As I partner with inspiring leaders and companies across all sectors, demographics, and experience levels, the challenges I see with defining success is this: people struggle to discover and understand what success means to them.

Water is leaking into the boat and weighing it down, and the individual is spending his time shoveling water out of the boat to avoid sinking. It’s working, but you know what he isn’t doing? He isn’t moving forward, exploring, and navigating the open sea. That’s why we have a boat: to journey.

In July 2019, NextGen Center hosted our Community Module, welcoming Fulton Breen as our first guest speaker. It was fun to connect various alumni of NGC programs and to learn about the topic closest to Fulton’s heart: values-based leadership.

We all expect to see change overnight. Not just basic change, but drastic change. And frankly, it's just not possible. Losing 50 pounds in a week is not possible. Growing your sales tenfold in a month is probably not possible.

I was having coffee with a friend, a marketing guru at a local company. And he laughed, saying “I don't think I'm coachable.” It was an offhand comment, but what makes someone coachable? And what does a coach actually do?

If you’re anything like me, then you end your day feeling like you did so much. But what exactly did you do? What did you actually learn?

Discomfort is a part of the mindset and journey in building a company. It’s also connected to vulnerability and emotional agility. Which is why few people like it.

What would a year-end review for yourself look like? After all, this time of year has a ‘wind-down’ mentality. We spend time reflecting to learn and internalize what we have gone through.

If I’ve noticed anything about people, it’s that the theme of control is prevalent everywhere. We all want it, and it’s not a bad thing.

As a competitive tennis player, I observed (too many times) a player smash his or her racquet because she or he was upset about losing a point. Or the outcome of a match. Almost as if the player was blaming the equipment.

Goals matter. Join us for a free event to help you can focus your intent and create goals that will move you closer to where you want to be.

We’re looking for people who are willing to challenge the status quo, push themselves outside their comfort zone and take on new challenges and opportunities with this mindset of “how can I grow?”