Last week, I attended the Nashville Chamber of Commerce CEO Speaker Series featuring Colin Reed, Chairman and CEO of Gaylord Entertainment. Reed is a very good speaker and he spent the morning with an audience of 200 sharing some lessons he learned following the flood in Nashville in May 2010. If you have not seen the
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Five Tips to Plan for Time Away from the Office
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Many of you know that I was out of the office last week as my wife and I welcomed our sixth child into the world. Mia Hadley DeVries was born on June 29, 2010, weighing in at 6 pounds, 4 ounces, and 19.5 inches long. Yes, I just said that we have six children!!! …
From Chickens to Contractors: Leadership Lessons from Chick-Fil-A’s Leadercast
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Last week I attended Chick-Fil-A’s Leadercast, which included some of today’s greatest leaders such as Tony Dungy, John Maxwell, Ed Bastien and Dr. Ben Carson. The Leadercast is about developing leaders at all levels, positions and stages.
Whether you are working with 1000s of employees, 100s of clients, 10 project managers, or…