Military Transition – My Story

by Lewis Nelson | 21 May 2020 | Career, Veterans

Originally posted on LinkedIn Bottom Line Up Front – Every job I’ve had since the military involved networking, luck, and knowing what I wanted to do. If you skip to the end, I highlight my key lessons. I didn’t have a typical transition from the...

A Day in the Life of a Product Manager

by Lewis Nelson | 25 Aug 2018 | Career

Originally published on LinkedIn Product Manager appears to be one of those ambiguous job titles that can mean completely different things in different industries or even different companies within industries. For the past 11 months, I’ve been a product manager of a...

Interview on Hazard Ground Podcast

by Lewis Nelson | 16 Apr 2018 | Veterans

Originally posted on the Life After Loyalty blog In 2017, I had the opportunity to share my story with Mark Zinno on the Hazard Ground Podcast. The episode published in April of 2018. It was honor to be able to share my story on the same platform as Medal of Honor...

I’ve Never Kept a Single New Year’s Resolution

by Lewis Nelson | 31 Dec 2017 | Career

Originally posted on LinkedIn It’s that time of the year again, when so many of us will arbitrarily make very broad, hard-to-measure New Year’s resolutions… “get healthy,” “spend more time with my kids,” “drink...

Ten Thoughts About My Darden Executive MBA Experience

by Lewis Nelson | 25 Aug 2017 | Career, MBA

Originally published on LinkedIn When I applied to the Executive MBA program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, I didn’t even know what I planned to do with the degree. I figured the worst case scenario was my MBA would be a valuable tool for...