Entrepreneur.

As a business owner, what can you do to avoid a situation where your top employee becomes your top competitor? Non-compete? Good luck with that.

Try this instead: Value, empower, and compensate really talented individuals appropriately so they don’t want to leave.

I've been there, caught in the trap of feeling the pressure to know it all. But through experience and reflection, I've come to understand that true leadership isn't about having all the answers; it's about having the humility and resourcefulness to find them, or to create solutions when needed.

For those of you who played sports growing up, you know that the sting of a coaches disappointment is arguably worse than a parents — it’s almost unbearable. Read how my 6th grade track & field coach changed my mindset forever…

Trendsetter to Know: Mary Hagen, Entrepreneur & CEO of Colossal. A typical day in my life includes… Coffee, feeding animals (lots of animals), commute accompanied by a MasterClass, Podcast, or early morning conference calls, meetings (lots of meetings)…

The true value in this way of thinking as a leader is that you will finally have the motivated, financially stable, entrepreneurial minded staff you’ve always dreamt of.

I watched “The Unit” throw a 100mph fastball… and I was hooked. It was instantly clear to me that the pitcher controlled the fate of the game. Throw good, and you might win! Throw bad, and the opposing team ends up on base and you risk taking a loss.