Strategic Leader Spotlight
Strategic Leader Spotlight – Jeff Letsinger
These Strategic Leader Spotlights feature Goff alumni and community partners who share their knowledge and perspectives on strategic leadership. Meet Jeff Letsinger, a Product Manager at Mavenlink and a 2016-17 Goff Scholar. Please describe your professional path after graduation from the University of Utah. As I left the U just [...]
Women’s Advancement: Is a pipeline really the right analogy?
The picture many people have when they think about career advancement is that of a pipeline, and it seems to be particularly prevalent in discussions related to women's advancement. For example, we have probably all heard about this phenomenon, wherein more women exist at junior levels of an organization with [...]
Finding value in your voice
Between ongoing assignments, internships, and exams, education provides students with unique opportunities to meet influential people while pursuing their interests and goals. There are few individuals that have the power to impact and change lives, and the lucky ones know them as professors, supervisors, and mentors. Senior finance major, Richard Monsen, has [...]
How Goff Explorers transformed uncertainty into confidence
College is a time of uncertainty, and for many, that uncertainty is scary. High school senior Addie Collins had similar doubts, as many students experience at some point. Collins hails from Portland, Oregon, and after high school, she was uncertain about college as a whole. Still, she gave the [...]
Finding Purpose in Your Degree
The Goff Strategic Leadership Center at the David Eccles School of Business prides itself on giving students the tools and opportunities necessary to be successful by way of courses, case competitions, and events. Ethan Black, a senior studying finance, started his Goff journey in the Trailblazers course [...]
Eccles’ Ruchi Watson shares thoughts on career shifts, embracing change
Ruchi Watson graduated with her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 2008 in the midst of the economic crisis. She completed her Ed.D. in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania in 2019. In a conversation with fellow Kellogg classmate, [...]