Lessons Learned: Dr Tachi Yamada on Managing Yourself and Others

How do you turn a battleship? You turn a battleship by making a directional commitment and staying the course, not wavering from it- Dr. Tachi Yamada

In a recent interview on NYT’s Corner Office series, Dr.

Lessons Learned: Tom Ford’s Parallel Career as Designer & Director

Stories about people doing things they have never done before, always inspire me. Yesterday on Oprah, Tom Ford talked about his directorial... [Read more]

Lessons Learned: Ursula Burns’ Path to CEO

Courtesy of Xerox CorporationAt the Most Powerful Women Summit,  when asked how she would tag herself, Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox, responded the “Groomed CEO”. With roughly 28 years of experience... [Read more]

Career Transitions: From Sales to Sauce

In Second Acts, Dawn Fallik over at WSJ.com profiles Jim Barbour in A Former Sales Rep Concocts Fresh... [Read more]

Stop wasting time and just ask for help

Yesterday, work took me from New York to Philly for the day. Armed with a map, detailed instructions I was confident that I would not get lost. Now as much as I hate to admit it, I have no sense of direction, overlay that with Americans’ predilection for directions, that involve head north, then go west, means that I always get lost. Maybe it’s because... [Read more]