leadership

Creating Disney Magic with Lee Cockerell

Creating Disney Magic with Lee Cockerell

After 35 years of working at huge companies like Hilton Hotels, Marriott Corporation, and creating magic at Disney, Lee Cockerell left corporate life to finally start independent work. One of Lee’s major and lasting legacies was the creation of Disney Great Leader Strategies which was used to train and develop the 7,000 leaders at Walt Disney World.

Top Lessons From Two of the Best Books on Encore Careers

Top Lessons From Two of the Best Books on Encore Careers

On Creating Your Encore Career, I looked over two books that have been very helpful for me in my encore career. They are great resources for anyone considering an encore career. The books explore many of the things that go on when building a business in your retirement-age years.

How to Build Multiple Successful Businesses

How to Build Multiple Successful Businesses

Kevin Karschnik delivers high-energy, high-impact keynote speeches and training workshops that help business professionals with the leadership and communication skills they need to succeed in today’s complex business climate. He is a successful entrepreneur whose professional career spans 30 years and includes starting and selling two million-dollar training companies.

Reflecting on The Past Year of Creating Your Encore Career

Reflecting on The Past Year of Creating Your Encore Career

In July, I pivoted my podcast and renamed it Creating Your Encore Career. I had talked about that subject often in the last year but decided to do a full rebrand. Rather than work on manufacturing leadership, I wanted to work on helping people start Encore Careers.

How to Get Rid of Drama and Make an Impact in Your Encore Career

How to Get Rid of Drama and Make an Impact in Your Encore Career

On Creating Your Encore Career I had the opportunity to talk with Dennis McIntee of the Leadership Development Group. Dennis literally wrote the book on drama-free teams. It is titled The 8 Qualities of Drama Free Teams: Do More. Stress Less. Zero Drama. He still does this kind of work today as he helps organizations and leaders eliminate the drama from work and get more results.

The Foundations of Great Marketing: Empathy, Listening, and Relationship-Building

The Foundations of Great Marketing: Empathy, Listening, and Relationship-Building

Duane Zingale has made an interesting pivot in his life. He went from working in ministry to working in marketing. In making this transition, he looked deep inside his own life to build his understanding of how he wanted to do marketing.