I’ll never forget the time when I was working for someone that was known as “The Hammer”.  Now, this person is a very caring, deeply devoted man, who absolutely loves his family (I witnessed this firsthand).  Sometimes though his emotions would get the best of him and we would see what…

One of my very first bosses, when I started getting an actual paycheck in the Music Industry over 25 years ago, had a peculiar nick name.  I didn’t quite understand it at the time, as I was just a young intern working in the mail room for free.  I quickly…

An interesting thing happened at work this week. My co-workers showed vulnerability. We were in a department meeting when it happened – someone got REAL. They expressed how they were really feeling about the direction our company seemed to be going, and felt that we were no longer aligned with…

What a terrible time. What a terrible day. Imagine this scenario:  You have been working on a project for some time.  No, how about a LONG time.  Something like at least 6 months.  It’s been so long you can’t even remember when you started it. A project that you know…