We opened our store Olive Connection one week ago and it has been fantastic! Our friends rallied to support us, as did the neighborhood. It is sleepy August in Brookline, many people are away, so those that came in were local and curious. Most people bought something! Web site launched. www.oliveconnection Check it out. There is a lot of bedtime reading here. Hope you find it interesting.
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Yesterday was Flag Day June 14th…and it is marked in my neighborhood with flags on every lamp post, a parade, and color guard celebration on the high school lawn.
The day commemorates the American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of: Freedom, Democracy, National Pride, and History. Many have lost their lives defending it.
Flag Day also marks for me [...]
Last night I had 5, the night before I had 5, the night before that I had 5.
Can’t Stop Eat’in Them Thin Mints
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest, most successful girl-led business in the world and its power to teach girls business and financial skills that will serve them throughout their lives is unrivaled. Every year nearly 1.5 million Girl Scouts sell about 200 million boxes of [...]
WOMEN ARE READY TO GO… ready to have an impact, be fully engaged, to make a difference and be a Director on a Board.
The 12th Annual Census of Women Directors and Executive Officers of Massachusetts Public Companies was released this week. The 100 largest public companies in Massachusetts set new records of the percentage of women in their boardrooms and executive suites, continuing a three year pattern of progress. The [...]
Remember when Richard Branson started Virgin Airlines before he was crowned SIR? I thought he was fabulous…I wanted to work for him. Why? He said that one of the key differences that made his company a special place to work was the fun and freedom of expression that rested from the absence of employee handbooks that read like some kind of a corporate penal code. Recently I heard an [...]
“The Great Pumpkin Will Come”, shouts Linus as he writes a letter every year to the Great Pumpkin to visit him in the pumpkin patch. Charlie Brown is in disbelief and says it is a waste of time. Peppermint Patty is convinced the Great Pumpkin is a fake. And Snoopy is laughing. Love watching this TV special every October. Will the Great Pumpkin come and bring Linus wisdom? Should [...]
TIMING IS EVERYTHING.
September is the month of opportunity. IN RETAIL EVERYONE IS HIRING . Internal candidates are being interviewed for promotions to build the foundation for the 4th quarter. How to break through the clutter of interviews and be remembered?
“Make them love you”, has always been my mantra, whether the job is for you or not. Make an impression. Make a connection. You want an offer!
J Crew’s CEO recently wrote an [...]
Did you go to Girl Scout Camp? I remember feeling excitement and fear, loneliness being away from home, and liked the new friends I made adjusting to the experience. I loved my counselors and can still remember their names. I remember the smell of the tents and the mosquitoes. It was the north woods of Wisconsin, the land of the vicious bugs! Jumping into the cold lake water with [...]
Barbara Turf, former CEO, past President, and Head Merchant for Crate and Barrel passed away after a short battle with cancer last week. I felt it was important to write a tribute to her, as she was a Mentor, Leader, and Friend to me my entire Crate and Barrel career. At the funeral last week, people she touched came from around the world to celebrate her amazing life of [...]
If the answer is yes, when? If the answer is no, what then?
One of my regrets is that I did not apply to the Simmons MBA program 20 years ago when I was truly motivated. I had attended the Simmons Leadership Conference yearly with members of my team, and was jazzed about all I was learning from the leaders I heard speak. But I made excuses. I had to [...]
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