Category Archives: The People
At the starting line
“Dear Stan: “I’m a twenty-six year-old woman with a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy and a love of art, music, and writing. I’ve been living in San Francisco for seven months with my fiancée, a tech savvy nerd with a Bachelor’s … Continue reading
The head shed
My first foray into Corporate Land was in 1979. Up to that point, my most prestigious position was supervising college boys and native Inuit in an Alaskan salmon processing plant.
The First Law of the Body
The stately-looking gentleman in the impeccable gray suit paused for effect, then said to the table of business leaders, “We need to recognize that only a handful of people in an enterprise actually add value. This is usually the CEO … Continue reading
The disadvantage of good times
“Dear Stan, I’m CEO of a specialty adventure touring company which I and two others founded in 2006. While I had about a dozen years of experience in the industry prior to founding this new business, I had never led … Continue reading