Focus on Front-line Leaders

Focus on Front-line Leaders

I believe front-line leaders are key to a station’s productivity, culture, and success … and their role’s value cannot be overstated. LSMs and DSMs, our own front-line managers, are the ones who ‘make it happen’—communicating between upper management and...
Be the Leader People Would Follow

Be the Leader People Would Follow

Along with over 4 million others on LinkedIn, I follow “Leadership First” to get uplifting messages and daily reminders of what it takes to be a good leader. Recently, I was struck by a quote from Brian Tracy—“Become the kind of leader who people would follow...
Exceptional Execution

Exceptional Execution

You’ve set the foundation for a sound plan to ensure achievement of this year’s budget; a plan that will include tactics, milestone markers, goals, and stretch goals. Now, the big question is how well will you execute? It’s not enough to know, you also have to...
Avoid Business Judgement Vacuums 

Avoid Business Judgement Vacuums 

Two weeks ago, I made a poor business judgment decision, one out of character. Since then, I’ve thought about it quite a bit—how I might learn from it, why it happened, and what steps I can take now. Like most sales leaders and sellers, I derive energy when working...
Your Voice Matters

Your Voice Matters

With all the pressures of late—the long tail of the pandemic, advertiser fits and starts, new office structures, team dynamics including recruitment and retention, and of course, our ever-present revenue goals across multiple platforms … it can be a lot for a...