The Historian as a CEO (with Terah Crews)

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What history skills can be useful in leading a company? The CEO of ReUp Education Terah Crews shared her experiences leveraging her History MA degree in various leadership roles. Terah talked about what drew her to studying history, what pushed her into business, and how she found ways to connect the two domains. She discussed how her history training has been helping her connect with colleagues and clients, and how it shaped her efforts to build a robust company culture built on trust and shared goals. We chat about the resonances between leaders' personal experiences and their companies' missions, and what universities are doing right (and what they could be doing better) to help history grads position themselves successfully in today's economy.

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Patryk Babiracki

Patryk Babiracki is a historian, researcher and writer; professor & MA student advisor at the University of Texas at Arlington. PhD from Johns Hopkins. Promoter of #AppliedHistory: using historical concepts, frameworks, and methodologies to solve real-world organizational problems.

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