SAN ANTONIO, TX – NBA Hall of Fame basketball player and two-time NBA Champion, David Robinson, has teamed up with Thrive15 to teach lessons in leadership as a business coach. Robinson, who was part of the 1992 U.S. Olympic “Dream Team,” has proven leadership skills both on and off the court.
Robinson, in 2001, founded the Carver Academy in San Antonio, whose mission is to train elementary-age children to become disciplined leaders with integrity. In 2007, Robinson co-founded the Admiral Capital Group, a private equity firm with a portfolio that includes nine upscale hotels, Centerplate, one of the top hospitality companies in the world, and Academy Sports + Outdoors.
In one of his trainings on Thrive15.com entitled, Leading by Example, Robinson teaches principles as a business coach of leading by doing. According to Robinson, the first step to leading by example is to “do [your] job as well as [you] can.” Robinson believes that when someone is a natural leader people will look for them to lead and to set the tone.
In addition to his business trainings, Robinson, a U.S. Naval Academy alumnus, and Thrive15.com have partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes Program to provide practical business training for America’s military. This program gives away a free subscription to a U.S. veteran or active-duty service member and their spouse for every subscription to Thrive15.com.
Robinson’s partnership with the educational platform joins him with other influential business leaders on the site that includes former Executive Vice President of Operations for Walt Disney World® Resort, Lee Cockerell, and Golden Gavel and Cavett Award winning speaker, Jim Cathcart. Robinson’s other trainings on the site include Finding Peace and Purpose, Saving Money, Buying Opportunities, Start Where You Are With What You Have, and Candor Must be a Constant.
Successful Entrepreneur and Business Coach Teaches About Finding Needs and Filling Them
SANTA BARBARA, CA – Jack Nadel, an international and hall of fame entrepreneur as well as business coach, has teamed up with web-based educational platform, Thrive15.com to teach about what it means to find a need and fill it, essentially, what niche market is not being served. Nadel is the founder of Jack Nadel International, a world-wide promotional products and specialty advertising company with 25 offices around with world.
Nadel served as a combat navigator and radar bombardier, flying 27 combat missions over Japan during his time in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters for his service. Nadel and his fellow crew members were also awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.
In his training entitled Find a Need and Fill It, Nadel explains how he became successful by finding needs and solving people’s problems. In the training, Nadel encourages his listeners to “throw the shackles off [their] own mind” to find the areas where there are needs in their lives.
Nadel’s experience as an entrepreneur has given him the opportunity to acquire a wealth of knowledge. As a result of his desire to share these experiences and wisdom, Nadel has written six business books, his most recent, The Evolution of an Entrepreneur, received numerous awards including five Global EBook Awards and three Gold Awards for BEST in Business, Leadership, and Careers/Employment. Nadel has developed his own business methodology called, “The Nadel Method.” Using the Nadel Method, an entrepreneur reduces the risk of failure for their business by following the simple five-step process. Over his career, Nadel has successfully founded, acquired, and operated more than a dozen companies.
Nadel, although claiming to be retired, is still passionate about teaching the next generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs. Nadel is a mentor on Thrive15.com, an online educational platform that provides engaging and practical business trainings for people who want to start a business, grow a business, or advance in their careers at a fraction of the cost of traditional business development conferences or seminars.
WWII Veteran Teaches About Dealing with Stress as Accessible Business Coach
SANTA BARBARA, CA – Jack Nadel, a decorated WWII veteran, business coach and entrepreneur, has been in more than a few stressful situations, serving as a combat navigator and radar bombardier who flew 27 combat missions over Japan between 1942 to 1946. In his training entitled Dealing with Stress: Flying 27 Combat Missions Over Japan, Nadel discusses his experience and how he overcame the stress to become successful. His training, which can only be found in Thrive15.com’s library of video courses for businesspeople, Nadel explains how he was able to overcome the stress of the war by moving on and learning to live with it and deal with it. Nadel was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters for his service. He and his fellow crew members were additionally awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.
After the war, Nadel has been able to use the stressful situations he experienced while flying over Japan to become a successful businessman. In 1953, Nadel founded his company, Jack Nadel International, an industry leading promotional products and a global marketing company which now has 25 offices around the world. He has been able to grow his business to be extremely successful and in 1988, Nadel was named as an Industry Hall of Fame Entrepreneur by Promotional Products Association International.
Nadel has written a number of popular business books as a business coach. His most recent, The Evolution of an Entrepreneur, received several awards including five Global EBook Awards and three Gold Awards for BEST in Business, Leadership, and Careers/Employment. Nadel’s experience in business has allowed him to develop his own business methodology called, “The Nadel Method,” which is a simple, five-step process that reduces the risk of failure for business startups. Equipped with his methodology and experience as an entrepreneur, Nadel has successfully built and operated more than a dozen companies over his career.
Although Nadel would say he is retired, he is still passionate about sharing his wisdom and experience with the next generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs. Nadel serves as a mentor on Thrive15.com, an online business development and educational platform that provides engaging and practical business tips for people who want to start a business, grow a business, or advance in their careers.