Executive Affairs
Executive Profiles Part 2
Thu, Mar 3, 2007
by Drew McManus
Today’s installment will begin by examining the final executive profile: Builders… Builders Among all of the executive profiles, Builders maintain the most intensity, drive, and vision. At the same time, they also share the greatest number of specific administrative characteristics with the other two profiles. The result is that many Builders will make good use
Executive Profiles Part 1
Wed, Feb 2, 2007
by Drew McManus
The majority of executive administrators today tend to conform to one of three basic profiles: Managers, Leaders, or Builders. Naturally, individuals rarely conform to any one profile and some evolve from one profile to another throughout the length of their career…. Bear in mind, these profiles are based on observational knowledge supported by numerous events,
Reader Response: Racist Nonsense II
Mon, Oct 10, 2004
by Drew McManus
Shortly after publishing the last Reader Response to this article, I received an email from Jerome Harris, a 50-something professional jazz musician: black American, native Brooklynite, working-class background/Ivy League grad/middle-class income, omnivorous listener. He wrote in to comment about some passages in that article as well as the ideas from the original piece.
Reader Response: Racist Nonsense
Fri, Oct 10, 2004
by Drew McManus
I received a number of wonderful responses from the Bunch Of Racist Nonsense article published from last Wednesday. As with most issues that generate a good deal of responses there are always some surprises, and this was no exception. Many messages were from orchestra managers (wishing to remain anonymous) who expressed varying degrees of disappointment
A Bunch Of Racist Nonsense
Wed, Oct 10, 2004
by Drew McManus
A recent article in the San Antonio Express-News inspired me to write about an issue that’s been steadily growing in my mind. I’ve been bothered to see an increasing trend in this industry by some to explain away the declining audience base for classical music: that some immigrant and minority communities aren’t interested in classical
