We are in business to win. The secret to winning, and to the continuation of winning, is to build the best team. It is essential to form a cohesive group of individuals all working to achieve the same goal. Having a bulletproof strategy and precision execution are essential components of winning, but we can think of many examples where businesses seemed to have everything they required and yet were unable to win. As I think about why, it always comes back to the people... not any one individual, but the collective group. You win when you have the best team in the competition and you lose when you don't. When you walk through the doors of a radio station (or any business) that is winning -- and is sustaining that performance -- you can feel it.

Radio is full of opinions. Often there is little consensus as to what makes great radio. For some people this can be frustrating. The lack of commonality in how we approach radio can feel somewhat messy. It can be confusing for on air talent who work for PD's with ...

I found this Fortune article fascinating. Maybe it's because I am currently reading Marc Randolph's book "That Will Never Work," which is his account of launching Netflix as co-founder and the first CEO. Maybe - and this is more likely - it's because I see the ...

Peak performance is hard to sustain. We've all experienced those times when we are not performing to our highest potential. And quite frankly those times suck. Coming up short never feels good. When we are at our best -- those moments of high performance -- it feels ...

With consumers literally being pummelled daily by thousands of pieces of content, cutting through is becoming harder and harder. However, smart brands understand the importance of seizing moments; recognizing that a shortcut to cutting through successfully is to ...

Today, standing still feels like the new losing. Our world is so fast paced and competition so fierce, that if you aren't constantly moving forward you aren't perceived as being successful. Whether you agree with this notion or not is almost irrelevant because the ...

Who doesn't love watching movies? Watching a movie, for me, is pure escapism. I get drawn in by the multi-dimensional characters and quickly lost in the intricacies of the narrative. I am moved by powerful stories, and movies are just that. I try to find time to watch ...

Music isn't our competitive difference. What happens between the music is what separates us, and in particular our talent. We need talent who can communicate with emotion, who can tell vivid stories and show themselves to the audience. Here are 4 tips that will help ...

Are you easily frustrated when you see others not reaching their potential? Does it make you a little angry when you see others set the bar too low? It gets me a little frustrated. How will you achieve what you truly desire if you don't really go for it? Not achieving ...

Are we are own worst enemy? We, as an industry, seem to continually diminish the importance of talent. We seem fixated on de-humanising our brands in favor of uninterrupted music sweeps. That can't be a winning strategy for the long term health of our business, ...