by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 19, 2019
The official announcement from Southwest Airlines on the passing of its founder, Herb Kelleher, describes him as a pioneer, maverick and innovator. Yes, he was all three. I’d add one more quality that turned Kelleher’s company into an iconic brand: storyteller. Many...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 14, 2019
When Tim Cook took over Apple in 2011, many critics predicted Apple’s demise. One headline famously read: Why Apple is Doomed. The critics turned out to be wrong, and Cook navigated Apple to a one trillion dollar value. Cook was underestimated because he replaced an...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 13, 2019
“Every minute of every day you’re selling something. You’re either selling positive, or you’re selling negative,” Nick Saban once said. His pitch is to sell Alabama’s football program to the nation’s top recruits. Saban’s strategy is a master class in...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 5, 2019
Companies from Google to Intel will start 2019 with audacious and measurable goals called OKRs, detailed in investor John Doerr’s bestseller, Measure What Matters. The goal-setting strategy is a tool Doerr first learned while working for legendary Silicon Valley...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 2, 2019
He projected “an aura strong enough to penetrate the farthest corner of any room he entered.” He was Continental Army commander George Washington. The time was the winter of 1777-1778 as described in the new book, Valley Forge by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It was...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 29, 2018
Winston Churchill delivered five million words in his public speeches. In the New York Times bestseller, Churchill: Walking with Destiny, author Andrew Roberts says Churchill’s rhetorical skills were the key to winning people’s hearts. Although Churchill had become...
