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Are You Creating Your Own Competition? Who Cares?

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.

The Journey from Answer-Provider to Solution-Finder: Lessons in Leadership

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.

Cross The Finish Line

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…

Check This Out!

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)…

Why I Encourage Side Hustles.

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.

“Everything in your life is derived from your decisions. So make good ones!”

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Working With Mary.

Mary is hopeful, effective, kind, creative, purposeful, and a phenomenal human being. In my 35-year career, Mary stands out as someone who is incredibly smart, caring, big-hearted, and a person of high integrity. She's an absolute pleasure to know and I admire her very much.

Heidi Wills | CEO at PAWS
Mary demonstrably has the ideal combination of energy, pace, productivity and leadership success.

Justin Crossman | Entrepreneur & Investor
Mary has the rare talent of fluently communicating between clients and developers. She also has an uncanny ability to find plausible (and often very creative) solutions to unreasonable requests. I have no qualms about recommending Mary to anyone in need of her expansive skillset and her comprehensive and enthusiastic leadership.

Don Elliston | Full-Stack Dev. at PhytAge Labs
This is without hesitation my profound recommendation for Mary Hagen. She is diligent, extremely intelligent, hard working and a professional I would trust anywhere and to anyone. She keeps up with all the latest ways to market your business and can navigate through any problem.

Mark Terry | Owner at Terry Moving & Storage
It has been my great pleasure to get to know and work with Mary. Her honest forward thinking, is uniquely refreshing and her ability to analyze business environments and needs while determining opportunities are a true gift.

Anthony Costantino | CEO Consumer Information Systems, Inc.
Mary Hagen is one of the sharpest entrepreneurs I've had the pleasure of working with. Even under pressure she outperforms, managing difficult tasks and brings an air of brilliance to the table.

Beto Paredes | Medical Software Engineering

Paving the way for stronger giving and a better tomorrow.

Colossal is a global leader in modern giving, offering a unique and powerful alternative method for charities to raise money and awareness for their organizations and the important work they do. Learn more about my current venture at Colossal.org

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Thoughts While Shaving.

“Everything in your life is derived from your decisions. So make good ones!”

Mary is hopeful, effective, kind, creative, purposeful, and a phenomenal human being. In my 35-year career, Mary stands out as someone who is incredibly smart, caring, big-hearted, and a person of high integrity. She's an absolute pleasure to know and I admire her very much.

Mary demonstrably has the ideal combination of energy, pace, productivity and leadership success.

This is without hesitation my profound recommendation for Mary Hagen. She is diligent, extremely intelligent, hard working and a professional I would trust anywhere and to anyone. She keeps up with all the latest ways to market your business and can navigate through any problem.

It has been my great pleasure to get to know and work with Mary. Her honest forward thinking, is uniquely refreshing and her ability to analyze business environments and needs while determining opportunities are a true gift.

Mary Hagen is one of the sharpest entrepreneurs I've had the pleasure of working with. Even under pressure she outperforms, managing difficult tasks and brings an air of brilliance to the table.

Paving the way for stronger giving and a better tomorrow.