Business savant Peter Drucker once quipped, “There are an enormous number of leaders who have retired on the job.”

Avoiding a solution to a volatile, menacing and potentially destructive problem is not discernment, its cowardice. As long as a threat from a negative element exists in any organization, nothing is solved; and by the day a team, an organization or body of government will never reach its true potential.

Sometimes the subtle decline known as erosion takes place after a milestone, a record year, or a championship. A group sees its record breaking performance as a permanent monument to their success; silently and simultaneously the erosion has already begun. If that occurs managers, athletes, CEO’s (including media group principals) should cherish their memories, tend to their stock options and pensions, and pick up some retirement destination brochures because that’s the sum of what the future offers in the event they’ve retired on the job.

We’re a little over a week away from Thanksgiving and just a few weeks away from the end of the Fall book. Have you started making plans for the holidays? And by that I don’t mean where you are going (or not going) and who you are going to see (or not see). What I ...

When programming music stations back in the day, our internal slogan was "Music Is The Star." It was meant to make a point, that the music was critical to our success. Hits get you ratings. In recent years I have amended that slogan to, "Respect The Music." Playing the ...

Syndicated shows have proven that great shows can succeed with zero local content. Radio is experiencing another burst in syndication this year. Concurrently, we see the appeal of local content rising. Local farmer’s markets have popped up all over North America and ...

Halloween has come and gone, and the entire country is going “Christmas Crazy” already. Especially in the radio business. The number of stations which have already flipped to the Christmas format blew up over the weekend. Every year it happens earlier and earlier. I ...

Last week, Jeff McHugh outlined several ways to be a companion to listeners. As we enter the holiday season, people more than ever are craving companionship, connection, and community. Rather than being part of an audience, how do you make people feel like they're part of ...

Personalities will be even more crucial to the success of AM/FM and podcasting in the future because of an increasing trend: social isolation. 40% of Americans reported in a 2018 study that they felt isolated from others and lacked companionship. The pandemic has ...

America is less than a week away from Election Day 2020 and how many times have you heard that this is the most important election of a lifetime? Everything is at stake! And how many times have you seen the video of people doing the Cha Cha Slide while waiting in long ...

It is no secret I’ve been a long-time fan of Morning Show Host Rod Ryan on 94.5 The Buzz in Houston. It goes back to the days of competing against him in New Orleans when he was on 106.7 The End and I was on B97. He has always been 100% real, self-deprecating and ...

Human connection matters most to your audience during these uneasy times we are experiencing. Your stories reflect what matters to you, and they deepen your relationship with listeners. Effective storytelling is less about telling listeners your story, and more about ...