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Lost and Found
A while back I lost my driver’s license. First time that has ever happened to me. No big deal, right? After all, how many times have I had to pull it out and show it to a police officer in the last two decades? None. Actually the only time I need to pull out my […]
Continue readingThe Comeback of Starbucks (Part 2)
The story of how Starbucks almost went away, in fact it’s stock price was well below $10 a share, and how it recovered to where it is profitable and how it’s current stock price is at $60, is in one word, fascinating. This is a great read for any individual or organizational leader to read. The […]
Continue readingThe Comeback at Starbucks
Onward was one of my favorite books not long ago. I purchased it as soon as it came out and devoured it within the week. It’s the story of how Starbucks almost went away with a worsening economy and internal troubles. However, the former CEO, Howard Schultz, came back as CEO and began to once […]
Continue readingAre You Indispensable?
Recently I had coffee with a friend who had worked with Lou Gerstner, one of my favorite CEO’s. Back in the 1990’s IBM was about to go under. They reported the biggest corporate loss of all time, and Gerstner was brought in to restructure and rebuild the company. While initially IBM was forced to lay […]
Continue readingAre You D.R.I.F.T.ing?
For years our family went to the beach and spent a lot of time in the water. And of course we spent a lot of time floating on rafts. And what do rafts do? They drift. Before you know it you have drifted so far up or down the beach nothing looks familiar. Or you […]
Continue readingOpen Letter to Penn State’s New Football Coach
A new era has begun at Penn State. Coach Bill O’Brien has somewhat of a formidable task. Due to the unfortunate incidents over the last several months several of Penn States top players left for other colleges to continue their football careers. When Coach O’Brien arrived the situation was already bad. However, after his arrival […]
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