Founders are different. They are the ones that start businesses and enterprises. To them, risk is part of the deal. Risk is relative in their minds. It doesn’t guide them. It doesn’t drive them. It just figures into their calculus. Webster defines risk as: “the...

In 1983, The great American poet and musician, Paul Simon, was going through a nasty divorce with his then-wife, Carrie Fisher. He wrote and produced the album “Hearts & Bones.” While it was an ode to his personal trauma, he coined a phrase that stayed with me all...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE American Private Radio (APR) is a non-profit (501c3) founded by Lee Habeeb. Habeeb has an extensive, successful track record in the Terrestrial Radio Business. Habeeb, under the APR umbrella,  conceived, developed, and created OUR AMERICAN...

On May 7, I Ubered to PDX to board a Delta flight bound for Atlanta. The Uber driver was masked, and would not touch my bag. With no traffic, a normal 40-minute trip took 20. Upon arrival, I saw nothing. No cars, no shuttles, no people. The Delta Counter was empty; no...

The term “dysfunctional” is thrown around loosely and often. When was the last time you heard someone say, or you said: Our team is dysfunctional, or my family is dysfunctional? That implies judgment like there’s something really wrong with it, and it’s unusual. As if...

As God is driven from the public square, everything changes. Not only is that change predictable, but it’s almost always in the wrong direction.As God is driven from the public square, everything changes. Not only is that change predictable, but it’s almost always in...

Both the Coronavirus and the ‘cure’ are breaking the back of America’s small business which is a very big deal. Small business, as defined by the Small Business Administration (SBA), is a company with less than 500 employees. In 2020, there were over 30.2 million...

Looking for a job in this era of high unemployment can be a daunting task. Herewith resides almost everything I know about hunting for a job. You would be surprised how many very smart successful people make basic mistakes while looking for a new job, adding months to...

Social Media is playing a more significant role in both acquisition & retention of Senior Managers. While Social Media is universally used in the younger crowd, a quick look through Linkedin shows that Boomers are definitely participating. It’s not to be ignored....

A recent article by Michael Stallard highlights 7 practices Alan Mulally, CEO Ford Motor Company, used to save Ford from Chrysler’s fate. Although one assumes financial controls, QC and other common business practices were part of the stew, the article focuses on...

A few years ago, a close friend and mentor called asking me to participate in a meeting with key sales executives of a company that had filed for bankruptcy, then liquidated. The stated purpose was to help them with their careers going forward. I used it as an...

The Global Forest Products Industry, as an industry segment, expends vast amounts of capital on plants, equipment, market share, and resources. Within the Forest Products segment, as a primary industry, new products and product innovation come at a slow pace. Highly...