Ruchi M. Watson

Higher Ed Believer and Catalyst for Change

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Consulting: Valuable training ground or thing of the past?

April 20, 2019 by Ruchi Watson in Business, Higher Education

Working in a business school, people often talk about the merits and faults of various career paths. When it comes to management consulting, there are certainly people who are for and those who are against pursuing it as a career.

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April 20, 2019 /Ruchi Watson
Business, Higher Education

UofU Chapter of the Utah Women in Higher Education Network

April 19, 2019 by Ruchi Watson in Higher Education, Women_Gender

Have you ever heard of UWHEN? If not, allow me to explain.

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April 19, 2019 /Ruchi Watson
Higher Education, Women_Gender

HBR's Women at Work: Spending the day with Nicole Torres

David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah
April 19, 2019 by Ruchi Watson in Women_Gender, Higher Education, Business

An event brought together Senior Associate Editor at Harvard Business Review (HBR), Nicole Torres, as well as Lianna Kinard, VP of Marketing at The Buckner Company and president of the David Eccles Alumni Network. I was fortunate enough to participate in and to moderate a discussion among these intelligent and strong women leaders.

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April 19, 2019 /Ruchi Watson
Women_Gender, Higher Education, Business

Women in Business: Student Org of the Year!

April 19, 2019 by Ruchi Watson in Higher Education, Women_Gender, Business

Business Leaders, Inc., the student leadership group at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, held their end of the year awards ceremony earlier this week. The awards ranged from student of the year to peer mentor of the year to the student organization of the year, which was awarded to Women in Business (WIB).

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April 19, 2019 /Ruchi Watson
Higher Education, Women_Gender, Business

The potential downside of the "tap on the shoulder"

April 17, 2019 by Ruchi Watson in Women_Gender, Business

Yesterday, I was at lunch with a doctoral candidate/friend/colleague of mine, and we were talking about my research on advancing tenure-line women in business schools.

One thing we discussed is the fact that women benefit from getting a “tap on the shoulder” or a nudge encouraging them to take on leadership or advanced positions.

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April 17, 2019 /Ruchi Watson
Women_Gender, Business
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