Midweek Motivator

The Covid conflagration has unleashed a cornucopia of lessons on leadership. Some have used it as a platform for progress, others as an artificial process suggesting their teammates “have their […]

It’s a very bad thing to become accustomed to good luck and threat-avoidance… hurricanes, terrorism, the outbreak of a pandemic, or a friend’s passing; none of us owns a crystal […]

While a station owner, nothing was more important to me than snagging and keeping talented, motivated, collaborative people. One of several key questions we asked potential candidates for programming or […]

Here’s one targeted right to Radio’s programmers. Put to the ultimate test, the measure of a great promo is its ability to make someone look at their radio. Half of all promo […]

“Sweet are the uses of adversity” wrote Shakespeare. In the late summer of ‘92, Florida City, Florida people walked through the rubble where their homes once stood. A father walked […]

“Many assume that half efforts can be effective. A small jump is easier than a large one, yet no one hoping to cross a wide ditch would cross half of […]

As a very young exec in Dallas I had the thrill of learning from the iconic David Ogilvy (Ogilvy & Mather). Creator of epic campaigns, among his most revered principles […]

American Literature lost an icon when it lost Pat Conroy. Conroy’s fiction including Prince of Tides, Beach Music, and Lords of Discipline are among his most acclaimed. Each enveloped a similar theme: […]

How many times over your life has someone reminded you, “You’re wrong!”? The person who doesn’t make mistakes is unlikely to make anything. Failures and false starts can often be […]

If you follow college football you’ve come to know and probably like Kirk Herbstreit. Kirk was a yeoman-like quarterback at Ohio State in the early 90’s. His camera appeal, likeability […]