by Constance | May 16, 2019 | Don't Get Me Started
Three Big Leadership Traps And How To Climb Out Boeing and The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) do not appear to have much in common but they do; each has seriously damaged the trust they once enjoyed. Though their circumstances are different, each has succumbed to...
by Constance | Dec 20, 2018 | Don't Get Me Started
Verizon, parent company of Oath, announced that 10,400 employees are accepting a separation package at a total cost of over $1B. They will write-down the value of Oath by $4.6B as part of a re-organization. Using fluent, but vacuous, business-speak, the Verizon chief...
by Constance | Apr 10, 2018 | Don't Get Me Started
Saks pays a lot of attention to the look of their stores and the merchandise they choose, but so do their competitors. My preference for Saks has to do with Susan Bregman, who works in designer clothing at the store in Atlanta. Nonetheless, when I had some free time,...
by Constance | Sep 25, 2017 | Don't Get Me Started, Leadership
Equifax is still reeling from the breach of systems, exposing private information of a staggering 143 million people. On Monday, September 25, 2017, yet another breach at Deloitte, that occurred months ago, was revealed. The firm says few clients were impacted and all...
by Constance | Sep 21, 2017 | Don't Get Me Started
No matter how many examples we see of companies and leaders attempting to hide bad news, some leaders persist in attempting it. The idea that any leader is so special or any situation is so unique that they can succeed this way would be laughable if it weren’t for the...
by Constance | Jul 28, 2012 | Business Growth, Don't Get Me Started, It's Not What You Think
I went shopping for replacement health insurance a few months ago. I made a few calls and within days was deluged with calls from people who provided the worst examples of sales technique you could imagine. Pushy doesn’t begin to cover it. It took me no time at...
