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1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.360 Well, my career is very different than most people 2 00:00:02.360 --> 00:00:04.260 that you'll find here in the Kelley faculty. 3 00:00:04.260 --> 00:00:06.740 I'm an undergraduate music major. 4 00:00:06.740 --> 00:00:08.780 My degree is from Indiana University. 5 00:00:08.780 --> 00:00:10.630 I was in the jazz major. 6 00:00:10.630 --> 00:00:13.100 Once I graduated, I went straight to Las Vegas, 7 00:00:13.100 --> 00:00:14.600 played in the showrooms out there, 8 00:00:14.600 --> 00:00:16.580 behind a lot of celebrities, traveled 9 00:00:16.580 --> 00:00:17.840 on the road with some acts-- 10 00:00:17.840 --> 00:00:19.740 Tony Bennett, Tina Turner, others-- 11 00:00:19.740 --> 00:00:22.160 and after a while decided I didn't 12 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:24.260 want to be in the music world, got an MBA 13 00:00:24.260 --> 00:00:26.270 while I was performing at night, got an MBA 14 00:00:26.270 --> 00:00:28.220 during the daytime, similar to how you're 15 00:00:28.220 --> 00:00:31.320 doing, working at the same time as getting an MBA, 16 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:33.050 transitioned into the business world 17 00:00:33.050 --> 00:00:35.720 and got involved in the entertainment industry, 18 00:00:35.720 --> 00:00:38.390 the fashion industry, a lot of different industries, 19 00:00:38.390 --> 00:00:41.480 coming out of my MBA. 20 00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:43.490 I also have a law degree. 21 00:00:43.490 --> 00:00:46.070 So I'm a licensed attorney as well, which has really 22 00:00:46.070 --> 00:00:47.780 helped me in business. 23 00:00:47.780 --> 00:00:51.240 But most of my career has been in the corporate world: 24 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:55.220 senior executive for companies like L'Oréal, Disney, the Allen 25 00:00:55.220 --> 00:00:56.250 & Company. 26 00:00:56.250 --> 00:00:59.030 I worked at boutique consulting agencies who 27 00:00:59.030 --> 00:01:01.240 specialize in high-end brands. 28 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:03.360 So I've done a lot of projects with corporations 29 00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:08.430 like Nordstrom, Hard Rock Cafe, Mercedes-Benz, Louis Vuitton, 30 00:01:08.430 --> 00:01:10.980 Aveda, Estée Lauder, lots of people 31 00:01:10.980 --> 00:01:13.470 in the fashion-beauty world, Ralph Lauren. 32 00:01:13.470 --> 00:01:15.450 And then I really wanted to start 33 00:01:15.450 --> 00:01:16.810 sharing that with students. 34 00:01:16.810 --> 00:01:19.230 And so I joined the Kelley faculty just 35 00:01:19.230 --> 00:01:20.790 in the last few years. 36 00:01:20.790 --> 00:01:23.370 I teach several classes in Kelley Direct, involved 37 00:01:23.370 --> 00:01:26.160 in international business, involved in leadership 38 00:01:26.160 --> 00:01:28.120 and in crisis management. 39 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:32.100 The crisis management class focuses on real-world things 40 00:01:32.100 --> 00:01:34.860 that I've experienced, how you deal with something when 41 00:01:34.860 --> 00:01:38.520 a sudden crisis comes up, whether it's a situation where 42 00:01:38.520 --> 00:01:41.850 there's been injury to a person by your products, 43 00:01:41.850 --> 00:01:44.580 whether it's a problem with an executive where you've 44 00:01:44.580 --> 00:01:47.100 been caught by the IRS cheating on your books, whatever 45 00:01:47.100 --> 00:01:49.060 a corporation's problem might be. 46 00:01:49.060 --> 00:01:52.650 My course deals with how you mitigate the damage 47 00:01:52.650 --> 00:01:55.830 and also how you build a company to be crisis-ready 48 00:01:55.830 --> 00:01:57.960 so crises don't happen. 49 00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:01.260 Here in the KD program, I teach a few different classes 50 00:02:01.260 --> 00:02:03.990 in international business leadership and also 51 00:02:03.990 --> 00:02:05.770 crisis management class. 52 00:02:05.770 --> 00:02:08.759 What I do is bring a lot of the experiences I've had, 53 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:12.060 real-world situations, and bring them to the class, 54 00:02:12.060 --> 00:02:15.780 as well as finding things in the news and contemporary things 55 00:02:15.780 --> 00:02:18.690 that we can talk about and bring the real-world experiences 56 00:02:18.690 --> 00:02:19.600 into class. 57 00:02:19.600 --> 00:02:23.320 In the course, we do a lot of analyzation of situations. 58 00:02:23.320 --> 00:02:27.480 Students figure out what they would do in the same situation 59 00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:31.440 and really work on how you build competency 60 00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:33.960 and critical thinking, as well as an analyzing, 61 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:37.540 in order to come up with a very well-reasoned solution. 62 00:02:37.540 --> 00:02:39.810 The classes are very interactive, 63 00:02:39.810 --> 00:02:41.640 a lot of class participation. 