Its parent company is anti-America; at least many fear that it is. Al Jazeera is owned by the government of Qatar and Qatar itself is essentially ruled by one family. Qatar has lots of oil and gas. They’re obscenely wealthy. I should also point out that the US government considers Qatar to be an ally, […]

I know that many companies have articulated and defined their Core Values. They make sincere attempts to live those Values. Sometimes their efforts are continuous, sometimes sporadic or situational. Too often their efforts typically yield mixed results. Why is that? Here’s a big part of the answer. Leaders typically assume that Values are an unconscious […]

Ah, politics, our finest example of power masquerading as public service. Anthony Weiner wants to be the next mayor of New York City. Bob Filner would like to remain the mayor of San Diego. Both of them are smart, politically savvy and experienced. And if integrity were money, they’d both be flat broke. Weiner can’t […]

It’s difficult to create great Brand Ambassadors when 70 per cent of your employees hate their jobs. A recent Gallup study finds that 70 per cent of American employees either hate or are totally uninterested in their jobs. Of that group, 18 per cent are actively disengaged. They’re looking for new jobs on the Internet […]

Don’t worry about Paula Deen. She’ll be just fine. People will forget about the racial slurs in a short time; they will fade into irrelevance. Paula’s apologies appear to be more genuine than anything that Martha Stewart had to say when she was convicted of insider trading. The big reason that Paula and her Brand […]