Team & People Leadership

The Leadership Spotlight continues this week with Eric Lackey. Eric has been with Dave Ramsey’s organization for almost eight years with the IT team. His team is responsible for a wide range of technology including order entry, CRM and ERP software, networking, security, systems management and user support.  Prior to joining Dave Ramsey’s office, Eric

During the most recent EntreLeadership event I taught in Nashville, I had the great opportunity to spend some time with David Bearden. David is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for POET, which means that he runs their in-house legal team. David shared with me that most companies have a love-hate relationship with their

At a recent EntreLeadership here in Nashville, this question came up: “If I don’t have the culture I want with behavior, attitude and work ethic, how do I go back and fix that?” The answer is…you can’t. That’s right. You can’t fix it. You can only go forward and create the culture you want. You

In Please Help Me! I talked about one of the most special people on the planet to me, my former personal assistant Marybeth Fortner, who got married and moved to D.C. Lots of weeping and wailing….all done by me.  And since we still talk from time to time, I thought it might be good to

The Leadership Spotlight continues this week with Teresa Duke. Teresa’s first job in the business world was as the assistant to the industrial engineering manager at  Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Four years later she left Firestone to start a family.  She felt that her calling at that time was to raise her children, and she was privileged to be

Here is a guest post by Jon Edlin. Jon is the Marketing Manager for the Nazarene Publishing House. You can follow him on Twitter or Facebook. If you would like to guest post, read about it here. [vimeo When I walk into my office every day, a colorful 6’ x 8‘ magnetic board greets me.

The Leadership Spotlight continues this week with Thom Carlin. Thom’s position on Dave’s team, as our Shipping Leader, was gained from experiences that have included receiving and maintaining inventory for a local Nashville grocery chain; being responsible for everything relating to the mail room for a health care company; right up to finding himself in

The Leadership Spotlight continues this week with Kraig McNutt. Kraig has 16 years of experience in eMarketing. He started his own internet consulting group, led Humana’s internet marketing strategy and then joined Dave’s team in 2000. CLo: What is your role in leadership? KM : I am VP of eBusiness for Dave Ramsey and have been

While vacationing in California, I was able to take a really nice tour of a fruit producer’s farm. It was absolutely incredible because the farm is what’s called Bio Dynamic. This takes farming to a whole new level — or actually, an old one. The way they did it when there weren’t chemicals. And, this

Continuing with some incredible leadership insight, I learned from General McCMcChrystal’s D talk: in Leadership Wisdom From Four-Star General Stanley McChrystal, I shared how important it is to train your team for battle and ensure they come alive. The need for that was only made more apparent to me when he shared the following story: “I