Clayton Rosenberg is a Washington, D.C. native with a lifelong focus on community service and helping others. Throughout his life, he has made it his goal to create a legacy of leadership through example. After receiving his Bachelors in Political Science and Criminology from the University of Iowa, he returned…
Evaluate and improve—not just yourself but your processes. Prashant K. Khetan is CEO and general counsel for Born Free USA. Inspired by the movie “Born Free,” Born Free USA is an organization working to end wild animal cruelty and suffering, and protect threatened wildlife. Where did the idea for…
As entrepreneurs often we are faced with challenges and set-backs. By embracing those challenges as “opportunities” using a growth mindset – it allows you to be productive. Gregg Hawn is the founder of TechnologyGives. TechnologyGives is a nonprofit organization that assists charitable and nonprofit entities to obtain and use…
Don’t sweat the small stuff. I recognize it’s hard to know what’s small when you are just starting out in your career though. Laura Gross is president and founder of Scott Circle Communications. She is an award-winning public relations expert with over 20 years of experience in communications and…
Setting micro and macro level goals and taking the time to reflect against those goals periodically. It’s incredibly easy to get swept up in the day-to-day, so having checkpoints has been vital in making sure we’re being productive towards the right direction. Hao Jiang is the co-founder of CookieCutterKingdom, which…
[quote style=”boxed”]Stick-to-it-ness. I have a habit of staying focused in on the goal and making it a point not to stray.[/quote] Cathy Green is the co-owner with her husband, Greg, of UpperCrust Maids. Cathy has a M.S. degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Greg has a B.S. degree in Social Services….
It can be summed up in the following quote, widely attributed to Howard Thurman: “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.” Sumi Krishnan started K4 Solutions…
[quote style=”boxed”] One thing I do over and over and feel is worthy of recommending to anyone else would be if you find yourself incredibly stressed out to walk away and come back with a new set of eyes and perspective. Go out, clear your head. Issues most of the time…
[quote style=”boxed”]First, create realistic goals that can be defined and tracked. Second, it’s important to remember that nobody, CEO or otherwise, is an island, and you’re only as strong as the rest of your team. Be sure to ask for and listen to advice from everyone in your organization.[/quote] Neil…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would say “just do it.” I truly believe that being an entrepreneur is more of a “natural state of being” than people realize. [/quote] Wayne is an accomplished executive, innovator, value creator, and entrepreneur and co-author of GrowthThinking: Building the New Growth Enterprise. He co-founded The Growth Strategy Co….