64 00:02:41.640 --> 00:02:44.520 Students will be asked to do a lot of little things 65 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:48.420 as part of building to a solution to a situation. 66 00:02:48.420 --> 00:02:50.790 And I really enjoy bringing in current things 67 00:02:50.790 --> 00:02:53.970 and even involving projects that students might be working on 68 00:02:53.970 --> 00:02:57.600 currently at their businesses to include into the subject matter. 69 00:02:57.600 --> 00:02:59.910 I really enjoy teaching Kelley Direct students 70 00:02:59.910 --> 00:03:04.120 because they have such a diverse variety of jobs. 71 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:06.937 They have a diverse variety of cultures, experiences. 72 00:03:06.937 --> 00:03:08.770 They're from different parts of the country. 73 00:03:08.770 --> 00:03:13.080 And so we get a wide variety of opinions, thoughts, ideas 74 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.280 that we can all share in the classroom. 75 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:17.910 Also, people have already been exposed to the business world, 76 00:03:17.910 --> 00:03:20.460 so they have some real-world experience 77 00:03:20.460 --> 00:03:24.000 that they can relate very directly to the cases we talk 78 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:27.990 about, the situations, and bring their personal situations 79 00:03:27.990 --> 00:03:32.080 that they've experienced in their jobs into this situation. 80 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:34.050 It's also wonderful to build networking 81 00:03:34.050 --> 00:03:37.020 amongst all the students so that they get the opportunity to meet 82 00:03:37.020 --> 00:03:40.500 people often currently working in the same type of roles 83 00:03:40.500 --> 00:03:43.553 or the industry that they're in, or similar industries, 84 00:03:43.553 --> 00:03:44.970 so that they can meet other people 85 00:03:44.970 --> 00:03:48.610 and get to know more folks out there in the business community. 86 00:03:48.610 --> 00:03:51.720 So I truly enjoy teaching the Kelley Direct students, 87 00:03:51.720 --> 00:03:54.690 especially online, which allows a lot more flexibility 88 00:03:54.690 --> 00:03:57.820 for the students in order to participate in the classes. 89 00:03:57.820 --> 00:03:59.700 In my career, I've been fortunate enough 90 00:03:59.700 --> 00:04:01.560 to have a lot of accomplishments, 91 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:04.380 and I love sharing those with my students. 92 00:04:04.380 --> 00:04:06.090 Just to give you a couple of examples. 93 00:04:06.090 --> 00:04:08.430 In my career, I'm most proud of a few things that 94 00:04:08.430 --> 00:04:11.820 have happened, especially when corporations have contacted me 95 00:04:11.820 --> 00:04:13.410 because of the good work I've done, 96 00:04:13.410 --> 00:04:15.630 offering me a more senior-level position 97 00:04:15.630 --> 00:04:18.959 or asking me to take on more responsibility. 98 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:21.089 One example is when I was running the marketing 99 00:04:21.089 --> 00:04:22.620 for a company called Redken. 100 00:04:22.620 --> 00:04:26.290 Redken was purchased by the L'Oréal corporation. 101 00:04:26.290 --> 00:04:29.360 I came in to L'Oréal to run the marketing for the Redken 102 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:29.860 company. 103 00:04:29.860 --> 00:04:32.070 They were very happy with what I did and over time, 104 00:04:32.070 --> 00:04:35.850 gave me five different brands to run worldwide for them and all 105 00:04:35.850 --> 00:04:37.530 their worldwide marketing. 106 00:04:37.530 --> 00:04:39.180 While I was working with L'Oréal, 107 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:41.400 I was contacted by the Disney corporation, 108 00:04:41.400 --> 00:04:44.220 asking if I would come take a position with them 109 00:04:44.220 --> 00:04:46.660 based on the marketing and other work that I had done. 110 00:04:46.660 --> 00:04:49.650 So that was very exciting, to work with Disney. 111 00:04:49.650 --> 00:04:51.570 Another opportunity that came my way 112 00:04:51.570 --> 00:04:54.810 is an investment company in New York City, Allen & Company. 113 00:04:54.810 --> 00:04:57.098 Invited me to come into a giant roll-up 114 00:04:57.098 --> 00:04:58.890 they were doing in the beauty-fashion world 115 00:04:58.890 --> 00:04:59.830 in the United States. 116 00:04:59.830 --> 00:05:01.560 I became the chief marketing officer, 117 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:05.370 as they purchased a number of spas, hair salons, 118 00:05:05.370 --> 00:05:10.080 beauty operations, certain counters and cosmetic sections 119 00:05:10.080 --> 00:05:12.120 of department stores all over the United States, 120 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:14.160 to run this roll-up that they did, 121 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:18.000 going from about 30 locations to 2,500 locations in the space 122 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:19.300 of two and a half years. 