Choosing the Secure Big Company Job Instead of the Better Fit: Dr. Kasey Thompson

<p>Leadership professor, author, entrepreneur</p> <p>Episode page: <a href="https://www.markgraban.com/mistake134">https://www.markgraban.com/mistake134</a></p> <p>My guest for Episode #134 of the <a href="http://myfavoritemistakepodcast.com/">My Favorite Mistake podcas</a>t is <a href="https://drkaseylynn.com/about/">Dr. Kasey Lynn Thompson</a>.</p> <p>She is an <a href="https://www.ferris.edu/business/profiles/management/kasey-thompson.html">Associate Professor of Business Ethics, Business, and Strategy</a> at Ferris State University and former Director of Global Menu Strategy for a Fortune 250 company.</p> <p>Dr. Kasey Lynn is the author of the book <a href="https://amzn.to/3ImQ6lG"><em>Fall Down, Gritty Up: The Unconventional Mental Map for Becoming Your Own Hero</em></a>.</p> <p>She is also the proprietor of <a href="https://drkaseylynn.com/pendulum-publishing/">Pendulum Publishing</a>, a consulting firm in Michigan.&nbsp;Dr. Kasey Lynn&nbsp;earned a PhD in Values-Driven Leadership from Benedictine University.</p> <p>In today's episode, Dr. Kasey Lynn shares her “favorite mistake” story about a career decision — staying with McDonald's (the larger parent company) instead of staying with the spun-off RedBox company that she had worked for. What did she learn from these events? How does it inform and affect the way she coaches students about career decisions?</p> <p>We talk about that story and other topics including:</p> <ul> <li>Choosing a job based on relationships, values… product?</li> <li>Advising students? – how to decide what “best” is for an opportunity?</li> <li>How has RedBox done in the age of streaming?</li> <li>Your PhD… What is values-driven leadership?</li> <li>Your former employer didn’t know you were working on a PhD?</li> <li>Theranos – Elizabeth Holmes? Fraud or true believer?</li> <li>Tell us about teaching Business Ethics…</li> <li>Most likely business ethics situations a student might face in the business world?</li> <li>You started a new restaurant… <a href="https://fattyc