, Javier and Mafe Osilia

Social Media Manager: Esmeralda Baltazar

Editor: Jack McCarthy

The Tar Heel Hustle is brought to you by Kenan-Flagler Business School Executive MBA students.

Meet classmates Dr. Christina Shenvi and Dr. Trey Craig! Full-time physicians, juggling work, families, and Business School. Javier and Bola ask them about their strategies for managing stress and time while successfully navigating an Executive MBA.

In this episode, Christina, an Emergency Medicine physician and a consummate learner, talks about the strategies she always implements to increase efficiency and how she transformed her experience into helping busy professionals manage their time. When dealing with stress, Trey, an Orthopedic Surgeon, reveals the importance of compartmentalizing different aspects of his life and setting boundaries to calm your mind.

Cristina explains how her new workshop, Time for your life, helps busy professionals reduce their stress levels, feel more fulfilled, and do more of what they love by managing their time better.

They also shared what they experienced on their first day of school, what they hope to learn from the program, their peers, and what life looks like after Kenan-Flagler Business School.

For more about Trey's practice, go to https://www.orthocarolina.com/physicians/william-l-craig-iii-md

To join Christina’s next Time for your life workshop, go to https://timeforyourlife.org/workshop/

We'd love to hear from you! Follow us – links below- and let us know what you think of the show.

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Instagram: @The_Tar_Heel_Hustle

Twitter: @TarHeelHustle

Credits:

Hosts: Bola Mustapha and Javier Guillermo Molina

Producers: Bola, Javier and Mafe Osilia

Social Media Manager: Esmeralda Baltazar

Editor: Jack McCarthy

The Tar Heel Hustle is brought to you by Kenan-Flagler Business School Executive MBA students.

Meet classmates Luisa Santiago, Alexander Kuziel, and Andrew Murphy! Veterans coupling skills they've developed in the military with an MBA while transitioning into careers in the business world. Javier and Bola explore ways they've incorporated strategic thinking, problem-solving, and prior leadership experience with their newly developed business mindset.

In this episode, Luisa, a former Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG), shares the leadership traits she adopted over the years from great leaders. Highlighting the Kenan-Flagler Core Values, Teamwork resonated the most with Alexander, a former Army Special Operations Manager. Alex talks about how the Executive MBA Program provides the opportunity to work in small teams and how, in this setting, you get to know your classmates better. Andrew, a former Marine and now a Consultant, reveals that he needed to strengthen his skills toolbox to compete in business.

Our guests were gracious enough to share their personal stories and respective journeys to UNC. Their love of Carolina and all it has to offer by way of KFBS prompted their glowing recommendations to all prospective Veterans interested in Kenan-Flagler Business School.

To learn more about the Special Operators Transition Foundation, visit:https://www.sotf.org/

We'd love to hear from you! Follow us – links below- and let us know what you think of the show.

Facebook: The Tar Heel Hustle

Instagram: @The_Tar_Heel_Hustle

Twitter: @TarHeelHustle

Credits:

Hosts: Bola Mustapha and Javier Guillermo Molina

Producers: Bola, Javier and Mafe Osilia

Social Media Manager: Esmeralda Baltazar

Editor: Jack McCarthy

The Tar Heel Hustle is brought to you by Kenan-Flagler Business School Executive MBA students.

Meet the Hosts! Javier Guillermo and Bola Mustapha share how their personal journeys led them to start the Executive MBA program of UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

In this episode, our hosts share which factors influenced their decision to choose the Kenan-Flagler program over their top target business schools. Bola and Javier also talk about what to expect in this first season and which topics they plan to cover - from challenges students face involving time management, leveraging their MBA to make career changes, to exploring the EMBA programs from the perspective of high potential classmates and international students-.

They also explain how the Kenan-Flagler Core Values (excellence, leadership, integrity, inclusion, community, and teamwork) will affect their decision making after the program. They also talk about the different MBA formats offered at KFBS and what each program offers to diverse, prospective students.

We'd love to hear from you! Follow us – links below- and let us know what you think of the show.

Facebook: The Tar Heel Hustle

Instagram: @The_Tar_Heel_Hustle

Twitter: @TarHeelHustle

Credits:

Hosts: Bola Mustapha and Javier Guillermo Molina

Producers: Bola, Javier and Mafe Osilia

Social Media Manager: Esmeralda Baltazar

Editor: Jack McCarthy

The Tar Heel Hustle is brought to you by Kenan-Flagler Business School Executive MBA students.