123 00:05:19.300 --> 00:05:21.990 I get asked by many students, especially who are already 124 00:05:21.990 --> 00:05:24.630 working in their careers, who've left college or gone 125 00:05:24.630 --> 00:05:26.400 from college for a few years, how 126 00:05:26.400 --> 00:05:28.630 to succeed in online classes. 127 00:05:28.630 --> 00:05:30.060 So let me give you a few insights 128 00:05:30.060 --> 00:05:32.220 that I've found from other Kelley Direct students 129 00:05:32.220 --> 00:05:34.170 who I've talked to who've done very, very 130 00:05:34.170 --> 00:05:36.000 well with online classes. 131 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:37.860 The first thing is really important, is 132 00:05:37.860 --> 00:05:40.110 when you're on one of the online classes, 133 00:05:40.110 --> 00:05:43.590 stay engaged and take notes so that it's not 134 00:05:43.590 --> 00:05:45.960 like watching a video screen or a movie, 135 00:05:45.960 --> 00:05:48.330 that you're really engaged with the material. 136 00:05:48.330 --> 00:05:49.990 That seems to make a lot of difference. 137 00:05:49.990 --> 00:05:51.120 Participate. 138 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.610 Actively put questions in the chat room 139 00:05:53.610 --> 00:05:56.230 when that opportunity arises. 140 00:05:56.230 --> 00:05:59.560 Be active when you get into little, small group discussions. 141 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:03.520 Also really calendar out timing of when you do things. 142 00:06:03.520 --> 00:06:06.743 It sometimes can feel very disconnected to say, oh, 143 00:06:06.743 --> 00:06:08.410 there's an assignment due, but I'm never 144 00:06:08.410 --> 00:06:12.290 going to actually be in class or a college setting to remind me. 145 00:06:12.290 --> 00:06:15.790 So scheduling out when you plan on doing all your assignments 146 00:06:15.790 --> 00:06:19.130 early on as the course begins can really be helpful. 147 00:06:19.130 --> 00:06:22.180 Another thing is talk to your other students. 148 00:06:22.180 --> 00:06:24.320 Email them when you have questions. 149 00:06:24.320 --> 00:06:26.710 Try to engage with the other students in class. 150 00:06:26.710 --> 00:06:28.660 And don't wait for just those times when 151 00:06:28.660 --> 00:06:32.050 you might be in a Zoom session to get engaged, ask them 152 00:06:32.050 --> 00:06:33.790 questions, and be involved. 153 00:06:33.790 --> 00:06:36.200 And also, contact your professor. 154 00:06:36.200 --> 00:06:37.960 I love it when the Kelley Direct students 155 00:06:37.960 --> 00:06:39.730 contact me to talk about anything: 156 00:06:39.730 --> 00:06:42.130 their careers, job changes, problems 157 00:06:42.130 --> 00:06:43.430 they have at the office. 158 00:06:43.430 --> 00:06:44.780 That's what we're here for. 159 00:06:44.780 --> 00:06:47.050 So feel free to reach out. 160 00:06:47.050 --> 00:06:49.870 And don't just wait til when there's a class time 161 00:06:49.870 --> 00:06:52.475 to do things, engaging with the professors. 162 00:06:52.475 --> 00:06:54.100 I love it when the students talk to me. 163 00:06:54.100 --> 00:06:55.700 And, in fact, I talk to many students 164 00:06:55.700 --> 00:06:58.120 well after the course is over. 165 00:06:58.120 --> 00:06:59.390 I'll give you an example. 166 00:06:59.390 --> 00:07:01.510 I teach a crisis management class. 167 00:07:01.510 --> 00:07:05.900 In that, students prepare for what would happen in my company. 168 00:07:05.900 --> 00:07:08.860 About four weeks after the class ended, one of the students 169 00:07:08.860 --> 00:07:11.650 contacted me, and they were in the middle of a crisis. 170 00:07:11.650 --> 00:07:14.320 There was a shooting at one of the businesses they own. 171 00:07:14.320 --> 00:07:16.970 And they were anxiously, what do we do next? 172 00:07:16.970 --> 00:07:18.430 And I was happy to talk with them, 173 00:07:18.430 --> 00:07:21.280 give them some guidance as to how they can mitigate 174 00:07:21.280 --> 00:07:24.050 and work on that situation for the organization. 175 00:07:24.050 --> 00:07:28.290 So feel always free to reach out to your faculty members. 176 00:07:28.290 --> 00:07:33.000

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WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.260 I'm originally from Indiana, so I'm a born and bred Hoosier. 2 00:00:03.260 --> 00:00:06.810 And I practiced law up in Indianapolis for 15 years. 3 00:00:06.810 --> 00:00:10.250 And during my last five years of active law practice, 4 00:00:10.250 --> 00:00:13.610 I started teaching as an adjunct both at the IU McKinney law 5 00:00:13.610 --> 00:00:16.452 school up in Indianapolis and at Butler University, 6 00:00:16.452 --> 00:00:18.410 a private liberal arts school up there that you 7 00:00:18.410 --> 00:00:20.250 may know from basketball. 8 00:00:20.250 --> 00:00:25.160 And my colleagues at Butler let me know about a faculty opening 9 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:26.130 at Kelley. 10 00:00:26.130 --> 00:00:29.000 I applied and came down here and joined the full-time faculty 11 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:30.180 in 2015. 12 00:00:30.180 --> 00:00:33.900 So I teach in Core 1, the business law and ethics class. 13 00:00:33.900 --> 00:00:36.530 And, of course, I spent 10 years in private practice. 