by Brit Owen | Sep 24, 2021 | Advice, Best Practices, News, Spotlights |
Keynote speaker Jessica Buchanan, a former humanitarian worker turned bestselling author, shared her story during a recent BHHS conference. Of course, the networking and seeing people in person was fantastic (the Global Conference and Meeting team does an incredible...
by Brit Owen | Sep 15, 2021 | Advice, Best Practices, News, Spotlights |
There’s a lot business can learn from sports. Immediately after a game, NFL teams will assess how they played. They’ll look at their film. They’ll analyze what went right, what went wrong and how they can improve. Sports teams have an advantage over businesses. The...
by Brit Owen | Sep 10, 2021 | Advice, Best Practices, News, Spotlights |
For this week’s Thoughts on Leadership, I want to share the story of my father Paul Blefari (Pappy), who passed away last week. My dad taught me to be a better brother, son, father and, really, a better person. Below you’ll find the eulogy that I read during the...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 26, 2021 | Advice, Best Practices, News, Spotlights |
It’s been a week of travel (grateful to be able to travel again), and a jam-packed week of meetings with some incredible leaders. Sitting at the table and discussing ideas with these awesome innovators got me thinking: Leadership isn’t a “you versus your team members”...
by Brit Owen | Aug 10, 2021 | Advice, Best Practices, News, Spotlights |
The last three blog posts have been about my mentors (read the Zig Ziglar post here, the Og Mandino post here and the Jim Rohn post here), as well as the leaders who have inspired me throughout my career and had a profound impact on my life. In this post, I’m going to...
by Brit Owen | Jul 28, 2021 | Advice, Best Practices, News, Spotlights |
If you read my Thoughts on Leadership post last week, I referenced one of my mentors, Jim Rohn, and even posted a photo from us in the ’90s. (I guess funky sweaters were in back then?) Anyway, sharing that story made me think back to when I first met Jim at the very...