Perry Holley

You can’t not have a culture. Every organization or organized group has a culture. We must ask whether our culture originated by design or by default.  Culture is what it feels like to work or live here (that’s right, your home has a culture). According to Webster’s dictionary, culture is the shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterize an...

When you think of a leader you admire and would follow without question, what characteristics define that person? Most likely, the qualities that stand out to you reflect how this person makes you feel. While their competency in the role is essential, their ability to connect with your emotions increases the amount of influence they have with you. In their...

In the past, if a college football player no longer wanted to play for the school where they were enrolled, they could enter a transfer process that required them to sit out a year and comply with other restrictions. Today, with the creation of the transfer portal, any student-athlete may declare their intentions to transfer to another school and begin...

The senior exec was excited to be offered the opportunity to lead a high-profile new line of business for the organization. She was told days before the announcement that she would not be getting a promotion or new title yet, but perhaps, if the venture were successful, she would become the executive leader of this new division. For now, however,...

If you have ever felt that you are fooling the people at work and that they may finally figure out you are not as good as they think you are, you most likely have experienced imposter syndrome. The good news is that you are not alone. The bad news is that you are not alone.One study estimated that 7 in...

There is no end to the list of excuses we can make for why we don’t read more. Almost everyone agrees that reading is better for your personal development than not reading, yet it is a struggle for many of us to make that time every day to invest in our future and our success. Consider the following plan to...