14 00:00:36.530 --> 00:00:39.620 And in that role, I represented businesses, 15 00:00:39.620 --> 00:00:43.070 including the doctors who invented Gatorade, and worked 16 00:00:43.070 --> 00:00:44.580 with state agencies. 17 00:00:44.580 --> 00:00:45.930 I did some appellate work. 18 00:00:45.930 --> 00:00:49.110 And so all of that comes into play in the business law class. 19 00:00:49.110 --> 00:00:52.160 Additionally, I'm teaching a new course on business and climate 20 00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:57.320 law, and that is so relevant to what's happening out there today 21 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:00.120 in the marketplace, with investor concerns 22 00:01:00.120 --> 00:01:01.750 about climate risk. 23 00:01:01.750 --> 00:01:04.349 And that's my teaching portfolio in KD. 24 00:01:04.349 --> 00:01:06.630 I really enjoy teaching KD students, 25 00:01:06.630 --> 00:01:08.490 and that balances against my teaching 26 00:01:08.490 --> 00:01:11.250 of undergraduates: obviously very different student 27 00:01:11.250 --> 00:01:12.260 populations. 28 00:01:12.260 --> 00:01:14.040 Kelley Direct students are bringing 29 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:17.400 so much interesting professional and real-world experience 30 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:21.330 into our classes, and I think that enriches the class 31 00:01:21.330 --> 00:01:23.020 and enriches the discussion. 32 00:01:23.020 --> 00:01:24.600 The questions that they bring to me 33 00:01:24.600 --> 00:01:27.210 are so much more challenging, which I love. 34 00:01:27.210 --> 00:01:29.890 And they learn from each other, and I learn from them. 35 00:01:29.890 --> 00:01:32.550 I've been gratified to receive a number of teaching awards 36 00:01:32.550 --> 00:01:34.240 during my tenure at Kelley. 37 00:01:34.240 --> 00:01:36.690 One that I'm most proud of comes from the Academy 38 00:01:36.690 --> 00:01:38.350 of Legal Studies and Business. 39 00:01:38.350 --> 00:01:40.740 This is the professional group for lawyers 40 00:01:40.740 --> 00:01:43.710 who teach in law schools, and it recognizes 41 00:01:43.710 --> 00:01:46.410 teaching that reflects humanitarian concerns 42 00:01:46.410 --> 00:01:48.820 and is interdisciplinary in nature. 43 00:01:48.820 --> 00:01:50.490 And that really suits my background, 44 00:01:50.490 --> 00:01:53.400 since I think of myself as more of a liberal arts person 45 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:55.100 than a business school person. 46 00:01:55.100 --> 00:01:57.240 Additionally, I've received the Panschar Award 47 00:01:57.240 --> 00:02:00.810 for teaching excellence from the Kelley School, a few trustee 48 00:02:00.810 --> 00:02:03.970 teaching awards, and a scattering of others. 49 00:02:03.970 --> 00:02:06.525 I hate to say it, but my advice for successful students 50 00:02:06.525 --> 00:02:09.150 is the same as the advice you've been getting since you started 51 00:02:09.150 --> 00:02:11.850 school as a little kid, is you gotta show up for class. 52 00:02:11.850 --> 00:02:13.800 You gotta do your homework. 53 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:15.540 You gotta study and be prepared. 54 00:02:15.540 --> 00:02:18.790 But also, communicate with the faculty. 55 00:02:18.790 --> 00:02:21.060 If you're struggling, if you have questions, 56 00:02:21.060 --> 00:02:23.610 don't be afraid that your questions are stupid. 57 00:02:23.610 --> 00:02:26.790 Bring them to the classroom or bring them to office hours. 58 00:02:26.790 --> 00:02:28.840 Confer with your class colleagues. 59 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:30.250 Raise them in the classroom. 60 00:02:30.250 --> 00:02:32.870 That's the only way you're going to learn. 61 00:02:32.870 --> 00:02:38.000

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WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.833 So let me tell you a little bit about myself 2 00:00:01.833 --> 00:00:04.580 and how I became a faculty member. 3 00:00:04.580 --> 00:00:07.400 I had a long career in corporate and then 4 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:10.250 in consulting, first working for Hallmark cards 5 00:00:10.250 --> 00:00:15.450 and then running my own boutique strategic management agency. 6 00:00:15.450 --> 00:00:18.330 After that, I had the opportunity 7 00:00:18.330 --> 00:00:23.130 to teach a course in Kelley Direct to students, 8 00:00:23.130 --> 00:00:25.530 and it was a live consulting project 9 00:00:25.530 --> 00:00:27.840 for an international NGO. 10 00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:30.150 And I was so impressed by the students, 11 00:00:30.150 --> 00:00:33.390 I was so impressed by working with them 12 00:00:33.390 --> 00:00:35.250 and by working with Kelley Direct, 13 00:00:35.250 --> 00:00:39.030 that I spent the next two years deciding 14 00:00:39.030 --> 00:00:43.680 that I wanted to teach full time, and so that's what I did. 15 00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:46.980 Finally, I began teaching, spending my time primarily 16 00:00:46.980 --> 00:00:49.590 focused on strategic management of innovation, 17 00:00:49.590 --> 00:00:53.670 but also teaching international business, consulting, 18 00:00:53.670 --> 00:00:56.100 and a number of other things that 19 00:00:56.100 --> 00:00:57.545 have come up over the years. 