Lessons Learned from the Letterman Crisis
I’ve been captivated as of late by David Letterman and his walk of shame as he navigates the uncomfortable world of adultery, bribery and blackmail .  By now, we all know the sordid details of Letterman’s adulterous affairs and the alleged blackmail scheme of a former CBS colleague.  I’m struck, however, by the deftness with which he’s managed the crisis and how he has been able, in large part, to control the conversation himself.

3 Ways to Pitch Yourself in 30 Seconds
People often think of the elevator pitch as something you use when you’re interviewing for a new job or trying to raise capital for a new venture. The elevator pitch, however, is no less important once you’ve got the job as it is when you’re looking. In

How to Get More From Your Mentor
See my guest post below from today’s Harvard Business Review Blog:  How To Get More From Your Mentor  A senior publishing executive at William Morris once told me how

If you really care, you’ll tell it like it is…
You know how when you’ve never heard of something, a brand or a concept for instance, and someone mentions it and all of a sudden it’s everywhere?  And you then wonder how you could have been so out of the loop for so long?  I had that happen with the word “sommelier” recently.  At a shi-shi dinner with friends in Tribeca a few weeks back, the discussion turned to my friend’s friend, a sommelier, who was very well dressed and had an “in” to all the good restaurants.  I didn’t understand why being from Somalia made him so hip.  We all had a good laugh at my expense when I blurted out my ignorance and found out he was a wi