Experiential Learning

Experiential learning is the process of learning through experience, and is more specifically defined as learning through reflection on doing. David Kolb (Weatheread School of Management, 1984) states that “experiential learning is distinct from rote or didactic learning, in which the learner plays a comparatively passive role. In order to gain genuine knowledge from an…

Tough Questions

Tough questions: Rebounding After COVID-19 How will your company recover and rebound from the impact of COVID-19? What must be done now to maximize your company’s performance in the months ahead? Our CSUF student teams are ready to help assess the opportunity for your firm. Beginning the second week of September, our Entrepreneurship students will…

The Genius Within

“Every employee has talent of some kind: He or she is skilled at being able to analyze numbers, bring products to market, or close sales deals. But talent is just the starting point. Genius is talent unleashed. It’s the ability to exploit each employee’s unique values, passions, strengths, curiosity, and intuition so they can add…

Loneliness

We all feel lonely from time to time. For some people, especially the elderly, this is a real problem with serious health consequences. Increasingly, our society isolates people or people are just choosing to be alone. Older people often have had spouses and friends die or move away. Illness, disability, loss of mobility, lack of…

I Am Sorry

“I am sorry.” While just three simple words, many people won’t or can’t say them. How could that be? For some people saying “I am sorry” is almost impossible to do. For these people apologizing is frightening and may be based on their own insecurities and self-doubt. Rather than confronting their own fears, they consciously…

Zen for Entrepreneurs

The other day I wrote a short blog about being mindful. While being mindful applies to all of us, I think it particularly applies to the entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs must embrace mindfulness to be successful. Mindfulness is a focus on the present. This means that past thoughts and actions are done and over; only now matters.…