20 00:00:57.545 --> 00:00:59.920 Over the years, I've taught a number of different things. 21 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:02.620 I've taken students on international consulting trips. 22 00:01:02.620 --> 00:01:05.459 I have developed the introduction 23 00:01:05.459 --> 00:01:07.090 to consulting course. 24 00:01:07.090 --> 00:01:09.780 And primarily what I am doing today 25 00:01:09.780 --> 00:01:13.110 is teaching U723, the Strategic Management 26 00:01:13.110 --> 00:01:15.670 of Technology and Innovation. 27 00:01:15.670 --> 00:01:18.240 And in that course, we really explore 28 00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:21.660 what it means to make the strategic decisions about what 29 00:01:21.660 --> 00:01:25.020 technologies to adopt, how to find those technologies, how 30 00:01:25.020 --> 00:01:27.480 to time their market entry, how to deal 31 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:31.290 with the conflict between what technology can do 32 00:01:31.290 --> 00:01:33.940 and what customers may actually want. 33 00:01:33.940 --> 00:01:38.490 And it's a fun course because we learn, in many ways, 34 00:01:38.490 --> 00:01:41.400 from all the failures and all the difficulties companies 35 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:42.790 have had over the years. 36 00:01:42.790 --> 00:01:44.730 So it's an enjoyable course to teach, 37 00:01:44.730 --> 00:01:49.080 and I really enjoy my time interacting with the students 38 00:01:49.080 --> 00:01:49.800 in KD. 39 00:01:49.800 --> 00:01:52.500 Because many of the students of KD 40 00:01:52.500 --> 00:01:56.760 are already participating in projects 41 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:59.130 that are technology-oriented and they're 42 00:01:59.130 --> 00:02:02.610 able to immediately apply what we talk about. 43 00:02:02.610 --> 00:02:04.680 That makes the course more interesting, 44 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:06.450 and it also makes sure that I'm teaching 45 00:02:06.450 --> 00:02:08.130 the right things over time. 46 00:02:08.130 --> 00:02:12.248 So what does it take to be successful as an online student? 47 00:02:12.248 --> 00:02:14.040 This is an interesting question, because it 48 00:02:14.040 --> 00:02:16.850 is different than being in a classroom. 49 00:02:16.850 --> 00:02:18.590 That's absolutely true. 50 00:02:18.590 --> 00:02:21.460 The successful students that I've seen interact with me, 51 00:02:21.460 --> 00:02:22.280 they reach out. 52 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:23.660 We have coffee chats. 53 00:02:23.660 --> 00:02:25.660 You're not in the same town, so I can't actually 54 00:02:25.660 --> 00:02:26.510 buy you a coffee. 55 00:02:26.510 --> 00:02:29.590 But we spend some time on the computer screen 56 00:02:29.590 --> 00:02:32.650 talking about what you're doing, what your career objectives 57 00:02:32.650 --> 00:02:35.830 are, and then, specifically, what some of the harder 58 00:02:35.830 --> 00:02:37.760 concepts in the class may be. 59 00:02:37.760 --> 00:02:39.890 I really enjoy meeting with students over time. 60 00:02:39.890 --> 00:02:41.650 The next thing that you need to do 61 00:02:41.650 --> 00:02:43.780 is you need to organize the fact that you 62 00:02:43.780 --> 00:02:47.110 are a full-time employee, full-time student, 63 00:02:47.110 --> 00:02:49.870 full-time family member. 64 00:02:49.870 --> 00:02:52.970 I honestly am amazed by the students in this program. 65 00:02:52.970 --> 00:02:55.810 I'm not sure I could have done this when I was a student. 66 00:02:55.810 --> 00:02:57.220 But you have to manage that. 67 00:02:57.220 --> 00:02:59.470 And you manage that by being organized, 68 00:02:59.470 --> 00:03:02.830 by communicating with your fellow students who 69 00:03:02.830 --> 00:03:06.460 are on projects, by recognizing that everybody 70 00:03:06.460 --> 00:03:07.750 has times when they're busy. 71 00:03:07.750 --> 00:03:10.252 Because work takes over or family takes over. 72 00:03:10.252 --> 00:03:12.460 And how do we manage that along with the course loads 73 00:03:12.460 --> 00:03:13.930 that we have to achieve? 74 00:03:13.930 --> 00:03:17.350 If you do that logistics, if you do that project management, 75 00:03:17.350 --> 00:03:19.720 which you also learn here at Kelley, 76 00:03:19.720 --> 00:03:23.320 and then you overcommunicate with the people around you, 77 00:03:23.320 --> 00:03:27.070 you'll be incredibly successful, even when 78 00:03:27.070 --> 00:03:29.630 it seems to get overwhelming. 79 00:03:29.630 --> 00:03:33.370 The good news is, as you learn things at Kelley, 80 00:03:33.370 --> 00:03:36.790 you'll actually be applying things in your job the next day, 81 00:03:36.790 --> 00:03:39.470 and that will actually make your job easier in some ways. 82 00:03:39.470 --> 00:03:42.290 So to me, this works really, really well. 83 00:03:42.290 --> 00:03:44.410 There's been many moments in Kelley Direct that 84 00:03:44.410 --> 00:03:47.300 have been impactful. 