James Dale is a business executive and author – former President/CEO of international ad agency W.B. Doner, co-founder of Richlin/Dale Management Advisory to Emerging Businesses, and writer of books including: Palmer and Weaver – Together We Were Eleven Foot Nine, Tiger Woods Made Me Look Like a Genius, The Power of Nice, Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People and his most recent, The Obvious – All you need to know in business. Period. Published June 2007 Hyperion.

Blog Entries by James Dale

Work is Not a Hobby, a Break or a Vacation

Posted June 26, 2007 | 12:07 PM (EST)


Work is work -- by definition, competitive, intense, draining, difficult, hard. Work may be fun (it should be) but it isn't your whole life (and shouldn't be.) Sometimes you should do something that isn't work, refreshes your mind and body, and gets you out from behind your desk, computer, car,...

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Honesty: The Most Powerful Weapon In Business

Posted June 4, 2007 | 02:04 PM (EST)


The secrets to success in business leadership aren't secrets at all. They're principals and lessons most of us already know, but ignore. Tell the truth. Simple is better than complicated. Work is a verb -- get to it. Share the credit. Listen more than you talk. Open your mind. They're...

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