Every business should have a story that encapsulates its reason for being — its “why” — beyond making money or even filling a need in the marketplace. MOD Pizza is a fast-casual restaurant chain that offers artisan-style pizzas and salads at 500 locations across America. But that’s not MOD Pizza’s story. In fact, says Co-Founder and CEO Scott Svenson, that barely…
You may know John Maxwell as the New York Times Best-Selling Author who has sold more than 35 million leadership books worldwide and that have been translated into 50 languages and used by leaders around the world. Perhaps you know him as the prolific speaker and coach who has trained six million leaders and recently reached the milestone of having…
You don’t become the captain of the Notre Dame women’s soccer team and earn Ad Age’s CMO of the Year by lacking confidence. Sirius XM Chief Marketing Officer Denise Karkos has done both and credits her success to a decision to invest as much effort into building relationships as any hard skill associated with her job. The key to forming…
Most of us think of a skillset as a set of things we already know how to do, right? But Tracey Brady Yurko says one of the greatest skills you can develop is the ability to figure out how to obtain skills you’d like to have and adding them to your set. Sound confusing? Well, it’s not, especially as Yurko…
Some people view corporate success as climbing a ladder; Cigna’s Mike Triplett views it as crossing a bridge, and Triplett takes special care never to cross a bridge without bringing someone along who contributed to his success. That’s good news for Triplett’s colleagues at Cigna because he has crossed a lot of bridges en route to becoming the man in…
Long ago, our ancestor was out gathering shoots and berries on the savanna and heard the distant roar of a lion. As the roar grew ever closer, he sped up his work and, when the lion appeared nearby, made for the cave as fast as his bare feet would carry him. Fast-forward to a meeting room in an office near…