85 00:03:47.300 --> 00:03:49.018 My travel with students overseas is 86 00:03:49.018 --> 00:03:50.560 something I could go on and on about, 87 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:53.120 but I'll save that for a coffee chat when you join us. 88 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:55.390 One thing that really struck home to me 89 00:03:55.390 --> 00:04:01.060 and made it feel to me like I was actually doing my job well, 90 00:04:01.060 --> 00:04:04.720 a student took a concept that we had in class, 91 00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:08.890 and the next week, she had an interview. 92 00:04:08.890 --> 00:04:10.648 And it was an unusual interview. 93 00:04:10.648 --> 00:04:12.190 It was an interview with three people 94 00:04:12.190 --> 00:04:15.490 that were thinking about hiring her, all in the same room. 95 00:04:15.490 --> 00:04:17.458 And they were talking to her about the project, 96 00:04:17.458 --> 00:04:19.750 and they were talking to her about the different things 97 00:04:19.750 --> 00:04:21.880 that they thought she might do. 98 00:04:21.880 --> 00:04:24.520 And she realized that this was very confusing, 99 00:04:24.520 --> 00:04:27.680 that it was very difficult to understand what was going on. 100 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.370 And so she got up to the whiteboard 101 00:04:30.370 --> 00:04:33.135 and laid out a responsibilities matrix, 102 00:04:33.135 --> 00:04:34.510 which is what we had talked about 103 00:04:34.510 --> 00:04:37.060 in consulting just the previous week, 104 00:04:37.060 --> 00:04:38.680 and walked them through: I think this 105 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:40.138 is what you're talking about, and I 106 00:04:40.138 --> 00:04:43.038 think this is what you think I'm going to be responsible for, 107 00:04:43.038 --> 00:04:45.580 and this is what you're doing, and this is what you're doing, 108 00:04:45.580 --> 00:04:49.540 and immediately organized the work for this job. 109 00:04:49.540 --> 00:04:53.110 And if I recall correctly, she got the offer the next day. 110 00:04:53.110 --> 00:04:56.080 It's really powerful to me when I 111 00:04:56.080 --> 00:05:01.350 see students employ the tools they 112 00:05:01.350 --> 00:05:06.450 get in the classroom in their jobs, in their everyday lives, 113 00:05:06.450 --> 00:05:08.160 and then they come feed back to me 114 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.710 that, hey, it actually worked. 115 00:05:10.710 --> 00:05:12.630 Sometimes we don't always believe schools 116 00:05:12.630 --> 00:05:15.590 giving us something that's going to be actually applicable. 117 00:05:15.590 --> 00:05:17.430 But here at Kelley Direct, I know 118 00:05:17.430 --> 00:05:21.870 that that is a prime reason why I am so enthused about working 119 00:05:21.870 --> 00:05:24.390 with students, regardless of the concepts 120 00:05:24.390 --> 00:05:25.660 we end up talking about. 121 00:05:25.660 --> 00:05:28.860 We see it, we use it, and then we come back and discuss 122 00:05:28.860 --> 00:05:31.220 how we can improve it. 123 00:05:31.220 --> 00:05:36.000

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WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.530 2 00:00:00.530 --> 00:00:01.730 I'm Ray Luther. 3 00:00:01.730 --> 00:00:04.640 I'm currently a senior lecturer in the management 4 00:00:04.640 --> 00:00:06.530 and entrepreneurship department. 5 00:00:06.530 --> 00:00:10.030 My personal history is I went to IU as an undergrad. 6 00:00:10.030 --> 00:00:12.710 I was in ROTC and had a wonderful time, 7 00:00:12.710 --> 00:00:15.470 wonderful experience, graduated a number of years ago, 8 00:00:15.470 --> 00:00:18.140 and went directly into the Army as a commissioned officer. 9 00:00:18.140 --> 00:00:20.370 Spent four years in Fort Stewart, Georgia, 10 00:00:20.370 --> 00:00:21.560 had an absolute blast. 11 00:00:21.560 --> 00:00:24.300 It was a really fun experience for me. 12 00:00:24.300 --> 00:00:26.900 It allowed me to grow and develop as a leader 13 00:00:26.900 --> 00:00:29.750 and also learn about leadership principles and coaching 14 00:00:29.750 --> 00:00:31.700 and development and all of those things 15 00:00:31.700 --> 00:00:34.310 that really motivate me today. 16 00:00:34.310 --> 00:00:37.940 From my Army experience, I went directly to Procter & Gamble. 17 00:00:37.940 --> 00:00:40.370 I got a chance to work in our healthcare division, 18 00:00:40.370 --> 00:00:42.995 specifically at the time our pharmaceutical division, 19 00:00:42.995 --> 00:00:44.870 and eventually our over-the-counter medicines 20 00:00:44.870 --> 00:00:45.390 division. 21 00:00:45.390 --> 00:00:47.490 And I loved the healthcare business. 22 00:00:47.490 --> 00:00:50.630 I loved working at P&G. I was in the consumer and market 23 00:00:50.630 --> 00:00:51.570 knowledge department. 24 00:00:51.570 --> 00:00:53.960 I also worked on brand strategy. 25 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:56.240 And I spent my entire time in healthcare, 26 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:59.570 eventually working my way to the healthcare leadership team 27 00:00:59.570 --> 00:01:02.100 for the last three or four years I was there. 