December 12, 2014
A CNN Heroes Special Set to Air Tomorrow
We are thrilled to announce "Rescuing the River: A CNN Heroes Special," is set to air tomorrow, December 13th at 6:30 pm, CST, featuring speaker Chad Pregracke. Be sure to...
December 12, 2014
Top 10 Tips for Succeeding at Business
By Richard Branson
The Founder & Chairman of the Virgin Empire, TED Speaker
I’m often asked how I got to where I am, and how the Virgin brand achieved all that it has. While there are no shortcuts to success, certain attitudes and actions can help. Here...
December 10, 2014
How to Have The Courage to Succeed
No matter what your dream is, whether it's to be the best Dad or the best Mom, the best husband or the best wife, the best employee or the best boss, the best salesperson or the...
December 08, 2014
Personal Finance Books are the Gift That Keeps Giving
Every year, someone asks me what financial books I recommend as holiday gifts to teach children or young adults about money, to help somebody prepare for retirement — or for...
December 08, 2014
Turn Ferguson Tragedy Into Change
"Creativity, Inc.," a book by Pixar and Disney Animation President Ed Catmull, is aimed at teaching leaders how to foster collective creativity. Perhaps more precisely, it's...
December 05, 2014
President Obama's Executive Action on Immigration is Unconstitutional
Yesterday, I was invited to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about the unconstitutionality of President Obama’s executive action on immigration.
As I told Congress,...
December 02, 2014
Speakers Named in INC Magazine's "Top 10 Best Business Books 2014"
By Ryan Giffen
Vice President
We're excited to see some of our speakers named in INC Magazine's 10 Best Business Books for 2014.
Read below for the entire list:
Written by Geoffrey James
Every year, I...
December 02, 2014
Gift Cards No Longer Seen as Presents From The Lazy
My husband and I were talking with our children about what they wanted for Christmas. All of them are in their teens, and any pretense of Santa has long been gone. The holiday...
December 02, 2014
Tom Koulopoulos and Jon Gordon land Best Business Books of 2014
By Eric Woodie
Marketing Director
Inc.com just named their 10 BEST BUSINESS BOOKS OF 2014 and we wanted to congratulate speakers Tom Koulopoulos and Jon Gordon on making the list this year! You can check out...
December 01, 2014
Programming Your Mind for Success
Remember what happened the last time you bought a new car? Didn't it seem like everyone was suddenly driving the same make, model, and even color car you had just bought? You...
December 01, 2014
Testing Your Leadership Vision
Leaders frequently hear Proverbs 29:18 quoted: “without a vision the people perish.”
Less often considered: without people, the vision perishes.
Any vision is accomplished...
November 24, 2014
How Teaching Children Can Be More Than a Profession
Having run New York City's public school system for eight years under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, I am often asked, "If you could wave a wand and change one thing, what would it...