On this episode, Stacy Wellborn talks with the President and Founder of Morale Resources, Dr. Gia Wiggins. Dr. Wiggins earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration in 2019, and she candidly shares why she chose to attend the USA Mitchell College of Business, why every class and lesson counts, and why that "Dr." in front of your name is going to be huge for your career. Not only is Gia a recent alumna, Gia also teaches Human Resources Management at USA. Known in her career as the "Workforce Whisper," Gia boosts that her transformation into a data analysis machine by Dr. Joe Hair has made her a more valuable commodity for her clients and the local community that she serves.

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Key Takeaways:

A Ph.D. program, your cohorts, and the alumni is a very exclusive club, and where you go really does matter.

A Ph.D. makes you look at the macro point of view, while an MBA is more of a micro perspective.

Acquiring high-level data analysis skills gives you a competitive advantage in the private sector and academia. Be strategic with your time, be patient, and stay resilient during the arduous and complex dissertation process.

Dr. Gia Wiggins Said:

A program that has an online component is fine. But it would be best if you made sure that the school has a brick-and-mortar location.

If you think that where you got your Doctorate doesn't matter. Then you don't understand the way academia works.

Learning how to analyze data makes me more valuable to my clients and the people I serve in the community.

A Ph.D. pulls you to look from a macro point of view and understanding the importance of major trends instead of those outliers. That is the biggest difference between the MBA and the Ph.D. programs.

Every single lesson counts. The knowledge builds upon the next bit of knowledge, and a paper you're writing early in an early class could be your dissertation topic.

The best dissertation is a done dissertation.

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Learn more about the USA Mitchell College of Business

- Business PhD Program - Master in Business Administration - Undergraduate Business Degrees

A Moment with Dr. Gia Wiggins