28 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:05.050 While there, I got to work on the Prilosec OTC launch. 29 00:01:05.050 --> 00:01:07.560 I got to work on expansion of our pharmaceutical business 30 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:08.470 globally. 31 00:01:08.470 --> 00:01:11.010 I got to work on a healthcare strategy redesign, 32 00:01:11.010 --> 00:01:14.130 a lot of cool, large, strategic projects, 33 00:01:14.130 --> 00:01:15.730 which was really interesting. 34 00:01:15.730 --> 00:01:18.900 But the part I found personally interesting 35 00:01:18.900 --> 00:01:21.030 was, how did these business decisions have 36 00:01:21.030 --> 00:01:22.530 an impact on people? 37 00:01:22.530 --> 00:01:24.040 How did they impact our teams? 38 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:26.760 How did we think about making this work happen 39 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:28.330 as an organization? 40 00:01:28.330 --> 00:01:30.640 And so that's always really fascinated me. 41 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:34.340 In 2009, I decided to make a huge career change 42 00:01:34.340 --> 00:01:35.340 and come into higher ed. 43 00:01:35.340 --> 00:01:39.060 So I knew some folks at Kelley and networked my way back 44 00:01:39.060 --> 00:01:42.330 and started in career services as a career coach 45 00:01:42.330 --> 00:01:45.360 and also the director of the Consumer Marketing Academy 46 00:01:45.360 --> 00:01:48.030 and the Full-Time MBA Program. 47 00:01:48.030 --> 00:01:50.250 It was a great education, a great experience 48 00:01:50.250 --> 00:01:54.000 to work with full-time students, learn about career management 49 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:57.000 and help them achieve the goals they set for themselves 50 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:01.440 and also dip my toe in the water of teaching in the academy 51 00:02:01.440 --> 00:02:03.180 and developing students on a very 52 00:02:03.180 --> 00:02:07.080 pragmatic, practical pathway. 53 00:02:07.080 --> 00:02:09.630 I had a lot of opportunities to work as professional staff 54 00:02:09.630 --> 00:02:10.650 throughout Kelley. 55 00:02:10.650 --> 00:02:13.380 I served as the executive director of the Full-Time MBA 56 00:02:13.380 --> 00:02:14.320 Program. 57 00:02:14.320 --> 00:02:16.950 I worked in our executive degree programs and executive 58 00:02:16.950 --> 00:02:17.850 education. 59 00:02:17.850 --> 00:02:22.080 And eventually, in 2018, I had done enough teaching 60 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:24.490 and really wanted to make the switch to faculty. 61 00:02:24.490 --> 00:02:26.130 So I became a full-time faculty member 62 00:02:26.130 --> 00:02:28.750 in our management and entrepreneurship department. 63 00:02:28.750 --> 00:02:30.630 Since that time, I've been teaching 64 00:02:30.630 --> 00:02:33.210 almost all MBA-level classes, splitting 65 00:02:33.210 --> 00:02:36.690 my time between Kelley Direct and the full-time program. 66 00:02:36.690 --> 00:02:39.510 Specifically, in Kelley Direct, I 67 00:02:39.510 --> 00:02:43.050 teach classes in organizational behavior, team leadership, 68 00:02:43.050 --> 00:02:44.560 and self-leadership. 69 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:47.850 In the Full-Time MBA Program, I get to teach self-leadership, 70 00:02:47.850 --> 00:02:49.270 and I run our Leadership Academy. 71 00:02:49.270 --> 00:02:51.330 So a large leadership focus. 72 00:02:51.330 --> 00:02:54.100 And that's really my interest area, my passion area. 73 00:02:54.100 --> 00:02:56.610 It's where I work with students inside of Kelley, 74 00:02:56.610 --> 00:02:59.130 and it's where I work with clients and executive education 75 00:02:59.130 --> 00:03:00.490 partners outside of Kelley. 76 00:03:00.490 --> 00:03:02.550 So specifically for Kelley Direct, 77 00:03:02.550 --> 00:03:03.990 I have three main classes I teach: 78 00:03:03.990 --> 00:03:07.680 Z596, which is the Leading Organizations 79 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:09.390 class that you take in Core 1. 80 00:03:09.390 --> 00:03:12.090 I teach C512, which is Leadership, Teams, 81 00:03:12.090 --> 00:03:16.800 and Inclusion, and I teach C525, which is Self-Leadership. 82 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:20.670 For me, those all center around, how do I show up as a leader? 83 00:03:20.670 --> 00:03:22.722 As an MBA student, part of the value 84 00:03:22.722 --> 00:03:24.180 you're going to get from the degree 85 00:03:24.180 --> 00:03:25.300 is the technical knowledge. 86 00:03:25.300 --> 00:03:26.842 Part of the value you're going to get 87 00:03:26.842 --> 00:03:30.750 from the degree is the pragmatic wisdom, knowledge of, 88 00:03:30.750 --> 00:03:33.160 how can I go experiment with these concepts? 89 00:03:33.160 --> 00:03:34.830 And one of the unique things that I 90 00:03:34.830 --> 00:03:36.630 love about teaching Kelley Direct students 91 00:03:36.630 --> 00:03:39.600 is the ability for them to learn. 92 00:03:39.600 --> 00:03:41.100 At the same time, they have a chance 93 00:03:41.100 --> 00:03:42.820 to experiment and practice. 