Hi, I’m Jeff Hilimire. Father of five, CEO of Dragon Army, author of three leadership books, and co-founder of three nonprofits: 48in48, Ripples of Hope, and The A Pledge.
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My books - The 5-Day Turnaround, The Crisis Turnaround, and The Great Team Turnaround - were created to help leaders be as successful and fulfilled as possible. Whether you're a team lead, the CEO of a company, or anywhere in between, these books will help you become the leader you always wanted to be!
Begin the Begin Podcast
- Creating a Village of Courageous People (with Nathaniel Smith)
- The Ryan Gravel Episode
- Allyship, purpose, entrepreneurship, and so much more, with Sequoyah "DataBae" Glenn
- Talking B Corporations and Conscious Capitalism (with Nathan Stuck)
- Pete Buttigieg, Stacey Abrams, Community Groundwork, and so much more (with Nina Smith)
- What makes a great founder and leader? (with David Cummings)
- Achieving “greatness” through service (with Jay Jackson, CEO of RYSE)
- Why the world needs The Lola (with Eileen Lee)
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When I was young, I admired clever people.
By Jeff Hilimire |
I came across this quote recently by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: What was funny to me was that at the end of my upcoming book, The Great Team Turnaround, I wrote something similar. Specifically, it says: My business “heroes” when I was a young entrepreneur were of the classic variety. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos,…
I love picking up nails. And trash.
By Jeff Hilimire |
If you’re like our family and you have kids that have already started school, or are starting this week, I wish you all the best. This time can be stressful in the best of times, and this certainly isn’t the best of times. I find that going outside and getting fresh air can help alleviate…
The promise of America requires empathy
By Jeff Hilimire |
I hope you’re doing well, and that you’re able to be as safe as possible right now. I’ve been thinking a lot about America lately. What America is, what it isn’t, and what it could (and should) be. America is a promise. It’s a promise that a free society can work with all sorts of…
You can’t lead if you don’t know where you’re going
By Jeff Hilimire |
Summer is almost over and little by little, we’re getting back to something resembling normal. We spent last week in Montreat, NC, and it was absolutely something that I needed to round out the summer. Montreat is a small, cutest-thing-ever of a town located in the North Carolina mountains, three and a half hours from…
Obstacles are my allies
By Jeff Hilimire |
Twelve months of a global pandemic. Remember when we thought we might have to work from home for 4-5 weeks, and how crazy that seemed? In reading the book, Alpha Girls (more on this book below), one of the women that the book focuses on has a phrase that I simply loved: Obstacles are my allies. Being…
30+ favorite books of my podcast guests
By Jeff Hilimire |
I’m a big reader. But truth be told, I haven’t always been. Around 2015 I got the bug, and ever since then I’ve read at least 30 books per year. I like to hold actual books in my hand, read on my Kindle, or listen to audiobooks through my phone. (But not all at once, I’m…