3 Personal Finance Tips Schools Don’t Teach (But Poker Does)
College is too late to start learning finance. That’s what a majority of Americans believe, according to this recent Qualtrics survey. And while that groundswell of support might help reform primary education over the next few years, it won’t help young women right now. But poker can. From handling debt to managing a budget, poker […]
Interviewing, Negotiating Salary and Landing Your Dream Job Using Poker Skills
Discover how job hunting, interviewing, and salary negotiation skills relate to the experience and skills you gain from learning and playing poker.
How to Be a Better Leader (and Why Poker Can Help You)
What kind of manager do you want to be? A fearless leader with a sixth sense for learning the unknown? An empathetic friend who can read a room faster than you’ve read this sentence? However you see yourself as a leader, learning about the power of poker can help you get (and stay) there. Making […]
Poker Power at Kellogg: A Conversation with Professor Gail Berger
Dr. Gail Berger is a professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Deputy Director of the Kellogg Center for Executive Women. She also teaches at the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University. We had the opportunity to speak with Professor Berger about experiential learning, women’s advancement, and Kellogg’s partnership […]
7 Ways to Improve Corporate Culture Through Poker
You’ve got a fixed budget, two hours on a Friday afternoon, and a legion of employees whose morale needs a boost. What team building activity would you choose to make sure your staff leaves energized and excited to come back on Monday? Something that’s not the usual cocktails and trivia? What about hosting a corporate […]
How to Bet Big on Yourself
Poker is about betting on yourself, across a lifetime in poker you’re betting that you’ve got the skills to win.
You’re Not ‘Just Lucky’: Own Your Success
Maybe you’ve heard this tired poker cliche: “you got so lucky!” Some (bad) poker players focus on short-term luck rather than long-term decision making, and many people believe that poker is all a game of luck. This simply isn’t true. Poker is a game of skill with elements of chance, which is what makes it […]
How to Successfully Negotiate Salary at your First Job
Your first salary negotiation lays the foundation for the earning power of your whole career. Raises within your current company and negotiations with future employers are anchored to your starting salary, as the value you bring to an organization is often conflated with your wage.
Where to Use Your Poker Skills off the Felt
You may have heard (us say) that poker teaches you valuable life skills. But where can you apply these skills, it’s not as if you can raise when you get your bill at a restaurant! Consider these four situations that let you flex the muscles poker has given you…
