Is your culture good or bad?
How's your Culture? It's a fashionable 21st century question. Culture is a conference buzzword, making for stimulating discussion, but little change. Culture is the most important aspect of building a successful and sustainable business, but most leaders don't know...
How Healthy Self-Love Creates Dynamic Leadership
Self-love may be considered a “soft topic” among leadership circles but it’s a topic foundational to leading a life that’s fulfilling and impactful. If our highest call in life is to love and serve others in our relationships, business and community, we’d better take...
Ross to Speak at TEDx Youngstown Event in Early Fall
East Liverpool-based author and speaker, Michael B. Ross, was selected to present at the TEDx Youngstown event on September 22, 2018 at Youngstown State University. “I’m excited to use my skills, stories and experiences to infuse hope on a broader scale to the people...
Ross to Speak at Youngstown Regional Chamber Event
Speaker and author Michael B. Ross will present “Mindful Leadership” at the Holiday Inn in Boardman from 7 to 9am on Wednesday, February 14. This event is a part of the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber’s Leadership 2018 series—an initiative to help people keep their...
Ross to Speak to Young Entrepreneurs at WVU
Speaker and author Michael B. Ross is presenting “Building a Legacy Business” to the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) of West Virginia University (WVU) on Wednesday, January 31. Ross is the founder and president of HBK High Performance, a leadership...
Designing your best year EVER
All great movies, novels, and speeches are built around great stories. As my friend Dale Karmie has said many times, “Life is a story.” Your life is an unfolding story and you have the tremendous opportunity to create it. You have the ability to create adventure,...
DOING > SAYING
One time after speaking at a company, an associate approached me. When he was near, I turned my back and spoke to someone else. He became angry and stormed out of the room. Later, he went to HR, and told them what happened. He called me a fake, saying I didn’t care...
How to identify a successful leadership training course
WHAT MAKES EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP TRAINING COURSE? I’ll never forget my frustration. I spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours working through the videos, conference calls, books, and exercises for my coaching and leadership certification program. To earn the...
3 keys to learning anything in the world
TEACHABLE Pascal was a very smart young man. He had the ability to figure things out through observation. DeAndre was smart, but often needed help learning new things. Because Pascal knew he was smart he didn’t listen to the advice of others. DeAndre, on the...
Does love work at work?
For years musician Johnny Cash was addicted to pain killers and amphetamines. It wasn’t until he met the love of his life, June Carter, that he began to seek freedom from his addiction. In his autobiography, Cash said he had crawled into a literal hole to die when...