“I was honored to speak at the North Texas Global Entrepreneurship Week summit. I was extremely impressed by the work taking place there to support North Texas innovators and entrepreneurs. Your work is making it possible for entrepreneurs to start, grow, and build their businesses in the metro leading to a vibrant regional economy. Keep up the great work!”
According to the Oxford dictionary the definition of free enterprise is “an economic system in which private business operates in competition, and largely free from state control.” There are seven key characteristics of a free enterprise system including economic freedom, competition, binding contracts, property rights, profit motive, and equal opportunity. Let’s spend just a moment…
On Tuesday, Oct 3 I spoke at Concordia University, Wisconsin. Dr. Scott Niederjohn, Professor of Economics and Director of the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center invited me to speak to staff, faculty and students. I spoke about the experiences and lessons contained in my award winning book “Taking Stock — 10 Life and Leadership…
Researchers Kimberly Nei and Darin Nei studied data across thirty independent studies to examine the relationship between personality and ethical leadership. They wanted to know what leaders should do to build trust with new teams. They published their findings in a 2018 Harvard Business Review article called “Don’t Try to Be the ‘Fun Boss’ —…
One of the most important jobs of a CEO is to conceive, communicate, nurture, and protect the company’s vision and culture. Culture, built over time, is the glue that holds organizations together through good times and bad. It is created and reinforced through consistent actions, not words. Ned Johnson was a master at engaging others…
In March of 2020, a trend that was already partially underway rapidly accelerated with the arrival of the COVID 19 virus. Work from home on Friday’s, and maybe on Monday’s became a work from home necessity five days a week. I remember my last business trip prior to the onset of the pandemic. I was…
Many people ask me how to find board opportunities. I explain that this is a process rather than an event. The cultivation process is constantly in motion. It is hard work that needs to be treated almost as a full-time job. Begin with the fundamentals: *Ensure that your LinkedIn profile is up to date and…