Chris Danek
Reflection: A Powerful Tool for Teams
The best path to team improvement? Reflection. Make it a regular habit to boost team morale, engagement, and output.
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Chris Danek
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
How to Get Started with Team Mentoring
Boost your teams' performance using team mentors with this five-step quick-start formula.
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Chris Danek
- Oct 20, 2022
- 1 min
How Mentoring Can Boost Teams
By Chris Danek As a medical device engineer for the last twenty-five years, I’ve seen firsthand that individual technical skills aren’t...
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Chris Danek
- Oct 7, 2022
- 1 min
How to Mentor a Team: Lessons from Experienced Team Mentors
by Chris Danek Team mentoring is a powerful way for experienced professionals to guide a team toward shared growth and success. If you’re...
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Chris Danek
- Sep 30, 2022
- 1 min
A Different Perspective on Mentoring: We, Not You
How is team mentoring different than 1:1 coaching? The focus is on WE (the team), not YOU (the individual team member).
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Nikki Blacksmith
- Sep 22, 2022
- 4 min
To Unlock Team Potential, Start with Self-Understanding
by Nikki Blacksmith, co-Founder and co-CEO, Blackhawke Behavior Science Have you ever worked on a great team? Chances are, that team...
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Chris Danek
- Sep 21, 2022
- 3 min
How do we develop more creative teams?
by Chris Danek Recently, a student asked me: “How do you optimize for the creativity of your team?” Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash...
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Chris Danek
- May 31, 2022
- 5 min
3 Keys for Every Team: Purpose, Autonomy, Mastery
Mentors can be the solution for teams with low morale and high turnover. Learn the 3 keys for strong teams: purpose, autonomy, and mastery.
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Chris Danek
- Jul 21, 2021
- 2 min
What Do You Get When You Cross Human-Centered Design and Agile Teamwork? Bessel Rapid Innovation
by Chris Danek Taking inspiration from the Agile Manifesto, Bessel has developed a manifesto for rapid innovation that combines the...
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Chris Danek
- Feb 14, 2021
- 3 min
Want to Be a Better Team Mentor? Ask These Guiding Questions
by Chris Danek Have you ever mentored a group? Mentoring a group is different than mentoring an individual, and I think it’s more...
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Janet Cabrera
- Feb 5, 2021
- 2 min
Alumni Profile: Irma Adame “How Bessel Connected Me with Mentors”
Many students finish college without a clear plan for their career. They need real-world work experience to understand what industries...
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Chris Danek
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min
What Is Human Centered Design and Why Is It Important for Bessel Origin?
Photo by fauxels from Pexels When I created the Bessel Origin program, three words guided me: Human. Centered. Design. But what is human...
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Chris Danek
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
How Fulmer Instruments Worked with a Bessel Origin Team
Company projects are the backbone of the Bessel Origin program. These real-world work projects pair our participants (usually students or...
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Janet Cabrera
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
Alumni Profile: Hugo Valverde “How Bessel Helped Me Land Interviews”
What do Bessel Origin participants get out of the program? We interviewed Hugo Valverde, a participant in the fall 2020 cohort. Hugo...
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Chris Danek
- Nov 19, 2020
- 3 min
Introducing Janet Cabrera, Social Media Coordinator at Bessel
We’re excited to welcome Janet Cabrera to the Bessel team. Janet joins us as our social media coordinator, and she has already gotten to...
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Janet Cabrera
- Nov 17, 2020
- 3 min
Apply Now for the Next Bessel Origin Cohort
For the past few months, I’ve been a part of the fall 2020 Bessel Origin cohort. Bessel Origin is a real-world career development program...
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Chris Danek
- Sep 1, 2020
- 2 min
UTEP Student Launches a 3D Printing Startup, Fueled by Bessel Mentorship
by Ann Vogel Diego Fogle has always thought of himself as entrepreneurial. He comes from a family full of entrepreneurs. But in the...
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Chris Danek
- Aug 18, 2020
- 2 min
We’re Building Better Teams With Blackhawke Behavior Science
By Chris Danek When you work on a team, what strengths do you bring with you? How would your teammates and colleagues describe you? And...
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Chris Danek
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
Bessel Origin Alumni Profiles: Meet Ann Vogel
By Chris Danek This spring, Ann Vogel was finishing her undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering at Catholic University in...
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Chris Danek
- Jul 31, 2020
- 4 min
FAQs: Bessel Origin Program
By Chris Danek What will you accomplish this fall? If you’re not sure yet, you might want to consider the Bessel Origin Program, a...
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