The Spirit of Business

<p>Ryan Shortill is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Positive Adventures, LLC – the nation's premier experiential education company providing business consulting, executive leadership training & retreats, team building, and outdoor education to organizations across the country and the world.</p> <p>In 2003, he was one of the founding members of Excel Academy Charter Schools in Boston, Massachusetts, a school dedicated to closing the academic achievement gap. Since then it has been one of the highest-performing public middle schools in Massachusetts on MCAS tests over the last five years. </p> <p>Ryan is also a board member of Entrepreneur's Organization (EO) and travels throughout the country to provide training for CEOs.</p> <h4>In this episode….</h4> <p>Ryan Shortill is CEO of Positive Adventures and a consummate storyteller who can trace his family’s immigration back to the shores of Canada, the USA, and Australia. He grew up the youngest of five kids without a lot of resources but learned a lot of valuable life lessons through that experience. From a background in travel, teaching, and loving the outdoors - he once wanted to study forestry - he started a major business out of his garage while on unemployment.</p> <p>Ryan founded Positive Adventures to educate and create platforms for personal and professional growth. He believes very strongly in the spirit of business and how investing in people and community ultimately benefits everyone. He shares stories from his years of experience as a CEO inspiring others to do their best and find their purpose.</p> <p>In this episode of What CEOs Talk About, host Martin Hunter discusses exactly where the spirit of business comes from with Ryan Shortill. They share stories of family history, explore the practical benefits that setting quotas and hosting retreats will have on your business, and discuss the wealth of positivity that giving back brings you. Martin learns a new definition of happiness from Ryan and discovers two books Ryan advises everyone to read.</p>