Founders · Nashville
Nick Grayson Bet on Himself. Then He Learned to Trust.
The Nashville ad creative founder figured out that his business problems were personal problems in disguise. Fixing the person fixed a lot of the business.
The Emerson Review
Founders · Nashville
Nick Grayson Bet on Himself. Then He Learned to Trust.
The Nashville ad creative founder figured out that his business problems were personal problems in disguise. Fixing the person fixed a lot of the business.
“Insist on yourself; never imitate.”
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Founders
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Founders · Nashville
Reese Witherspoon Built the Room She Couldn't Find
The Nashville-raised actor turned a frustration with the scripts coming her way into Hello Sunshine, a media company built on women's stories and one very simple test.
Founders · New York
Danny Meyer Still Thinks Being Nice Is a Business Model
Forty years after opening Union Square Cafe, the founder of Shake Shack and Union Square Hospitality Group explains why his employees come before his guests, and his investors come last.
Executives
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Executives · Nashville
Dave Ramsey's Case for Saying the Hard Thing Out Loud
From a Franklin, Tennessee, campus, the radio host and Ramsey Solutions founder has built a large company around one blunt idea about leadership: clarity is a kindness.
Executives · New York
Jamie Dimon Wants the Bad News First
Twenty years into running JPMorgan Chase, one of banking's longest-serving CEOs says the real threat to leaders isn't arrogance. It's insecurity.
Executives · Florida
Ken Griffin Moved Citadel to Miami. He Says It Wasn't the Taxes.
The founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities brought two of finance's most powerful firms to Brickell. In his telling, the decision was about speed, safety and a city that says yes.
Coaches & Speakers
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Coaches & Speakers · Dallas
Brian Galke Reads the Room for a Living
A self-described introvert who rose to regional vice president, the founder of Subtle Skills now teaches leaders to read faces, adjust their message and, above all, show up.
Coaches & Speakers · National
Janine Driver Learned to Read People Long Before TV Called Her
A former federal investigator who trained tens of thousands of officers, the body-language expert built a second career on a simple premise: the body talks first.
Coaches & Speakers · New York
Phil M. Jones Wants His Work to Be More Famous Than He Is
The British-born, New York-based sales trainer behind Exactly What to Say has taught millions to choose their words. His own choices about his business say even more.
Nashville
Founders · Nashville
Nick Grayson Bet on Himself. Then He Learned to Trust.
The Nashville ad creative founder figured out that his business problems were personal problems in disguise. Fixing the person fixed a lot of the business.
Founders · Nashville
Reese Witherspoon Built the Room She Couldn't Find
The Nashville-raised actor turned a frustration with the scripts coming her way into Hello Sunshine, a media company built on women's stories and one very simple test.
Executives · Nashville
Dave Ramsey's Case for Saying the Hard Thing Out Loud
From a Franklin, Tennessee, campus, the radio host and Ramsey Solutions founder has built a large company around one blunt idea about leadership: clarity is a kindness.
New York
Founders · New York
Danny Meyer Still Thinks Being Nice Is a Business Model
Forty years after opening Union Square Cafe, the founder of Shake Shack and Union Square Hospitality Group explains why his employees come before his guests, and his investors come last.
Executives · New York
Jamie Dimon Wants the Bad News First
Twenty years into running JPMorgan Chase, one of banking's longest-serving CEOs says the real threat to leaders isn't arrogance. It's insecurity.
Coaches & Speakers · New York
Phil M. Jones Wants His Work to Be More Famous Than He Is
The British-born, New York-based sales trainer behind Exactly What to Say has taught millions to choose their words. His own choices about his business say even more.
Florida
Founders · Florida
Gloria Estefan and the Business of Getting Back Up
The Miami icon built a music career, a hospitality business and a Broadway show with her husband, Emilio. Her own account of it starts with a father's illness and a highway crash.
Executives · Florida
Ken Griffin Moved Citadel to Miami. He Says It Wasn't the Taxes.
The founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities brought two of finance's most powerful firms to Brickell. In his telling, the decision was about speed, safety and a city that says yes.
Dallas
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