Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Larry Linne, entrepreneur, advisor, and author. We hope you enjoy Larry's wisdom and perspective.

A business leader exists in a perpetual world of chaos. Issues and pressures from employees, vendors, professional advisors, clients, innovation, strategy, and execution all dance around in the leader’s brain. This chaos can bring a leader to a point of becoming powerless and ineffective. However, this chaos is also what provides the opportunity to do something GREAT, something worth writing about.

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Rick Slagle, President and CEO for Majority Builders. We hope you enjoy Rick’s wisdom and perspective. 

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote,

“In the order of nature we cannot render benefits to those from whom we receive them, or only seldom. But the benefit we receive must be rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody."

I’m a graduate of Indiana State University. And no, we’re not the Hoosiers (a common question when I’m traveling outside of Indiana). We are the Sycamores. We are “almost famous” in my mind for two reasons. Those would be Larry Bird, and in the college of business, a nationally ranked Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) program.

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Jerry Scott. We hope you enjoy Jerry’s wisdom and perspective.

Last January I was browsing in Barnes & Nobles and noticed Tony Robbins on the cover of Success magazine. He was promoting an article on pushing past your comfort zone to achieve the extraordinary. He looked older and more serious than I remembered. I picked up the magazine, looked at Tony, and smiled a big smile with soft eyes. God knows I love that man.

#WhatsTheRisk is my tagline for this regular executive blog. Given that I’m an insurance broker, you may think the risks I write about are “hazards” such as your building catching fire. The reality is: the biggest risks to most organizations come from strategic and business risks that involve people and your leadership. That’s right. You might be the biggest liability at your company!

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Phil D’Amico, Director of Business Development and Marketing for Majority Builders. We hope you enjoy Phil’s wisdom and perspective.

I’m sure you’re aware of the quote, “It’s amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.” While former United States President, the great Harry S. Truman, and former Hall of Fame Basketball coach, John Wooden are credited with using this quote the most, the philosophy seems so simple for leaders of today.

During the winter months, I spend quite a bit of time playing games with my boys. On our rides to visit family or nearby ski slopes we are usually lucky enough to have Mom drive, which means only one thing: electronic RISK via our iPads and iPhones.

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Joe Calloway, author of “Be The Best At What Matters Most” and several other game-changing business books. We hope you enjoy Joe’s wisdom and perspective.

The hard stuff is reaching deep down inside and looking honestly into your soul and asking, “Do we really want to do this, and are we willing to change how we’ve done it up to now?”

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Katie Tryniecki, Marketing Specialist at Gibson. We hope you enjoy Katie's wisdom and perspective.

“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.”

Most people associate Vince Lombardi with this line. But in fact, it wasn’t the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers who first said it. Some attribute it to college coach Red Saunders and others to John Wayne in the 1953 film Trouble Along the Way.