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Tracking Diamonds – & What Else Leanne?

Leanne Kemp

Leanne Kemp - CEO Everledger

Just a short drive from Brisbane, Queensland, lies a six-acre estate featuring a large “rustic” house, chickens, horses, and a neighbor with 60 goats. While the property might seem somewhat common, certainly in this peaceful Australian countryside, it is anything


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Deshaun Watson – Lessons in Leadership, Winning, and Gratitude

Deshaun Watson

Deshaun Watson Houston Texans

An oft overlooked quality of a great leader is their willingness to first be led – to be inspired before inspiring others – to be teachable before showing the way. There’s no better example of that trait than Houston Texans


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Classical Music, Leadership, and the Power of Possibility

Benjamin Zander

Benjamin Zander Boston Philharmonic

Dr. Walter Zander, a German born Jew, earned the Iron Cross for his efforts fighting in World War I (WWI) on behalf of his country. Following the war, he began a legal practice in Berlin, where he lived with his


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Building a Legacy Through Leadership, Determination, and Motivation

Vince Lombardi

NFL Legend Vince Lombardi

Vince Lombardi is considered by many to be one of the best head coaches in the history of the National Football League (NFL) – if not the best, certainly the most well-known. His accomplishments were legendary – literally. He made


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‘Hammering’ Hank Aaron – Much More than a Baseball Icon

Hank Aaron

The U.S. was just beginning to recover from the Great Depression in February, 1934 when Herbert and Estella’s third child, Henry ‘Hank’ Aaron, was born. The Aaron’s lived in a poor, black section of Mobile, Alabama known as “Down by


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The Journey From Traveling Hopefully to The Hope-Driven Leader

Libby Gill

Libby Gill, Author and Leadership Expert

In the business world it’s rather common to hear about hard-charging, go-getters, striving to climb the corporate ladder. It’s rare, though, to hear about a person who willingly steps off of that ladder. Libby Gill is one such person. After


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To Give a Eulogy or Be Eulogized – What Would You Choose?

Ralph C. Smedley

Born and raised in Waverly, Illinois, Ralph C. Smedley went on to graduate from Illinois Wesleyan University. That was in 1903. Ralph then accepted the position of director of education at the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) in Bloomington, Illinois.


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From Hot Wings to Sweet Rolls, Brilliant Leadership Drives Success

Kat Cole

What would you do if you were in charge of sales and distribution and suddenly supply dried up because of a labor issue? That’s essentially the situation that Kat Cole faced when working as a Hooter’s server, when the kitchen crew


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Vision, Innovation and Disruption have Netflix Streaming to Success

Netflix

Netflix.com

It’s said that necessity is the mother of invention. Perhaps so. Innovation, on the other hand, is born of any number of causes. Some would say the leading cause of innovation is vision. Others say it’s creativity. Many attribute innovations


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Get Gutsy. Stay Gutsy. How This FlyGirl Soared to Success

Vernice 'FlyGirl' Armour

Vernice Armour knew at a young age that she wanted to become a police officer. More specifically, she wanted to join the mounted police, patrolling on horseback. Childhood dreams are magical – creating excitement and hope. They are also mysterious


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Want the Prescription for a Powerful Brand? the Doctor is In!

Doc McStuffins

Chris Nee grew up loving animated television show – think cartoons. That attraction was strong enough to create thoughts of a career in that discipline. It’s a gift for a person to discover their passion, but having the talent necessary


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Mary Barra – Transforming General Motors Through Powerful Leadership

Mary Barra

Some people, so it seems, are born to follow a specific path – to fulfill a purpose. Mary Makela may just be such a person. She was born into a hard-working blue-collar family in Waterford, Michigan on Christmas Eve 1961.


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How to Make Your Brand Blossom Into a Big Bang

Mayim Bialik

When Barry and Beverly married, they were the first of their families to be born in the U.S. – their parents having emigrated from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. The family’s combined heritage, closeness and religious beliefs would all have a big impact


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Putting Principles and People Ahead of Profits is Very Profitable

S. Truett Cathy

Samuel was born March 14, 1921 in Eatonton, Georgia. He was the sixth of what soon would total seven children for Joseph and Lilla. Though Samuel was his given name, he was called by his middle name – Truett. When


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One Business Is Really Cleaning Up With Millennials

Kristen Hadeed

Kristen was born in Gainesville, Florida on February 26, 1988. Her family moved to Flagler Beach, Florida when she was two. She eventually returned to Gainesville where she attended the University of Florida. Fashion is an important for element in


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How a Group of Entrepreneurs Endeavor to Impact the World

Endeavor

endeavor entrepreneurs

Peter Kellner’s father was a Hungarian immigrant whose family consisted of a long line of entrepreneurs. His mother’s family had settled in Massachusetts in 1635. After he graduated from Princeton University, Peter traveled to Hungary on a Fulbright Scholarship. There


