In 1833 a man named Alfred was born. His father was a manufacturer of explosives and this allowed Alfred to learn the family business. When Alfred was 29 an explosion took place in the factory and killed 5 people, including Alfred’s brother. Alfred used this tragedy as motivation to later invent a safer explosive – Dynamite. When Alfred was 55, another brother died. A French newspaper erroneously published Alfred’s obituary instead of his brother and condemned Alfred for his invention of dynamite. Calling him the “Merchant of Death”. It was a significant wakeup call in his life and completely refocused the trajectory of his life. Alfred, also known as Alfred Nobel…

Let me introduce you to Bill Campbell, who leaders at Google, Apple, and Amazon consider the most successful coach in the history of our world. The sum of the companies he coached exceeds two trillion dollars in value. In the book “Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell,” Eric Schmidt and others give an in-depth look into why successful leaders and managers need to be coaches and what makes them successful. Bill Campbell was the best coach of teams. He understood that companies are made up of units of competitive, experienced, and sophisticated individuals that need coaching to sort out the politics and egos that will naturally surface with knowledge workers.