94 00:03:42.820 --> 00:03:45.390 And that's very unique among our graduate students, 95 00:03:45.390 --> 00:03:47.460 because they can take the concepts we 96 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:50.023 cover on Monday nights, go practice the rest of the week, 97 00:03:50.023 --> 00:03:51.690 and come back the following Monday night 98 00:03:51.690 --> 00:03:53.650 and say, wow, that really worked, 99 00:03:53.650 --> 00:03:56.080 or, I couldn't quite get that to work. 100 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:59.490 And so that makes for an extremely rich conversation. 101 00:03:59.490 --> 00:04:02.490 In my self-leadership class, I like 102 00:04:02.490 --> 00:04:04.860 to bring in perspective of, what was it 103 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:08.970 like when I was developing myself as a corporate leader? 104 00:04:08.970 --> 00:04:11.200 And now as a practicing executive coach, 105 00:04:11.200 --> 00:04:13.590 what do I see with my clients that I 106 00:04:13.590 --> 00:04:16.230 can bring to the classroom that might help people 107 00:04:16.230 --> 00:04:18.700 think about themselves and a little bit of a different way, 108 00:04:18.700 --> 00:04:21.360 develop themselves along a path that they want to 109 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:23.550 with intention, but also a path that's 110 00:04:23.550 --> 00:04:26.460 going to be fruitful for them in terms of achieving their goals, 111 00:04:26.460 --> 00:04:29.130 staying motivated, and hopefully having the success 112 00:04:29.130 --> 00:04:30.630 that they want to have? 113 00:04:30.630 --> 00:04:32.610 Teams is one of my favorite classes 114 00:04:32.610 --> 00:04:36.210 to teach in C512 because we get to really focus 115 00:04:36.210 --> 00:04:37.980 on the heart of how organizations 116 00:04:37.980 --> 00:04:40.390 are organized and designed. 117 00:04:40.390 --> 00:04:44.050 And what I love about it is a lot of people work in teams. 118 00:04:44.050 --> 00:04:45.780 Most of the students I'm working with 119 00:04:45.780 --> 00:04:48.340 do work in teams right now while they take the class, 120 00:04:48.340 --> 00:04:50.820 but not a lot of people spend a lot of time thinking 121 00:04:50.820 --> 00:04:53.620 about teams other than how they're frustrated. 122 00:04:53.620 --> 00:04:56.280 And if we can actually break down and deconstruct what's 123 00:04:56.280 --> 00:04:59.530 going on with the team, how does leadership influence the team, 124 00:04:59.530 --> 00:05:02.000 how does the principles of inclusion influence the team, 125 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:04.040 that allows us to give students tools 126 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:06.860 to be able to hopefully have better 127 00:05:06.860 --> 00:05:08.750 experiences in their day-to-day lives 128 00:05:08.750 --> 00:05:11.378 as they work and navigate those waters. 129 00:05:11.378 --> 00:05:12.920 The online learning environment to me 130 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:15.410 is actually a wonderful environment 131 00:05:15.410 --> 00:05:18.350 because it allows students to learn in real time 132 00:05:18.350 --> 00:05:20.900 where they are, not allow location 133 00:05:20.900 --> 00:05:22.850 to get in the way of actual development, 134 00:05:22.850 --> 00:05:27.470 and provides an environment that if students engage and engage 135 00:05:27.470 --> 00:05:30.710 in a way that's very active and adult oriented, 136 00:05:30.710 --> 00:05:32.960 they can take away a ton that they might miss 137 00:05:32.960 --> 00:05:34.320 in a traditional classroom. 138 00:05:34.320 --> 00:05:35.610 What do I mean by that? 139 00:05:35.610 --> 00:05:39.350 Well, they have the opportunity to practice adult learning 140 00:05:39.350 --> 00:05:42.920 principles, which includes making the concepts relevant, 141 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:45.890 thinking about, from a reflection perspective, how 142 00:05:45.890 --> 00:05:48.650 the concepts actually apply to them on a day-to-day basis, 143 00:05:48.650 --> 00:05:50.880 going out and experimenting with the concepts. 144 00:05:50.880 --> 00:05:52.730 And so they have a living learning 145 00:05:52.730 --> 00:05:56.300 lab with their real jobs against many of the concepts we cover. 146 00:05:56.300 --> 00:05:59.570 In the online classroom, if students come prepared, 147 00:05:59.570 --> 00:06:02.820 they come to the live sessions ready to engage, 148 00:06:02.820 --> 00:06:04.850 they watch the prerecorded videos, 149 00:06:04.850 --> 00:06:08.450 the suite with which we've prepared all of the materials 150 00:06:08.450 --> 00:06:11.090 that they experience Kelley Direct is just as good 151 00:06:11.090 --> 00:06:14.150 as what we cover in any traditional classroom setting. 152 00:06:14.150 --> 00:06:16.580 And that is what gets me really excited, 153 00:06:16.580 --> 00:06:19.130 is we've taken away the barrier of geography, 154 00:06:19.130 --> 00:06:21.500 and we've opened up the education 155 00:06:21.500 --> 00:06:24.560 that we can provide here at Kelley to many, many more people 156 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:27.460 based upon a distributed network. 157 00:06:27.460 --> 00:06:33.000