Posted 03.07.2019

Effective Contract Management

What do Alex Rodríguez, Tiger Woods and Sandra Bullock have in common? Their lives were significantly impacted by very clever contract negotiators. Rodríguez hit a grand slam in 2000 when he scored a ten-year, $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers—at the time, the biggest deal in sports history. Due to a negotiating position compromised […]
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Posted 12.31.2018

Holiday Returns and Year-End Headaches

Christmas has passed but not all the returns have been finished. Dad’s khaki slacks were too baggy. The sleeveless blouse was a tad too revealing for sister’s corporate bank job. Brother was hoping for the Samsung Android smartphone, not the Apple tablet. As whiny as these remarks may sound, the aforementioned comments are representative of […]
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Posted 11.29.2018

Disruptive Innovation

Disruption is a game changer. In simpler times we humbly referred to a disruption as an unforeseen and perhaps unwelcome intrusion or disturbance to an event, agenda or personal time. The last minute meeting, a child sent home with a burgeoning cold, or the sudden appearance of a friendly neighbor on our doorstep in need […]
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Posted 11.05.2018

Crafting the Multi-Generational Workforce

Bill Gates. The founder of the enormously successful Microsoft Corporation is renowned worldwide.  Gates, also an author and humanitarian, created the multinational tech giant with high school friend, Paul Allen, in 1975.  It currently has a market capitalization of over $800 billion and just last week Microsoft overtook Amazon as second most valuable U.S. company. […]
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Posted 09.28.2018

The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.  In this case, we are not referring to the popular “humiliation” quiz show which debuted in the UK during the summer of 2000.  Literally, this proverb means a physical chain can only be as strong as the weakest link therein. Its origin […]
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