Walt Disney is the world’s largest entertainment company with films, merchandise, theme parks and television. Over the past two years, speculation has been running wild about what Disney would do about the continuous shrinking subscription audience of ESPN. The rise of streaming content services such as Netflix and Amazon has led to a change in how people consume content. More and more people are doing away with their cable subscriptions and subscribing to these streaming ser

Leaders Must Understand Multitasking Pulls Down Performance No person in the world can do two things equally well at the same time. It’s not possible, as a matter of fact, both tasks will probably suffer. Multitasking is a term we have adopted to make us feel good about excusing less than superior performance. If you challenge someone on this, they will more than likely get really defensive with you and proudly declare they do not have time not to multitask. It is is an essen

May what you most love be stronger and more powerful than anything you fear-Dawna Markova This may seem a little unusual for a leadership article. On the other hand, the first person you must lead is you. The person you have the most influence with is you. I’d like to start by telling you a short story about a leadership act by my Father to illustrate my point and without which, I would not be here today. I was 6 years old in 1969. We had a family tradition every 4th of July

Rapid change in the marketplace can put you in a dilemma. Often, others put you in a dilemma. Sometimes, customers may put you in a dilemma. A dilemma is a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives. Possibly, equally undesirable ones. You may be urged to action. Rather pause to anticipate all the possible consequences, work through the risk/reward scenarios. Be pro-active and seize the situation rather than having the situation seiz

Which of these 5 things are keeping you from doing what you really want to do? You don’t know what to do You don’t know how to do it You don’t have the authority or resources to do it You are scared You don’t have any support Get yourself out of the rut. Each one of this is fixable or curable. What is will take is some courage, diligence and time. If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. Step out of your comfort zone and remember that many of the gr

Starting a new business is all about survival. You are managing and working month to month for the first three years at least. There are several challenges that are going to present themselves along the way in your start-up new business. Here are five of them: 1. Cash Flow More than one company has closed it’s doors drowning in revenue, unable to pay it’s bills. Managing cash flow means you have to have an acute understanding of how much money you have on a day to day basis t

I think I am one of the most fortunate people I know. For years of my life there was struggle. The struggle was totally internal, not external. To many on the outside, I am sure I seemed successful. I knew a lot of people, was recognizable to many more and could simply get many things I wanted simply by making a phone call here or there. I hung out with famous and infamous people. I was successful in image, but I wasn’t successful in reality or in my own head. Because the con

The hard part is not coming up with something no one has ever thought of before. The hard part is not being creative or innovative. The hard part is actually executing the idea you thought of. The problem typically is we perceive the result as the big mountain we have to climb. The big plate has so much on it, we can’t see ourselves eating it all. We totally misjudge the exponential of time and effort applied. Effort applied over time equals great amounts. If we make somethin

Several years ago, Jack Trout and Al Reis published “Positioning: The Battle For Your Mind”. This quickly became the seminal work on strategy positioning for brands in businesses. Trout and Reis flipped the script from how the seller, creator and manufacturer viewed the product, service or company to the viewpoint of how it was perceived by the buyer to be of the utmost importance. Like more expertly written works, the book won’t tell you HOW but really focuses on the importa

Everything you do is your choice to do. It might not be your fault, but it is your responsibility. It is your responsibility to understand and accept that every choice has consequences and rewards attached to it. You might think you are being forced to do this and that, but in truth, you are not being forced. There are simply rewards and consequences to action and inaction. It might not be your fault if it doesn’t turn out like you thought it would. The responsibility of the