Month: June 2014

Class Act: Sen. Baker (R-TN) at Watergate Hearings, 1973. See Chicago Tribune

Class Act: Sen. Baker (R-TN) at Watergate Hearings, 1973. See Chicago Tribune

And you think the U.S. economy proceeds at a limp and that citizen faith in leadership is waning? See The Perils of […]

Be advised. National Harbor makes Branson, Missouri seem like Nantucket. Last week, at the last minute, I learned I needed to come […]

Above: “Love and Hate”, by Rick Garcia. Born to Cuban parents, Miami native Rick Garcia was raised in a household where Cuba […]

“Praise empowers people, criticism intimidates, ignoring confuses.” –Via LinkedIn mail this morning Died and went to Hallmark. That’s the feeling we had […]

I and some like-minded employers received the below happy-shiny-people “thumbs up” image (through LinkedIn, I think) with the positve but vaguely Orwellian […]

On D-Day, June 6, 1942, King George VI was England’s king and his eldest daughter, Princess Elizabeth, had just turned 18 in […]

I’ll be brief. More than a year ago I switched from Blackberry to iPhone–and for months I’ve been a robo-spazz. Late one […]

It’s very clear what Jean-Pierre Le Pen “was thinking”. He’s done this kind of thing before. And at 85, the French National […]

Sometimes winning isn’t everything. To be sure, there are times when winning is ugly and disturbing. This morning I was riveted to […]

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Allied forces’ invasion of Normandy. Although June 6, 1944 would be celebrated as the eventual […]

I have made this letter longer–because I have not had the time to make it shorter. —Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), mathematician, physicist, philosopher, […]

Rule 8 is Think Like the Client–Help Control Costs. Knowing what the client is paying your firm informs and affects the strategy […]