After 3 years, over 150,000 words, and 309 (and counting) blog posts, I was proud to announce my new column on Inc.com. To contribute to a premier business publication that has been so instrumental...
Read MoreREVERSE MENTORING: THE SILVER BULLET SURE TO ENGAGE A MULTI-GENERATIONAL TEAM
If there was a silver bullet (there isn’t, but go with me here) to best engage your multi-generational team it would be reverse mentoring. Reverse mentoring creates diverse environments where...
Read MoreTHE INVALUABLE QUESTION YOU MUST ASK TO COMBAT TODAY’S INEVITABLE CHANGE
Friend and NGC Podcast guest #018, Clint Runge, showed this video to conclude his talk at the 2015 Youth Marketing Strategy conference in NYC. It was a compelling video highlighting the game-changing...
Read MoreTHE POWER OF CULTIVATING THE HIGH-DEMAND SKILL OF CURIOSITY IN A WORLD OF ANSWERS
Is curiosity dying in our culture? Does having the world’s knowledge at our fingertips lessen the gusto we once had when pursuing a new endeavor or idea? Cultivating lasting curiosity has become more...
Read MoreTHIS BACKWARD BIKE WILL EXPOSE YOUR BLIND BIAS AND ACCELERATE YOUR PERSONAL GROWTH
Having biases are just like riding a bike…literally, you'll see. Once we form them (consciously or unconsciously) we retreat and rely on them with the same ease as riding a bike years after we...
Read MoreWHY ROOKIES TRUMP VETERANS IN THE NEW GAME OF WORK
When is not knowing more valuable than knowing? When does experience become a burden? Why are you often at your best when you are new to an undertaking, doing something for the first time?
As work...
Read More18 QUOTES TO INSPIRE YOU TO EMBRACE THE POWERFUL PURSUIT OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING
The joy is in the mastering, not in being a master. Ron Shaich, the CEO of Panera Bread, believes, “If you are learning, you’ll never need to recharge.” Leverage learning as fuel to attack today's...
Read MoreTOP 3 TECH SKILLS YOU SHOULD LEARN IN 2015 [GUEST POST]
When Gartner shared its top tech trends for 2015, we learned that the number of Chief Digital Officer and Chief Data Officer roles have doubled since last year – and are expected to double again. As...
Read MoreHOW THE INTERNET KILLED ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE CRUTCH PHRASES
This post is in memory of a phrase you and I have said or thought many times before. This phrase has existed since the beginning of humanity. But recently it has been dying a slow and painful death....
Read MoreAN ESSENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MENTALITY I LEARNED FROM A ONE-OF-A-KIND HOCKEY PLAYER
True or false? The marketplace has gotten more competitive and fast-paced than it was just 10 years ago. I think we would all agree with that statement. Look no further than Uber to get a sense of...
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