The N.Y. Yankees recently offered the N.Y. Mets $250,000 in exchange for permission to temporarily relocate their Triple-A team, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, to Newark, NJ, for one season while their home stadium, PNC Field in Moosic, Pa., undergoes a $40 million renovation. But Yankees chief operating officer, Lonn Trost, said on Tuesday that negotiations broke…
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Does Social Media Promote “Boorish” Behavior?
Recently, I found myself reading a magazine I don’t often encounter. The publication is geared for senior citizens (I’m not part of that demographic), yet I was interested in an article that offered social media tips to seniors. I was intrigued. What particular perspectives would the author choose to share with this community of people? How…
A Workable Process For Fact Finding
Often a major challenge in determining if and how to make changes or improvements is to conduct an effective fact-finding mission. In some cases, this could take weeks or even months of painstaking research. Especially under today’s market pressure, organizations often don’t take the time they should to get accurate, reliable information. People often cloud…
It’s The Leadership, Stupid!
“Do you believe leadership is more than just a spot on the org chart, or a specific title, or funding a project, or answering a key question, or having responsibility for particular decisions?” – Nilofer Merchant Dale Carnegie did. He believed that being a good leader meant changing the attitudes and behaviors of those under…