Spring sunlight spilled across the Thornville Middle School campus, warm and bright, the kind of afternoon that made the final days of the school year feel lighter. Students drifted across the courtyard in clusters, backpacks slung over shoulders, voices buzzing with summer plans. Inside, however, the atmosphere had been anything but calm. Ashley Strong had once again found herself at the center of a situation. By the time Jenna arrived, the halls were already whispering. She

I’m excited to share that you can now read the first chapter of Strong Leadership Lessons —completely free. It’s my way of giving you a front‑row seat to the stories, principles, and hard‑earned insights that shaped my journey from the farm fields to the Fortune 100. In this opening chapter, you’ll discover how authentic leadership is forged—not in comfort, but in challenge. You’ll see how early lessons in agriculture, FFA, and real‑world adversity became the foundation for

You may have heard we need a "Professional Value Proposition" (PVP). But in a world of automated screening and digital noise, people don’t just buy a value proposition—they remember a Professional Narrative . Data is what you did; a narrative is who you are when the stakes are high. I recently used Generative AI to distill my own 24-year journey—spanning corporate leadership at EY , AI transformation for a 400,000-employee global matrix , and over two decades in academia—int

Imagine a world where cash is a thing of the past, and the penny is no more. Sounds like science fiction, right? But, as our guest, Dr. Scott Strong, explains, this might not be as far-fetched as it seems. In this episode of the Kendall and Casey Show, we dive into the potential consequences of the penny’s disappearance and how it could impact your finances. Dr. Strong, a college professor and numbers expert, has been tracking the trend of cashless transactions and the effect

The Unexpected Birth of a Record Label Last month, I launched Strong Songs, my own record label—nine months after releasing my first song, "Blue and Gold." The journey began in the most unlikely of places: a corporate learning and development meeting. As I sat through yet another frustrating session watching consultants charge thousands to create lackluster training materials, a thought crystallized: I could do better than this. That moment of clarity sparked something I'd bu

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