BATTLEFIELD TO BOARDROOM  

Navy SEAL combat veteran Brent Gleeson is the co-founder and CMO at Internet Marketing Inc., No. 185 on the 2012 Inc. 500. Like 40 percent of all SEALS, Gleeson is a Texan. He graduated from SMU and worked as a financial analyst for a year before entering the SEAL program. His SEAL class started with 250 men and ended with only 23, including Gleeson who was assigned to SEAL Team 5. He served five years as a SEAL with deployments to Iraq and Africa. Gleeson’s leadership approach is inspired by the unrivaled SEAL training and The Navy SEAL Creed. @brentgleeson

Servant First, Leader Second

By Brent Gleeson |  Feb 1, 2013

More people talk about servant leadership than really understand it--or have the humility to practice it. When is the last time you acted as a servant to you...  Read story

Never Too Young to Lead

By Brent Gleeson |  Jan 11, 2013

The young people in your company are ready to lead. Here's how to prepare them for the responsibility.  Read story

Setting Stretch Goals: All In, All the Time

By Brent Gleeson |  Dec 28, 2012

Whatever your ambition, you have a backup plan, right? Well, throw it out. If you want to accomplish something remarkable in 2013, you have to be fully commi...  Read story

7 Reasons to Build a Fitness-Oriented Company Culture

By Brent Gleeson |  Dec 13, 2012

The benefits start with you and extend to everyone on your team.  Read story

Rule 1: Control Your Emotions

By Brent Gleeson |  Nov 29, 2012

Change will come. Sometimes it will be unwelcome, even threatening. There's only one way to get through it.  Read story

What Great Leaders Have That Good Leaders Don't

By Brent Gleeson |  Nov 16, 2012

The difference between good and great leadership can be expressed in a single word: loyalty.  Read story