Real Leaders Don’t Follow is full of lessons learned the hard way – through real world experience with big bucks and executives’ careers on the line – but none more important than the one portrayed in the book’s final chapter, The Evolved Leader, which also happens to be my favorite.[…] Read On
Step away from the Cabernet. That’s right, just walk away. The last thing you want for Thanksgiving or any traditional holiday dinner is a lot of tannins, and Cabernet Sauvignon is the undisputed king of tannins. What are tannins? Beats me. I just know they’re in wine – some more[…] Read On
When it comes to the media, nobody’s more cynical than I am. It’s all about getting folks to click and generate advertising revenue, right? Well, yes and no. There’s definitely one big exception. Some of us, albeit a small and probably shrinking number, are neither motivated nor compensated by page[…] Read On
There’s an epic battle being waged on LinkedIn, of all places, between Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer and JetBlue chairman Joel Peterson, who also happens to teach at the same business school, interestingly enough. I’d be happy to referee a cage match if they like. Just throwing it out there. In[…] Read On
Charlie Sheen has HIV. Now there’s a news flash. And he’s been paying off all sorts of bimbos – I mean the women he has sex with – to keep quiet about it for years. But wait, there’s more. Ex-wife Denise Richards knew all along! OMG, no way! On a[…] Read On
It’s a good thing everyone’s so narcissistic and self-obsessed these day; it’s so much easier for me to blend in and appear normal. If you’re wondering what brought that up, I was checking out some of the negative reviews of my book. One reviewer called it, “A paean to himself.”[…] Read On
I just stabbed myself in the chest trying to cut through the military strength plastic that GlaxoSmithKline encases its over-the-counter version of Flonase in. Chainsaws and 9mm semi-automatic handguns I have no trouble with. Consumer packaging is another story (Don’t worry, I’m OK. “Just a flesh wound,” as Monty Python would[…] Read On