I woke up two weeks ago short of breath, out of shape, joints aching and I hadn’t seen my belt buckle in months (this affliction is known as “buckle-do”….. as in “my tummy sticks out further than my buckle do”). It was NOT a good look - or feel. I’m probably not the only 40-something that has been focused on other things while letting their health slide. I’ve tried to assess the reasons why - and honestly...

It’s Saturday and therefore time for #hotquestionoftheweek. I don’t usually like to play favorites - but this week I have to give the question to my mom: “Please tell the painting story!” (You’ll notice it’s not really phrased as a question but like “Do you want to load the dishwasher?” I find that phrasing from your Mom doesn’t always follow the standard conventions!) My first job ever was as the Manager of one of those student painting franchises. ...

Business school professors might tell you that in an acquisition, you should take the best of both companies and make the Newco “better”. That’s why I wrote the book - “...What They Didn’t Teach You In Business School”. Most people teaching have never been through an acquisition personally and just interviewed some CEO 10 years after the fact for a paper they wrote and think they understand corporate culture. They do not. The people that work at Oxy and CVX do so because they like...