John Kador
Two William F. Buckley Stories
William F. Buckley, the great conservative publisher of The National Review, had attitude and self-confidence in spades. Here are two...
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John Kador
Nov 11, 2011
Great Leaders Ask for the Bad News
Do you know what’s not going well? Shortly after Alan Mulally joined Ford in 2006, he convened a staff meeting. He asked every department...
John Kador
Nov 8, 2011
The Art of the Interview
Let’s face it, many businesspeople dread the idea of interviewing candidates. HR people don’t like it, although it’s their job, but...
John Kador
Nov 1, 2011
The Beauty of One-Syllable Sentences
Did you know that it’s possible to tell elaborate and nuanced stories about almost any subject in English using words of only one...
John Kador
Oct 19, 2011
Homonyms, Homographs, and Homophones
Native-born speakers of English often don’t understand how confusing our language is. I was born in Hungary, so I remember how confusing...
John Kador
Sep 30, 2011
Top Ten CEO Blogs
Should CEOs have personal blogs? An increasing number of CEOs do. In the September/October issue of Chief Executive, I report on a...
John Kador
Sep 15, 2011
Inspiration at Berrett-Koehler Author Retreat
The Berrett-Koehler Author Retreat is unique. As far as I can tell, no other publisher has spawned a self-sustaining cooperative...
John Kador
Aug 1, 2011
CEO Distortion Field
I recently covered Chief Executive magazine’s CEO of the Year event honoring Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally. The link to that event is...
John Kador
Jul 18, 2011
A Conundrum: Marketing Confidential Services
In a recent Wall Street Journal discussion, a ghostwriter asked a good question: Say you’re in a business, as I am, where you do a good...
John Kador
Jul 16, 2011
Effective Apology
Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust Filled with examples from the news and my own personal...
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