Phil Simms, or “Grandma” as he was called when he quarterbacked the New York Giants Football team and seemed slow afoot, did the commentary for the Patriots/Jets game today. He is slow in a much more important dimension. When asked his view of Bill Bellicik’s team filming the signals of the Jets during a game [...]
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Joann Lublin’s WSJ article of October 2, 2007 is entitled: “Silence is Golden Rule for Resumes of People who Have Broken It.” She suggests to those job-seekers convicted of crimes not to reveal anything about imprisonment on their resume, to cite the source of training in the correctional institution as the State Dept. of Ed [...]
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Recent news about Whole Foods’ CEO, John Mackey, indicates that he used a pseudonym (“Rahodeb”) to post commentary on Yahoo’s financial site. Nothing new in that. However, the articles further indicate that his comments included negative remarks about his smaller competitor, Wild Oats (an acquisition target of Whole Foods). Mackey’s response when questioned focused not [...]
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
…hard-nosed personal virtues…count more than “softer strengths like teamwork and flexibility. ” — George Anders in “Tough CEOs Often Most Successful,” WSJ November 19. When misleading advice is published in a major daily newspaper, it gets me upset. Reporting on personality profiles of CEOs of private equity owned firms, the article leaves the distinct impression [...]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Friday, February 1, 2008
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