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Posted in Acton School of Business, Life of Meaning on Feb 17th, 2010
Acton has a few important events and deadlines quickly approaching.
Early application deadline for the 2010 – 2011 Acton program is Wednesday, February 24. The final application deadline is March 31. Start your application early to have all the requirements and materials finished!
Spring Life of Meaning Course registration deadline is Friday, February 26. For more information, [...]
Posted in Class of 2010 on Feb 8th, 2010
Listen to students from the Acton MBA Class of 2010 talk about their third month in the program. After sharing a bit of their backgrounds and why they came to Acton, the students discuss their greatest challenges, what it’s like learning from real entrepreneurs, and the kinds of real-world lessons they have experienced so far.
Posted in Life of Meaning on Feb 5th, 2010
This spring, Acton is offering an evening class for individuals interested in taking a condensed version of our Life of Meaning course. The course will take place during every Wednesday evening over a four-week period, from March 10 – March 31. Registration deadline is February 26, 2010. Please contact Ben Allen at Ben@ActonFoundation.org if you [...]
Posted in Children's Business Fair on Oct 19th, 2009
Everyone had a great time at the Third Annual Children’s Business Fair! Sixty young entrepreneurs participated and sold their own innovative products.
Each visitor, or potential customer, was given a ballot to vote on their choices for Most Original, Best Presentation and Highest Potential in each age group.
To see who the winners were, click on the link.
Posted in Acton School of Business on Sep 16th, 2009
On Monday, Brilliant Magazine featured the Acton School of Business on its web site. The article, entitled “The Business of People,” highlighted the Acton difference.
The article emphasizes how Acton deviates from traditional business schools around the country. These points include Acton’s entrepreneur teachers, the unique Life of Meaning course and the heavy, but healthy, competitive environment [...]
Posted in Acton School of Business, Class of 2010 on Sep 2nd, 2009
As mentioned before, our students are our customers here at Acton and their feedback is invaluable to us. Thus, students fill out detailed, online surveys at the end of each week, grading everything from sessions to lecturers to required readings.
Last week, the incoming class went through Boot Camp, a rigorous week that brings all the [...]
Posted in Acton E-Teachers, Life of Meaning on Jul 23rd, 2009
Are you thinking about making a drastic change in order to find job satisfaction? Read this post by Master Teacher Steven Tomlinson first.
In the current issue of Fast Company, Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do with My Life?, offers some cheeky tough-love for those of us looking to boost career satisfaction: don’t [...]
Posted in Acton E-Teachers, People Management on Jul 4th, 2009
Those are words I have never heard. Usually, I hear, “Why didn’t I fire him/her a long time ago?” What prevents us from taking that strong right action quicker?
Firing someone is one of the hardest matters for us to get right – and yet one of the most critical. Reasons why we [...]
Posted in Acton E-Teachers, People Management on Jun 18th, 2009
Every year, Master Teacher Ed Perry leads Acton Scholars in the People Management course. Here is an excerpt from one of his classes on communication:
If there is one ingredient that is essential to successful leadership, it is trust. Trust starts with honest company-wide communication every day.
Honest, forthright communication is surprisingly tough for people to tolerate. We [...]