With the Right Players You Can Accomplish Anything Famously known as the “Dream Team,” the 1992 United States men’s Olympic basketball team not only won the gold medal but went down in history as one of the best sports teams ever assembled. “Made up of the greatest collection of basketball talent on the planet.” Every [...]
Christopher Hoeffel from CoreVest American Finance, New York is our featured member this month. Here is a little more insight about himself and his business. How long have you been an AAPL member? Two Years What AAPL benefit do you MOST value (Annual Conference, AAPL Designations, Member Directory, Member Offers, Webinars, etc.)? Networking opportunities, industry [...]
A healthy corporate culture can have amazing results on a company’s bottom line. Improved productivity, employee retention, customer service and effective recruiting are just a few of the benefits of a positive culture. Effective recruitment is enhanced by the power of positive word-of-mouth. Several studies show that at least half of all job candidates read [...]
Public relations nightmares have taken over our social feeds and media commentaries. In doing so, it has proven there is a huge gap between chief executive officers and their public relations people – whether on staff or hired from an outside agency. A clear majority of those in leadership positions don’t understand what PR people [...]
An Employee’s Lapse in Ethical Behavior—No Matter How Small it May Seem—Can Have a Compounding, Negative Effect on the Entire Workplace. Think you are a person of integrity and that you bring the highest standards of ethics to your workplace each day? Despite hundreds of pages of policies, codes of ethics, codes of conduct, organizational [...]
Anyone Can Claim to be a Leader, but the Key Question is: Will Your Team – and Success for your Business – Follow? Good leadership is like the light, permeating into every aspect of the business; and poor leadership is like the shadow, darkening many areas of the organization. What is the cause and effect [...]
You have the Big Idea. You have the drive and ambition. You see the market. You’ve identified the customers. You want to be wildly successful. You wonder how certain entrepreneurs have achieved success without a fancy education or unlimited access to capital. In All In: 101 Real Life Business Lessons for Emerging Entrepreneurs, Bill Green [...]
Throughout the last decade there was a considerable investment made in executive training. A poll conducted by researchers from Harvard University showed 70 percent of Americans considers leadership crisis a significant factor in the national economic decline. This is a very confusing situation – on the one hand, we see a rising demand for leadership [...]
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Nominations are open until August 30, 2025, with voting from September 9-30, 2025. We’ll announce recipients at our Annual Conference.
Member of the Year (MOTY): This award goes to a member based on their deep expertise, unique value, and strong commitment to clients and the industry.
Rising Star: Rising Stars are members who have accomplished outstanding growth in their company or industry sector over the past year.
Community Impact: Recipients improve their local communities or our industry through volunteering, development programs, or civic efforts.
See past award winners, award rules, and participate in the 2025 nomination and voting process here.
Grand Prize – Custom Championship Belt & VIP Admission to Power Room event in St. Augustine, FL (February 27th – March 1st, 2023)
2nd Place – 2023 AAPL Annual Conference Bundle to include Individual Membership, 1 Conference Ticket and 1 VIP Reception pass.
3rd Place – 1 year AAPL Individual Membership