Sherri Coale coached the University of Oklahoma’s women’s basketball team for 25 years. She took over a program in turmoil and led them to three final fours. She’s the all-time winningest basketball coach [...]
Everyone comes to the table with baggage, experiences, and history. Some things are good, and some are more difficult or painful. Although we all experience similar baggage, it’s easy to forget that when we interact [...]
Vitaliy Katsenelson was born in Murmansk, USSR, and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1991. After joining Denver-based value investment firm IMA in 1997, Vitaliy became Chief Investment Officer in [...]
Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank cofounded Home Depot in 1978 after being fired from their jobs at a regional hardware store. Bernie is a co-founder of Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer. The [...]
Paul Smith is one of the world’s leading experts on organizational storytelling. He’s the author of multiple best-selling books including Lead with a Story (which is now in its 11th printing, and published [...]
AJ Hawk is the all-time leading tackler in Green Bay Packers history. He won a National Champion at Ohio State University and was voted captain of the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl-winning team [...]
There are lots of leaders today who are extremely talented, good at what they do, and successful in the short term. But some of those same leaders aren’t particularly good people—to themselves, their direct reports [...]
Cody Keenan has written with President Barack Obama since 2007, working his way up to chief speechwriter. He’s been named the “Springsteen” of the Obama White House, even though he can’t play an [...]
Ted Rath the VP of Player Performance for the Philadelphia Eagles. Prior to coming to Philadelphia, Ted spent three seasons (2017-19) with the Los Angeles Rams as the head strength and conditioning coach. [...]
When we think of the mindsets of influential leaders, we think of what popular culture has shown us—you need to be confident, brash, and own every room you walk into. Those characteristics create a great [...]
