Mar 10, 2011 | Business Strategy, Leadership
I just received a New York Times e-mail notice that Charlie Sheen was fired from CBS’s sitcom “Two and a Half Men.” Sheen was the lead character and highest paid television star. He recently made big news for all the wrong reasons. His troubles with...
Feb 9, 2011 | Business Strategy, Leadership
I attended the annual Boy Scouts Breakfast this morning in Bremerton to raise money for the local Chief Seattle Council Boy Scout program. I go to this great event as a guest of one of my clients. It draws about 500 leading business men and women from a two-county...
Jan 19, 2011 | Leadership
Captain Jack ate a screwdriver this morning. Perhaps he thought it was the alcoholic beverage, however in fact it was a real screwdriver. You see, Captain Jack has a permanent spot in my office on his little basketball bed where he chews his bone. The thing is hard as...
Dec 15, 2010 | Business Strategy, Leadership
I’ve heard a lot of commotion and concern lately as my local NFL team, the Seattle Seahawks, have floundered a bit of late. Early in the season when they were 4-2, everyone was buying in to the Pete Carroll mantra of “I’m in!” Basically, what...
Oct 26, 2010 | Business Strategy, Leadership
The Washington State Officials Association (WOA) which is the governing body of the high school football referees recently called a penalty on their own. It seems that several “rogue referees” decided to use pink whistles last Friday night to show their...
