As I read Doris Kearns Goodwin’s The Bully Pulpit this summer, I was awestruck - awestruck by her work and awestruck by the leadership of Teddy...
When I read this past weekend that the current executive team at Market Basket ordered their workers back to work today or they would be replaced,...
This week I have enjoyed looking back 45 years to the first moon walk, which happened at 10:56 PM on Sunday, July 20, 1969. I was...
For-profit businesses aren’t always known for their generosity. But dozens of U.S. companies buck that trend every year, reaching into their deep pockets and giving money...
This week I have been following the Tour de France because our family friend, Edward “Ted” King, is riding for the second year for Team Cannondale....
Today, we are used to our politicians taking shots at each other, mostly through third-party ad campaigns. Imagine, however, if Vice President Joe Biden got insulted...
There were several days last week when I felt like I was drinking out of a communication fire hose. I spent the early part of the...
Over 25 years ago a friend and I closed on a business deal that was the worst deal we ever made. Before we got to the...
Effective leaders know the emotional capabilities of their team members. They know their strengths and insecurities. They know when to push and went not to. One...
It is job relocation time and you are all stressed? It is but obvious that a change can bring about this state of mind! There are...
One responsibility leaders have is to put people into stretch positions so they can grow. When they do this effectively, people develop. When they do it...
Have you ever heard of strategic inflection points? They are times in the life of a person, business, or industry when almost all the rules change...
When I walked into the first night of my first MBA class at Northeastern University, the professor had written this on the blackboard – “Counter Complacency.”...
Except for when I lived in Hawaii, I have spent most of my life within a few miles of the Atlantic Ocean. Like many folks, I...
Like so many young managers, Martha fell into the “lying trap”. Her boss asked her if she had followed-up on a sensitive customer issue and she...
I am trying to imagine this week what it would have been like to be Harry Truman on April 12, 1945. He was the same age...
