Samuel Bacharach Blog | Leadership: Pragmatic & Proactive

What Herman Cain Should Do

By Howard Zhang on 11/14/11

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Herman Cain has recently been accused for sexual harassment while he was head of the National Restaurant Association. As of now, four women have come forward offering the media their side of the story which allegedly involves sexually suggestive remarks, gestures, and even an invitation to Cain’s apartment.
Cain began by pleading ignorance for three of the alleged cases and downplaying the incident for the other claiming that he was only commenting that the women was …

Zuckerberg on Jobs (and a lot more!)

By wbriggs on 11/10/11

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This past week Facebook’s creator Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg sat down with Charlie Rose for a wide-ranging interview about everything from their battles with Google, to the Arab Spring, to how Steve Jobs influenced Zuckerberg. The interview is a must see not just for those involved in the tech world, but also for everyone who is interested in the future of leadership.
Zuckerberg on Jobs and the entire Charlie Rose interview (video)

How to Fight

By wbriggs on 09/26/11

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No one has said it better. Winston Churchill believed that the only way to get things done and move things forward was by working with allies. That means you have to get people on your side and keep them there.

Ego Champ

By Gabe Sulkes on 09/09/11

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In “Champion”, Kanye West poses the self-referential question, “Did you realize that you are a champion in their eyes?”
By the final verse, West decisively answers the query: “Yes I did”.
West, often derided for his blinding hubris, certainly suffers (or benefits) from a case of acute bravado. However, West has cunningly co-opted this haughty bombast into his brand. With five platinum albums, fourteen Grammys, and a massive hip hop empire, West often flaunts his success in …

Easy Ratatouille

By Gabe Sulkes on 09/07/11

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Two months ago, I received a rude awakening when I discovered my Cornell meal plan card no longer delivers an all-I-care-to-eat playground of delicious delicacies. In cafés, restaurants, bodegas, bistros, and nosheries across the world, the Cornell card nourishes me with nothing but spoiled stares. Outside of the culinary orb of campus, the card is then rendered useless and inedible (even marinated, spiced, and flambéed, the plastic card provides a poor meal replacement).
Cut off from …

Chat & Cut

By Gabe Sulkes on 09/06/11

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Last month on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David dissected the sly social exercise, the Chat & Cut. Clearly a Machiavellian maneuver in line dynamics, David describes the Chat & Cut as, “feigning familiarity with someone [you] vaguely know for the sole purpose of cutting in line” (Curb, 8/7/11). Whether you are seeking entrance into an Indian Buffet or a Leonard Cohen concert, the Chat & Cut means you can end up in the front of …

Labor Day

By Gabe Sulkes on 09/02/11

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Through a sea of glistening blue (jeans), you spot a current of croissants and crullers rippling through the break room. Confetti streams the walls in tribute to Ralph from HR’s birthday and hints of nutmeg and cinnamon perfume the room. The mailboxes, disguised as Christmas stockings, contain beckoning paychecks and invitations to a weekend cocktail party celebrating the impressive numbers released from finance earlier in the week. A rare laughter swells out of Ethan Marcus’s …

Anticipation Creep: “Renovation Creep” Pre-Review

By Gabe Sulkes on 08/30/11

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As a card carrying member of Generation Y, I have no need to enter an art gallery. My card, by the way, is a coffee card as my generation saturates bottomless mugs with über-caffeinated espresso beans and inhales the joe like sweet ambrosia from the sweat of Zeus. Even if someone in my cohort did enter an art gallery, it would likely be to refill their coffee or, at best, would be a virtual art …

Bobblehead

By Gabe Sulkes on 08/26/11

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It goes by many names. Nodder, wobbler, bobbler, bobbing doll, or, more commonly, bobblehead doll. The one name, though, that is rarely applied to these amusing spring-connected collectible toys is “leader”. While popular culture and The Office, specifically, advance the bobblehead industry by creating toys bearing the likeness of organizational leaders, many leaders would resist this association. The representation of a proactive leader with a flimsy and inflated head that nods ad nauseam with mechanical …