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Sept. 24, 2025

More Than Survival: Reclaiming Purpose and Resilience on the DBA Journey

Guest Blogger: Vimal Bava, CPADBA Candidate, Florida International University Instructor, Accounting and Business It was 11:48 p.m. on a Thursday when I finally shut my laptop. My eyes burned, my mind was fogged, and I’d just spent …
Sept. 17, 2025

Episode 047: Leading with Love: Practical Tools for People-First Leadership Dr. Robert “Navy Bob” Roncska

Dr. Robert “Navy Bob” Roncska joins DBA Chronicles totranslate high-stakes military leadership lessons into every day, evidence-based practices for people-first leaders. From commanding nuclear-powered submarines (and carryin...
Sept. 11, 2025

This Isn’t Goodbye, But…

My time with DBA Chronicles has come to a close. Over these past few weeks, I’ve had a chance to reflect on what started as a simple idea between three determined DBA students has become something much more than any of us expected. DBA Chron…
Sept. 3, 2025

Episode 046: Walking Alone, Leading Together with Dr. B

Dr. Chaka Blackman-Lee joins DBA Chronicles to trace a lifeand career shaped by resilience, service, and purpose — from Panama and Brooklyn to nonprofit leadership, consulting, and a DBA at Fox School of Business, Temple Univ...
Aug. 28, 2025

When the DBA Opens a Different Door

In May 2023, I joined the 7th cohort of UNC Charlotte’s Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) program. My plan was straightforward: complete two years of coursework, spend my third year on a dissertation, and graduate in 2026 alongside my…
Aug. 20, 2025

Episode 045: Building Resilience: A DBA Journey Through Construction, Leadership, and Mental Health with Dr. Vince Hafeli

In this powerful episode Dr. Vince Hafeli takes us from thejobsite to the boardroom — and into the hard, honest work of healing. Vince shares a 40-year career in construction (starting 1985), his long journey to formal educat...

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Sept. 24, 2025

More Than Survival: Reclaiming Purpose and Resilience on the DBA Jour…

Guest Blogger: Vimal Bava, CPADBA Candidate, Florida International University Instructor, Accounting and Business It was 11:48 p.m. on a Thursday when I finally shut my laptop. My eyes burned, my mind was fogged, and I’d just spent …

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Sept. 11, 2025

This Isn’t Goodbye, But…

My time with DBA Chronicles has come to a close. Over these past few weeks, I’ve had a chance to reflect on what started as a simple idea between three determined DBA students has become something much more than any of us expected. DBA Chron…

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Aug. 28, 2025

When the DBA Opens a Different Door

In May 2023, I joined the 7th cohort of UNC Charlotte’s Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) program. My plan was straightforward: complete two years of coursework, spend my third year on a dissertation, and graduate in 2026 alongside my…

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