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In this season of next generation leaders either graduating or starting a new career, there are some important choices that need to be made. What are the most important choices to consider as a future leader? And how can veteran leaders advise them? Lee offers his valuable advice based on his past experience assessing, training, […]

As I look back on my life’s journey, one of the things that stands out most is that our happiness and success depend on our choices. Choose the wrong path and you’re virtually guaranteed to arrive at a destination that is less than your potential and may, in fact, bring discouragement and heartache. My focus […]

Check out this inspirational story from Jennifer Benyard, an Executive MBA student at Kennesaw State University, on her recent experience of being mentored by a seasoned businessperson. You will read about her lessons learned as well as the importance of long-term relationships. Please read on the CEO Netweavers website, and be encouraged!      

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On this day in leadership history in 1933 in Camden, NJ, the first drive-in movie theater opened. What’s the leadership lesson? Are there new or better ways that you can connect with your clients, customers, or team? Be open to all the ways that you can build great relationships with them. Drive-In Theater – Wikipedia […]

“Whatever course you decide upon there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires….courage.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson        

“If it’s going to be done right, I have to do it myself.” How many leaders fall into this trap? In this 90-second clip, Lee encourages all of us to have a support team that we can count on. Please watch –                

We couldn’t be more excited to have reviews like this one @FlatterInc from recent participants in Lee’s keynote presentation – “Col. Ellis’ message on Leading with Honor was an impressive and timely one for our audience. Not only did they rate his presentation with top scores, but we received feedback that it was one of […]

Graduation season is here, and Leading with Honor wants to help you celebrate and gift these young leaders with future wisdom! Experience gripping stories from the Vietnam POW camps and learn the leadership lessons that enabled them to survive and return with honor. Save 20% instantly when you buy both Lee Ellis leadership books together.  […]

On this day in leadership history in 1868, Memorial Day was observed widely for the first time in the U.S. In the years immediately following the Civil War, one way Americans sought to remember the multitudes of war dead was by holding “decoration days”—days on which they would gather to decorate the graves of those […]

“Leaders either shed light or cast shadows on everything we do.” – Kevin Cashman      

On Memorial Day, please watch the special tribute on your local PBS station a moving tribute to Vietnam Nurses and their commitment to serve and care for those servicemen that were injured or ultimately gave their lives. Then in 1983, when Vietnam War nurse Diane Carlson Evans came up with the vision for the first-ever […]