Plan Strategies
It appears that a lot of Don’s strategies are not well thought out. This can be very costly. As a late Maya Angelou once pointed out, “People may forget what you said but they never forget how you make them feel.” In many instances you will not get a second chance to make a first impression. Don started out as a very straight forward news guy then CNN wanted to turn him into a controversial figure which is working, but not to Don’s advantage. It’s no different than the person who is friendly with all of his coworkers and all of a sudden gets promoted to their boss. If he’s a good boss, he will adapt to his new environment or he plays both sides which will lead to an inevitable overall loss. Once Don got into mainstream news, without question, he had to forego a lot of what he learned or knew as a black man in order to compete. Now he’s being asked to circle back and it’s too late. As entrepreneurs we should not adapt to a new environment our job is to create it!
