Archive for 2013
Preparing for the book release “Success on Your Own Terms”
I am preparing for the release of my first book entitled “Success on Your Own Terms: 6 Promises to Fire Up Your Passion, Ignite Your Career, and Create an Amazing Life,” hitting the shelves of stores on June 23, 2014. The book is being published by CareerPress and is already available for pre-order on Amazon.com.…
Read MoreDrop CD Adapt Magazine Article
Check out the recent interview by our very own Ben Lippens, DROP CD Project leader, with Adapt Magazine here, page 32.
Read MoreFor Wade-o Radio Listeners: Receive Chapter 1 Free
Wade-O Radio Listener’s: Please complete the short form below and we will send you the first chapter of “Success on Your Own Terms: 6 Promises to Fire Up Your Passion, Ignore Your Career, and Create an Amazing Life” for free. Book Overview: Passion comes from inside. Stoke it. Setbacks happen. Find your way around, over,…
Read MoreLaunch of the Allstate Affinity Solutions and IHG Partnership
Launch of our 2nd rewards based partnership. As I’ve shared with some, since joining Allstate in the Fall of 2011, we’ve had quite a journey. Starting a new business unit, learning the industry and driving to create innovative ways to break through in the industry are all challenging tasks….trying to do that all at the…
Read MoreWhy do Corelink Radio?
It could just be me…but I find that every now and then, even with things I have a great deal of passion for, when I am up to my neck in the aggregate, I can begin to ask myself the question “why am I doing this?” It’s not as if the original reason of purpose changed, but situations…
Read MoreHoly Culture Drop CD 2013
I am really looking forward to the Drop CD this year as we’re working to make some changes from the first edition. Most notably, in this edition, we’re working to make it more local with a concentrated push in 5 markets. If you have even the slightest interest in us trying to change the behavior…
Read MoreELC Winter Meeting
This was an outstanding week, capped off by the ELC Winter Meeting (recap here if you’re interested) . For those not familiar with the ELC, it is The Executive Leadership Council, which is a national organization comprised of current and former African-American CEOs and senior executives at Fortune 500 and equivalent companies. For more than…
Read MoreLaunch of the Allstate Affinity Solutions and United Partnership
When I started at Allstate in the Fall of 2011, we developed a vision to launch something unique in the insurance category. It has been an uphill march for the past 12 + months, with a number of talented resources across our company, banding together, to create a differentiator in the marketplace. Innovation costs….time, resources,…
Read MoreLora Mills – Heart Transplant
There are 9 days left to raise these funds and I personally feel a burden to help make this happen. I am actively deploying all of Holy Culture’s and Corelink Radio’s assets to get the message out. We can do this!!!! Here is the background….. Lora Mills, the wife of Mike Mills (a co-laborer in…
Read MoreAn inside perspective
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the NFL Players Assocation’s (NFLPA) Collegiate Bowl in Los Angeles. Now you have to understand, I have been a football advocate since I was a child…as a player, a fan and the father of an athlete. Further, I have been a 30 year plus fan…
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