Archive for April, 2007
Nothing is More Important than the Truth
Today I met with a client in a mid-size technology company in Illinois.She has had a terrific career. A dozen years there, numerous high profile successes. She’s a gifted marketing professional with expertise in product design and business-to-business promotion. She has a unique combination of skills that have made her sought after for several new product projects over the years.
Two weeks ago she was demoted.
How is that possible? Simple; her primary weakness caught up with her; she is bad at developing collaborative relationships.
Now, I know a lot of executives and coffee-shop-arm-chair-management-consultants who would all too easily say well shame on her. She should have known what skills she was weak in and should have worked to fix those problems. It’s her fault. I agree with the self-awareness part. Let us…
Why Was Don Imus Fired?
I’ve spent the past few days reading and listening to television news stories about why radio talking head Don Imus should be reprimanded for his racist and mysogenistic comments about the Rutgers University (the state university of New Jersey by the way) women’s basketball team.
If you don’t know what he said, I promise you, it’s worth reading. BUT, I feel it would be irresponsible to repeat his comments here. Put it this way — it was bad enough that his radio program was totally canceled…and he’s been on the air for around 30 years!
Very early on it was a sports story. The Rutgers University women’s basketball coach boldly objected to what Imus said. Then it went beyond just sports news to become a mainstream news story. Advertisers such as GE,…
