If you have gone car shopping lately, you might have asked why the vehicles are more expensive than the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP). Maybe you’ve also noticed several menu items at…
Category: Current Event Analysis
Everything IS NOT Under Your Control. Here’s Why.
Note: This blog was published BEFORE the most recent news of Peloton’s new CEO + layoffs. What do you do when someone you’ve partnered with faces a very public backlash? It’s not…
When the Board Must Step In
When management can’t agree, the Board often must step in and make the decision. That is, after all, why the Board is the ultimate boss and has the final word. Even when…
Celebrity Scandals
New York Attorney General Letitia James said it best: “Celebrity and fame does not absolve someone from following the law.” While this statement is widely applicable, James was referring to celebrity chef…
Out of Your Hands?
Things are usually not out of your control. At least until the jury (literal or figurative) is ready to render its verdict. Until that point, you have a chance to affect the…
Maybe Nobody Will Notice…
File that idea under wishful thinking. It rarely works, and it’s always a bad idea. The reason: Even if the public is tolerant of the initial problem, it is furious if someone…
Starbucks: Be Fast. Not Hasty.
To calm a crisis, you must react quickly. But haste creates mistakes. These concepts aren’t contradictory. Rather, they’re a caution: Before you do or say anything, consider the consequences. How might someone…
Is Threatening Bankruptcy a Negotiating Ploy?
When you think of The Weinstein Co., what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Most likely the allegations of Harvey Weinstein’s egregious misbehavior toward women. What about the company’s dire finances,…
Old Year, New Era
Every year has an underlying theme. For 2017, it was a sharp divergence from the past. Expect more of the same in 2018. Doesn’t matter whether you feel the changes are for…
Sex and the New Normal
There comes a time when talk ends and action begins. Call it an inflection point. It separates what came before from what is now acceptable (and unacceptable). Take sexual harassment. In…