adversity

Leadership

Success Isn't Linear — 5 Tips to Overcome Obstacles and Find Your Winning Strategy

The game of business requires a serious and thoughtful approach. Read on to learn five key ways to meet the biggest challenges you'll face as a leader.

Health & Wellness

Bouncing Back After Tragedy Isn't Impossible — Three Ways I Found Meaning Again as a Legally Blind CEO.

Coming back from a devastating diagnosis, debilitating condition or loss may feel like a faraway dream. But you can find meaningful work, even with a limitation or challenge, by following these three strategies to get you back on track.

Starting a Business

They Grew Up in a Financially-Challenged Single-Parent Home and Now These Twins Run a Multimillion-Dollar Real Estate Business. Here's How They Turned Hardship Into Inspiration.

How Jeremy and Joshua Mathis overcame adversity and turned their challenging upbringing into a foundation for real estate success.

Diversity

The Burden of Breaking Barriers is Pushing Black Leaders to Breaking Point. This DEI Expert Reveals Where We Are Going Wrong.

No matter where we look, Black Americans are breaking barriers as the "firsts" in many major industries, but it's a heavy burden to bear.

Growth Strategies

New Year, New Vertical..? How A Fresh Perspective Can Aid Entrepreneurs As They Get Started On 2024

The new year, with its blank canvas, offers a chance for a reset.

Thought Leaders

How to Thrive Through Adversity — A Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Resilience

What was once a weakness can become a strength.

Fundraising

This Why You Should Allign Yourself with the Right People

Greg Reid, the founder of Secret Knock, joins the Jeff Fenster Show to discuss the power of making connections.

Leadership

These 4 Popular Mantras Contain Valuable Lessons in Leadership

Mantras can help clarify your vision and keep you on the path to success in business. These four in particular contain wisdom that speaks to the challenges and pitfalls of leadership.

Thought Leaders

11 Strategies to Help Entrepreneurs Thrive in the Face of Adversity and Criticism

How to effectively handle criticism and use it as fuel for success

Thought Leaders

How to Turn Every Adversity You Face into an Advantage

Every setback presents an opportunity for growth. Life is a series of unpredictable twists, a fact that entrepreneurs understand all too well.

Growing a Business

Free Webinar | September 19: How to Master the 5 Critical Stages of Success

Are you ready to learn the roadmap to entrepreneurial achievement? Join our free webinar as Logan Stout unveils the essential stages you and every entrepreneur must face to build your legacy and join the ranks of Level 10 leaders. Register now →

Leadership

How Transparent Should You Be with Employees During Times of Uncertainty?

Periodic unpredictability and volatility are near certainties in business, and in response, leaders are left with the choice of being truly open with employees or not. (Spoiler: There's one overwhelming winner.)

Making a Change

NFL Great Drew Brees Breaks Down His 7-Step Process for Turning Adversity Into Opportunity

On this episode of "The Jeff Fenster Show," legendary NFL quarterback Drew Brees shares his experience and advice for overcoming the toughest hurdles in sports, business and life.

Thought Leaders

Want to Get the Credit You Deserve for Your Work? Do This, Says Bozoma Saint John — Who Ran Marketing for Netflix, Apple and Uber

You probably can't name many chief marketing officers, even if they worked for high profile companies. Bozoma Saint John says that making herself "well-known" was an intentional strategy, and it's one that you shouldn't be shy to try.