Upcoming Alumni Events

Executive Education – Leading Effective Change

To stay relevant, teams and organizations must continuously change and adapt to their ever evolving internal and external environments. This makes it imperative leaders understand and possess the skills to effectively lead change. Furthermore, it is also important that leaders know how to shape a learning culture to facilitate continuous adaptation and improvement. Leaders who can effectively lead change gain a competitive advantage for their teams and organizations. This 1-day program will provide the participant with the knowledge and tools to effectively plan and lead change and to shape a learning culture in their organization. Participants are encouraged to bring information (or challenge) regarding an on-going or future change effort in their teams or organizations. Participants can immediately apply the tools from this workshop to enhance change management efforts. Deadline to register: March 26, 2024

Virtual – The Coach Is In! April 10

School of Business alumni have continued access to career guidance and resources after graduation. Schedule a 45-minute appointment with a career coach for help with resume review, mock interview prep, job search strategies and more.

Hylton Lecture: Kim McCaslin (’93)

The Hylton Lecture Series in Accountancy was established in 1980 to honor Delmar P. Hylton, who started Wake Forests accountancy program in 1949 and helped build it into one of the top accounting programs in the nation. This year’s Hylton lecture will be presented by Kimberly McCaslin (’93), Partner and Head of the North America Portfolio Group at Bain Capital. Kim McCaslin joined Bain Capital in 2006. She is a Partner and Head of the North American Private Equity Portfolio Group. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Kim was a Vice President of M&A and Corporate Development for Capital One Financial. Before that, she was a Principal at Mercer Management Consulting, where she advised companies across a variety of industries. Kim started her career at Accenture, focusing primarily on business process redesign and financial systems development.

Atlanta – School of Business Alumni Happy Hour

School of Business alumni who live and work in the Atlanta area are invited to an informal networking event to expand their local black and gold network! Hosted by Atlanta area School of Business Alumni Council members, we invite you to wind-down with fellow Demon Deacons in a friendly neighborhood sports tavern. Your $10 registration fee includes two drink tickets [beer/wine] and appetizers. Drop-in anytime between 6:00 and 7:30 p.m. We look forward to connecting with you!

Virtual – The Coach Is In! April 22

School of Business alumni have continued access to career guidance and resources after graduation. Schedule a 45-minute appointment with a career coach for help with resume review, mock interview prep, job search strategies and more.

Virtual – Career Clinic: Power-Up Your LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn is a powerful tool professionals use to stay informed on industry trends and news. It’s also a very helpful tool in a job search. If used properly, LinkedIn can work for you while you are not working. It can connect you with alumni, recruiters and jobs. Learn how to power up your LinkedIn profile and get this tool working for you by improving your personal brand in an impactful way. This virtual session, led by Sharron Vogler, Director of Alumni & MBA Career Development for the School of Business, is open to School of Business alumni.

Executive Education – Fundamentals of Effective Negotiation

From Preparation to Execution: Build Essential Skills for Effective, Value-Driven Negotiations. Fundamentals of Effective Negotiation is a one-day session designed to introduce you to the ABCs of negotiation and how to build a strong foundation of how to think about, prepare for, and execute negotiations in a variety of contexts (e.g., client negotiations). Through this session, you will gain greater understanding into the five fundamental questions you should ask before every negotiation to enhance your negotiating effectiveness. Additionally, you will explore different negotiating approaches, assess your own negotiation style, and learn how it may influence your negotiated outcomes. Finally, you will gain practice negotiating in both two-party and multi-party negotiations, much like the ones you might encounter with clients, coworkers, and/or supervisors. Through these experiences, you will gain a deeper understanding of how to negotiate both assertively and collaboratively in order to create greater value-adding agreements. Deadline for registration: April 22, 2025 Register Now

Virtual – The Coach Is In! May 8

School of Business alumni have continued access to career guidance and resources after graduation. Schedule a 45-minute appointment with a career coach for help with resume review, mock interview prep, job search strategies and more.

Executive Education – Leveraging a Growth Mindset for Personal, Team, and Organizational Success

Fostering Agility, Innovation, and Performance for Lasting Impact Our view of the skills and capabilities we possess has a tremendous impact on our performance, happiness, and ability to learn. By believing in our potential for personal and professional growth, and pursuing each through communication, collaboration, innovation, and openly addressing challenges and stumbling blocks, we create new opportunities to grow and develop. This one-day workshop will focus on the principles of growth mindset, using the research of Carol Dweck and her colleagues as a foundation. This interactive program is designed to help you embrace challenges as opportunities, to be more resilient in the face of adversity, to pursue your goals with reckless abandon, and to help others do so as well. We will focus on your own development of a growth mindset as well as ways to influence your workplace and team to adopt this way of thinking. The program will be highly interactive, focusing not only on understanding growth mindset and related concepts, but on exercises and discussions to actively develop these skillsets. You will apply program learnings to your real-world environment in consultation with other like-minded participants, as well as develop a personal action plan to take you forward. Deadline for registration: May 8, 2025

Virtual – The Coach Is In! May 22

School of Business alumni have continued access to career guidance and resources after graduation. Schedule a 45-minute appointment with a career coach for help with resume review, mock interview prep, job search strategies and more.

Virtual – Navigating the Network

Interested in finding connections using the School of Business alumni network? Let us help you! The Alumni Engagement team is hosting a series of virtual “Navigating the Network” sessions to show you the capabilities of both Wake Network & LinkedIn so that you can connect with fellow Deacs by company, industry or city. This is a great opportunity for those interested in relocating or making a career change. This session is open to School of Business alumni.

Executive Education – Leading People Who Are Different From You

In todays global economy, organizations are continuously becoming more diverse. This broadening diversification of organization members includes cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, age, gender, and sexual orientation. Thus, it is imperative people managers understand how to effectively lead individuals who are different from them. Leaders who can bring an array of diverse individuals together and form a cohesive team aligned on common goals, purpose, and values will gain a competitive advantage. This 1-day program provides participants with the knowledge and tools to understand and effectively lead people who are different from them. Participants also gain insights into how to shape the teams or organizations culture to create an environment that is authentic and brings out the best in everyone. During this workshop, participants will immediately apply insight and tools in developing a personal leadership plan resulting in: Understanding the importance of emotional intelligence in leading others who are differentThe ability to use social perception to accurately access others while reducing potential biasesUnderstanding how to reduce prejudice in teamsThe ability to earn the trust of and apply various leadership styles to effectively lead people who are different from youUnderstanding the nature of the various areas of diversity: culture, gender, sexual orientation, and age Deadline to register: May 29, 2025