Tag: culture
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Blue Suits & Red Ties
In the early 1990’s, I was a young manager entrusted with senior executive level oversight, that I was ill prepared to handle. I had to learn quickly and literally, on the job. I became an obsessive reader, committing to read a book a month for continuing education because I worked for a small early-stage company…
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‘You’ve got to know when to hold them…’
“My wife and I were offered $100-million for our company when we were $10-million in debt and we declined.” Okay, you have my attention. When I was a young President of an outdoor sports distributor, I was recommended to attend a weeklong training offered exclusively to presidents of companies. You had to be recommended by…