"The entrepreneurial mindset is characterized by a willingness to fail, learn, and adapt, while others may be content with the status...

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin I have worked with leaders and managers who exhibited...

My mother wanted to be a teacher from a very young age and she was the first one in her family to graduate from college. When I was 8...

The first job I had out of college I worked for an entrepreneur. I worked for him for 11 years. It wasn’t until I had been there 7 years...

What is confidence? Have you ever lost your confidence? Where did it go? How did you get it back? I lost my self-confidence in 2008. In...

In 1997 I was at the Kansas City Airport, I was getting ready to board a plane for a business trip and I needed something for the trip to...

I have always been fascinated by why Founders/Entrepreneurs/CEOs and/or leadership teams decide to scale organizations. A lot has been...

Since I began my career in 1995, I have worked for 6 different entrepreneurs/founders. All of these individuals started these companies...

The Summary: I am writing this blog in an effort to share my insights, experience, and expertise from a 20-year career spent working...

Back in October 2020, I was invited to speak at a healthcare technology summit. The speaker before me was a gentleman who was the Vice...

One of the consequences of the pandemic is the dramatic growth of Telehealth and Telemedicine. But how can doctors and providers best...

I understand there has been a lot written about the “Great Resignation” however several years ago I decided that I would use every...

As a Mentor in Residence at UMKC Regnier Institute, I will occasionally get asked to speak to different classes. I recently spoke to a...

I was talking to a friend of mine whom we will call Sarah. Sarah has been the CEO of a technology company for the last 10 years. She had...

“A nation’s well being, as well as it’s ability to compete, is conditional by a single, pervasive cultural characteristic: the level of...

Where are you on the trust continuum when you meet new people or join a new organization? What informs your decision as to where to start...

Let’s say you are an executive joining a new Board of Directors or Management team. How do you go about building their trust? What are...