Happy New Year!It has been an interesting, challenging, frustrating, rewarding, and memorable 2009! Here are some “sudden thoughts on second thoughts” — reflections about my own experiences in 2009. I believe in giving credit where credit is due, by the way, and the title “Sudden Thoughts and Second Thoughts” belongs to legendary Philadelphia Inquirer sports […]
If you haven’t seen or read anything about Jersey Shore — MTV’s new unscripted program about summer living in Seaside Height’s, New Jersey — you’ve missed plenty of buzz. The program has adherents and critics for exactly the same reason: The somewhat over-the-top, self-proclaimed “guidos” (Mike “The Situaion,” DJ Pauly D., Ronnie and Vinny) and […]
About half a lifetime ago, I was the VP of Marketing for a consumer magazine publisher. It was a specialized job in a specialized field, and I realized I had no real “peer” at work with whom I could discuss various issues and problems that kept popping up. On a whim, I called someone I […]
Not too long ago, a vendor that I have used for years tripled the price of something that I buy regularly. Confused and admittedly a little upset, I called the vendor thinking there had been some kind of mistake. The mistake was probably choosing him in the first place. He said, angrily, “I’m running a […]
For most of my business life I have been blessed to have some outstanding mentors. The earliest sales mentor was Sam Kligerman. I met him when my career was just beginning and his was winding down. I was the marketing director for all of the Wendy’s in South Jersey along with some advertising properties owned […]
After the Phillies had just surrendered 3 runs to the Colorado Rockies last night at the bottom of the 8th inning, erasing a 1-run Phillies lead, Jayson Werth had what you might consider an irrational thought: “I came running off the field feeling that we were going to win the game,” Werth said, as quoted […]
The Philadelphia Eagles announced yesterday that they had signed quarterback Michael Vick, who served a Federal prison sentence on animal cruelty charges. The signing has had a polarizing effect on sports fans, animal rights activists and many others. The themes are numerous, and biblical: harming innocents guilt penance remorse redemption From a leadership perspective, the […]
In a tough economy, the people who report to you seek stability, clear thinking and goals for the future. Make sure you provide as much of that as possible! To a great extent, those under your leadership will feel as secure as they sense you are. So, providing that sense of security is a high-leverage […]
An interesting headline caught my eye today in the New York Times: Report: SC Gov Was in Argentina, Not Hiking Trail The article is about the recent unexplained disappearance of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who was last seen at work last Thursday, and arrived back in the US just this morning. This came as […]
