ELI’s Top of Mind – April 2024

April 30, 2024

  Top of Mind is ELI’s favorite entrepreneurial mindset studies, articles, papers, books, and talks. Now, check out this month’s selection! Read Here  

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“Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy,” Or, Optimal Engagement in the Workplace

April 10, 2024

  When I first heard Michael Stipe cry out that line from the R.E.M. song What’s the Frequency Kenneth? something about it stuck with me.  And it still resonates with me today. I was relatively new to the workforce, and that one line said a lot about what I saw every day in my workplace. I was surrounded by incredibly bright, capable people who, on the surface, seemed at best apathetic. Were they really apathetic,…

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Categories: Employee Engagement, Entrepreneurial Culture, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Entrepreneurial Workforce, Human Flourishing, Human Potential, Learning & Development, Redefining Entrepreneurship, Workforce Development

The Entrepreneurial Mindset Project | Rodney Walker | Foster Care

From Foster Care To Harvard With Rodney Walker

  Hello and welcome to another episode of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Project. Today I’m speaking with Rodney Walker. This is truly an amazing story you won’t want to miss. Raised on the south side of Chicago, Rodney was born to parents who both struggled with addiction. At the age of five, he was cast into the foster care system, where he was separated from his parents and siblings. As he put it, he felt like…

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ELI’s Top of Mind – March 2024

March 28, 2024

  Top of Mind is ELI’s favorite entrepreneurial mindset studies, articles, papers, books, and talks. Now, check out this month’s selection! Read Here  

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Distracted people walking

Unplugging the Entrepreneurial Way: Strategies for Success in a Distracted World

March 7, 2024

Original written by former ELI President Rob Herndon Maybe you’ll see the humor in this blog by the end, maybe not. I sure did as I was writing it.  Around this time in 2021, I wrote a blog titled “A Managerial vs. Entrepreneurial Approach to Leadership.” At the end of the piece, I mentioned how future blogs would deliver more nuggets of wisdom. My assumption at the time was that I’d pump out a blog…

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Categories: Entrepreneurial Culture, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Entrepreneurial Workforce, Human Flourishing, Human Potential