So proud of this: International and Top 5% of all Podcasts “The Mentors Radio” asked me on their show to discuss Create Amazing and the power of Employee Ownership. urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https…

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Someone bought 100 copies of my book #CreateAmazing today. Moments like this bring me up from the deep. Whoever you are….thank you.

The ‘CEO Academy’ is coming to Kansas City this fall. And it will be hosted by the Bloch School, I couldn’t be more excited.

It’s Official. The Bloch School of Business is announcing The CEO Academy of Kansas City Oct 17&18. Tag Line: For Aspiring CEOs Taught by CEOs. And yes, I’ve been invited to the faculty. Can’t Wait. More to come…..

Not sure which is the worst product Spectrum or Bally Sports?

This is going to be so terrific for Kansas City. Very excited that I was asked to join its faculty.

Garden 2024 producing some whoppers.

I need your help. The UMKC Bloch School CEO Academy is fast approaching and my topic as a member of the faculty is ”The Personal Characteristics of History’s Greatest CEOs”. Reply with what you think is the most important one. Thanks all.

A group of local retired CEOs wants to cultivate the next generation of CEOs in Kansas City and are doing so through the new CEO Academy of Kansas City. bizjournals.com/kansascity/new…

My 1st day as CEO of Burns & Mac, I called 5 CEOs including Don Hall Sr. He not only took the call, he agreed to lunch the next day. It was then I learned that if leadership is not ’transformational’ it’s simply lazy. And….oh man did he love Adele. RIP my friend

67 years old today. Life is such a blessing.

Yesterday I decided to put Grok3 to the test against 2 other popular AI platforms with a typical but possibly tough task of helping me plan an international trip based on my own likes and wishes. And, it wasn’t close….Grok3 understood me best within moments. Well done.

Chamber Big 5…..very proud of this.

Your next read: My highest recommendation

Big News and a Big Question: I just sold my last book thanks to Rutgers and the Aspen Institute. Now....reprint or second edition? Vote Please.

A lesson I learned in my time as CEO: If everyone around you tells you you’re wrong but in your heart you know you’re right…….you are almost always wrong.

My Dad didn’t land on the beaches but he did bomb the crap out of them just before the landing. Well done pops.

Highlights from Chairman U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. and Ranking Member Sen. Bernie Sanders during today's HELP Committee hearing on ESOPs showcase the true bipartisan support for ESOPs in Congress. The ESOP Association

In my book ‘Create Amazing’ I said Employee Ownership in where ‘Ron Reagan and Bernie Sanders go dating’. And here we go again. Well done by my friends at ESCA and The ESOP Association.