🎶 Picture a place, somewhere else far away… where you know what they mean, and they mean what they say to us… and would that be enough? 🎶

I recently spent the day with a group of female executives, founders, authors, and board members at a leadership retreat hosted by Allison Siegel, CEO of Culta - a cannabis production company.

👩🏽‍🍳 A chef, 👩🏼‍💼an executive, and 🏈 a football coach walk into a board room…

No, this isn’t the start of a bad Dallas Cowboys joke as football season gets underway. It’s a reflection on topics I’ve written that have resonated with readers and also raised questions of me and how my writing aligns to NBG Strategy Consulting’s focus.

As the summer sun beats down on our nation's capital, I find myself immersed in the heat wave brought on by the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI).

A recipe to be an insightful leader in an era of explosive data.

#Transformation, change, #innovation, and strategic growth professionals I believe share a tendency to be bear pokers.

Living a multifaceted life means that there are many different parts of who you are that come together to form your identity.

I hear this chant, along with my seven year old son’s Sports s’Mack (@sportss_mack) raps and pre-game commentary throughout the football season.

Whether you’re a #CEO, #CSO, C-anything-O, it’s time to embrace the role of a Chief Query Officer.

Corporate success requires balancing short-term metrics with longer-term goals and objectives.

Solve versus sell. In today’s current era of constriction, layoffs, and leadership pull backs, where are successful executive leaders investing?

Soaring to new heights, pushing yourself to pursue your ambitions, and achieving a safe ascent and landing requires that you remove the noise.

Perhaps most telling about my villains - whether individuals or organizations - is that they are all facets of a weak leader, which is perhaps my mega-villain. 

“A successful strategy doesn’t just state the destination; it charts the journey. A leader doesn’t purely follow the path, but actively aligns decisions and investments.” -NBG Strategy Consulting

Eight days in the Galápagos Islands on a National Geographic boat will fill you with an appreciation for our environment, the perseverance of explorers, and the beauty of many different species.

“Empowering those around you to be heard and valued makes the difference between a leader who simply instructs and one who inspires.” - Adena Friedman, NASDAQ CEO