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Your Job is What You Do – Your Brand is Who You Are

Muhammad Ali

Often seemingly small, insignificant actions can have major impact – sometimes they can even affect the entire world. One such instance occurred in Louisville, Kentucky in 1954. Someone stole a twelve-year-old boy’s bicycle. No one knows who it was –


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Purpose, Leadership and Security – Your Why is Just the Start

Simon Sinek

It’s hard to tell how one’s childhood experiences will impact their life. By example, some children whose families move a lot during their childhood feel enriched by the experience. Others feel a sense of detachment, of not having roots. Simon


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Take Heart – You Don’t Need to Wrestle With Success

Coach Dan Gable

Danny was born on October 25, 1948 in Waterloo, Iowa. His father, Mack, was a real estate salesman – his mother, Katie, was a homemaker. The family lived a modest, yet very satisfying lifestyle. For his part, Danny put a


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Laugh, Think and Cry Every Day — Jim Valvano

Jim 'Jimmy V' Valvano

Rocco and Angelina lived in Queens, New York where they raised their three sons, Nick, Jim and Bob. They were a loving Italian family, never hesitant to hug and kiss each other – the words “I love you” flowing freely.


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The Wizardry of John Wooden – Coach, Teacher, Leader

John Wooden

John was born in Hall, Indiana on October 14, 1910 – the second son of Joshua and Roxie Wooden. When he was 8, the family moved to a small farm near Centerton, Ind., a town which boasted a population of


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Want to Know That You’re Right? Prove Yourself Wrong!

Right or Wrong

I attended a small private high school in Metairie, Louisiana. Our assistant principal and Spanish teacher was Elliot Ross Buckley. He was a terrific teacher and a man that I admired greatly. He went on to be General Counsel for


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Branding Royalty – How Queen Elizabeth Stands the Test of Time

Queen Elizabeth II

Little girls love to fantasize about becoming a princess, living a special life filled with attention and riches. In reality, very few actually have their dream become a reality. The fact is that most princesses are born into royalty. Such


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“Start where you are. Use what you have…” – Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe

Arthur’s story is one of maximizing great talent, succeeding in the face of obstacles, resolving to actively address unfair obstructions, extending generosity to those in need and accepting the toughest challenge life can give with quiet grace and dignity. He


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Pope Francis’ Keys to Personal Branding – Be Humble, Be Bold, Be Kind

Pope Francis

The eldest of five children, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was born to Italian immigrants who, in 1927, had fled Italy and the rule of Mussolini. The boy’s father, Mario, was an accountant


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Love What You Do – Fight to Make it Happen

Dana White

He was born in Connecticut in July of 1969. His youth was spent there, in Boston, Las Vegas and ultimately Maine where, in 1987,  he graduated from Herman High School. While his childhood wasn’t spent in necessarily tough areas, he grew up to


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How Faith, Hard Work and Love Define a Brand

Tim Tebow

Tim’s penchant for overcoming long odds and finishing strong began at the very start of his life. His mother had been treated for amoebic dysentery, which caused significant complications during her pregnancy – he wasn’t expected to survive to full term.


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One Man’s Dream is Shaping A Country’s Future

Patrick Awuah

He was born in Accra, Ghana in 1965 and raised in that country’s chaos of the sixties and seventies. Ghana was under the rule of a military dictatorship whose policies made life difficult, to say the least. Finding food was a daily challenge


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How to Brew a Successful Brand

Starbucks

The three had plenty in common beginning with their friendship. Each graduated from the University of San Francisco – one a history teacher, one a writer and one an English teacher. The three – Zev Siegel, Gordon Bowker and Jerry


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Building a Brand With PURPOSE

Corey Jahnke

There were some very noteworthy events in 1966 – the U.S. began an aggressive escalation of military in Vietnam while anti-war protests grew exponentially, Indira Ghandi visited the U.S., the Miranda warning became law, Surveyor 1 landed on the moon


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If You Can Dream It You Can Achieve It

Zig Ziglar

As a ten day old baby he was placed on his mother’s stomach by a doctor who told her that her boy was dead. That was in Coffee County, Alabama in November of 1926.  He was buried in McKinney, Texas,


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Friday’s Fearless Brand – Roni Chambers

This week the GO! Network in St. Louis was closed. A not-for-profit organization begun in 2008, GO! Network committed to teaching, mentoring, nurturing and supporting people who found themselves in career transition. There was clearly no shortage of members as


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One Marine’s 3 Keys To a Successful Team

There are any number of books on leadership and influence (a recent favorite is It’s Not About You) , team building, management and achieving objectives. I have shelves full of them and I’m certain many of you do as well.


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