Nicole Holland is a rock star. Creating the Business Building Rockstars Show would be enough. She also helped me set up and understand my online presence. So before writing about her and our interview, I have to recommend her for anyone working on podcasting or creating an online presence. She knows her stuff and delivers on time and under budget. Listen to the interview! Here’s Nicole, from her page, Interviews[…] Keep reading →

I’d heard about and listened to the award-winning #1 So Money podcast for a while, so I felt honored and flattered to be a guest. This morning Farnoosh posted the interview! She covers money more specifically than most. Since I grew up keeping talk about private finances quiet, she led me to speak about some things I rarely do, which led to some life-level realizations I am grateful to her[…] Keep reading →

Inc.’s columnist and bestselling author Kevin Daum wrote about me and Leadership Step by Step today. Usually when I post Inc. article’s they’re by me. This one is about me. It begins: 4 Skills Not Taught in the Ivy Leagues that Every Great Leader Must Master People don’t just wake up as leaders. Like any athlete or artists, they must acquire certain techniques to become masters of the art of[…] Keep reading →

I’m honored for Ron Potter of TLC | TeamLeadershipCulture.com to have written one of his short, no-nonsense reviews of Leadership Step by Step. He and I also recorded a conversation on a science and engineering approach to developing social and emotional skills in ourselves and others based on our collective experience. I’m editing the audio, so stay tuned to hear that conversation when I post it here. I posted his[…] Keep reading →

100 years ago, in education it was important to learn to produce physically—to work in a factory, on a farm, etc. People could succeed in life by becoming manual laborers. 50 years ago it was important to know things, to process information. People could succeed by becoming knowledge workers. You could still learn manual labor, but you’d end up working for knowledge workers. Today, machines and computers are better in[…] Keep reading →

I’m honored today for Skip Prichard to feature a conversation we had on leadership and leadership development on his blog. I love working with experienced people. He got right to the point and kept the conversation focused, engaging, and meaningful, at least to me. For a teaser, the post begins: Mastering Leadership Concepts Learning how to lead. It’s the focus of many lectures, articles, blog posts, and books. Joshua Spodek[…] Keep reading →

My Inc. post today, “What’s Wrong With Business Plan Competitions: A Student View,” begins What’s Wrong With Business Plan Competitions: A Student View More reasons business plan competitions hurt entrepreneurship: from a student they’re supposed to help I’ve written in Inc. before about problems with business plan competitions. Most voices promote them as unerringly valuable to students and entrepreneurship in general. I’m presenting a contrary voice from an important source–a[…] Keep reading →