Rick Pitino sat for the usual round of interviews after he and the Louisville Cardinals cut down the nets last night. He broke down the game, talked about his highest anxiety moments, the strategic changes, and the challenges his team faced all… Read More
Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category
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The Leadership Lessons of Mike Rice
You may have seen the video by now. It should be required viewing, not just for players and parents, but for anyone, anywhere, who aspires to a leadership position. Mike Rice is the former coach of the Rutgers men’s basketball coach. In a video… Read More
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Traction in the Crevasses
Projects and purchase orders are concrete things. Each identifies requirements and schedules fulfillment. Repeat customers offer an established way of doing business that doubles down on the satisfaction of known needs. I’ve come to learn, however, that order fulfillment is… Read More
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The Same, Just Different Words
The video contained just 13 spoken words and 13 written ones, yet it communicated brilliantly. I don’t know what it’s like to be blind. But I understand what a beautiful day is. And I can imagine what I’d be missing… Read More
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The Reality Check of Anquan Bolden
True, there is no “I” in “team.” There is, however, an “m” and an “e.” Anquan Bolden wanted $6,000,000 per year – a sum befitting a receiver of his talent and production. The Ravens decided that retaining him was not… Read More
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Leadership After the Parent-Teacher Conference
I’m a hypocrite. You might think that writing those three words is a release – akin to the admission that formally begins introductions at AA meetings – but it’s not. The phrase is simply the password to a dark, cavernous… Read More
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In Step with Yahoo!
was brought in to rescue a company many thought (and still think) would soon be relegated to the internet section of history’s dustbin. Much in the same way then President-elect Obama was viewed in 2008, Mrs. Mayer was the face… Read More
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Pollution-Free Mining
Yesterday, I ran a 259 page report. This report lists every matter we worked on for the past several years, filtered for certain criteria. It also represents our first serious foray into data mining. Wagonheim Law was founded in 2002. We… Read More
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Your Opening Statement
You win your case at Opening Statement. Sure, you can use Opening Statement to introduce the facts – “tell ‘em what you’re gonna tell ‘em” – as the saying went in law school. But the fact is that if all you do… Read More
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The Blackout and the Non-Call
The cries of the aggrieved always seem to drown out the echoes of the final whistle. Had the 49ers won, Baltimore fans would have demanded a thorough investigation into the cause of the blackout. As it stands, the refusal of the refs… Read More