The role of the Chief Operating Officer differs from industry to industry and from organization to organization.  In most cases the COO is responsible for the daily operations of the company.  Many COO’s have worked their way through the company holding different positions of responsibility and are now being groomed to take over the CEO position.  Key functions of the COO often include:   1.   Organize resources as set [...]

I was in Junior High School during the early 1970s recession and I can still remember my parent’s struggle to keep our small family business from closing. In the late 70s I enrolled in college and completed my undergraduate degree just in time to enter the job market during the recession of the early 1980s. According to a study by Yale University’s Lisa Kahn, college graduates who entered the job [...]

My post “Using Marketing Booth Babes” sparked some lively discussion. The original post asked marketer’s for their opinion on the practice of using booth babes (scantily clad women … or men) to attract attention to their organizations booth at conferences and trade-shows. The use of sexual tension to create a direction for a movie plot or to sell products is an age-old strategy. However, many readers agreed that using sex [...]