A corporate/financial communications consultant at Burson-Marsteller, I work in the flow of business transformation. No matter what the industry, it all comes down to knowledge sharing, creativity and economic empowerment. This blog focuses on that intersection.
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13
May
Men are what their mothers made them.
28
Apr
Reposting my article which ran on MediaPost:
Last week, I attended the New York Times-hosted Energy for Tomorrow conference. Held in New York City, it was a day of discussions and debate about the future of energy – weighing the pros and cons of wind, natural gas, ethanol, solar cells,…
25
Apr
April is Financial Literacy Month. Helping to educate is this brief and direct video with tips on financial literacy basics from USA Today.
18
Apr
The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase … What Exactly?
by Justin Fox on the HBR Blog
Encouraging to read Fox’s review and response of John Taft’s new book Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street. (Taft is CEO of RBC Wealth Management-U.S.)
Fox reinforces the role of culture and the ruin of organizations when they are devoid of it. Return-on-investment of workplace culture is crystalized in the lessons of the financial crisis. Good read (and good reminder).
15
Apr
Others inspire us, information feeds us, practice improves our performance, but we need quiet time to figure things out, to emerge with new discoveries, to unearth original answers.” — Ester Buchholz
14
Apr
What Used to Be a Work/Life Balance is Now a Tango
The liberation that communications technology has afforded us comes with its own price and its own challenges. Technology allows us to move around freely, but clings tightly everywhere we go.
Echoing in my ear, I hear my 8-year old asking, “Why are you the only mommy on the soccer field with a laptop?” Ugh. What was once a dicussion of work/life balance is now a complete merger of the two. You’re allowed to “have a life” as long as work is at your finger tips.
Forbes’ Judy Martin understands this new reality. She engages and empowers an in-demand workforce with her article, “10 Reasons the Human Capital Zeitgeist is Emerging.” Rich with good data to make the point. All good signs that things are looking up.
13
Apr
In honor of Financial Literacy month, I wanted to share the fireside chat from the Council of Economic Education’s Visionary Awards dinner last fall. Very powerful statements on financial education were made by the evening’s honorees — Harold Burson of Burson-Marsteller, Maria Bartiromo of CNBC, and Dr. Henry Kaufman of the Kaufman Foundation.
Simple statements that speak volumes for parents, teachers and children.
(Disclosure: Lucky to have the double honor of working for Harold Burson and serving on the Board of the CEE.)
12
Apr
Friend and neighbor leaves Wall Street career in the wake of its downfall to become an entrepreneur with her own skincare line — launching tonight. Can’t keep a tough girl down. Good luck Jill! (Excerpts from Westchester Magazine below.)
Westchester Magazine Profiles Jill Scalisi; Launching Anti-Aging Skincare Line
“It was a skin cancer scare that led Jill Scalisi, a former investment banker, to create her own skincare line when she was unable to find an anti-aging SPF moisturizer she liked. Using her background in science and finance, the Scarsdale mom of two partnered with cosmetic chemists and biopharmaceutical and regulatory scientists to come up with Scalisi Skincare, science-based, anti-aging products that ‘feel amazing’ on your skin.
Available online in March at scalisiskincare.com. Since the enterprise started with Scalisi’s skin cancer, the company is partnering with The Skin Cancer Foundation to donate $5 for every anti-aging moisturizer SPF 30 sold.”
Follow Jill: @ScalisiSkincare
10
Apr
Be sure not to miss the April cover story of the Harvard Business Review by Walter Issacson. He’s masterfully reduced the biography he authored on Steve Jobs last year to 14 leadership lesson.
They are: Focus, Simplify, Take Responsibilty End-to-End, When Behind Leapfrog, Put Products Before Profits, Don’t Be a Slave to Focus Groups, Bend Reality, Impute, Push for Perfection, Tolerate only “A” Players, Engage Face-to-Face, and Know the Big Picture and the Details.
If you’ve not been able to find an extra 20 hours to read the biography, this is a great snapshot from the business perspective.
via measure-4-measure