Doug Phares is a passionate business consultant who helps executives find ways to get past all the hurdles and challenges that slow us down. From small-scale work like examining product bundling to assisting decision-makers in developing 3-year plans, Phares has seen it all over the course of his career.
In his news media career, Phares was most recently the CEO of the Sandusky Newspaper Group (SNG), a media holding company operating in Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee. Before that, he was Boone Newspapers's group president and managed Copley properties.
Today, Phares is managing director of Silverwind Enterprises, a Florida-based firm that provides executive-level business services. He's also the board chair of the Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches, an organization with 3,000-plus international members comprised of independent business owners and non-profit career centers such as colleges and universities, military bases, workforce development offices and state Departments of Labor in North America.
In this 165th episode of “E&P Reports," we review this year's contributions to Editor & Publisher Magazine from consultant Dough Phares's "The Corner Office, his monthly advice column for c-suite executives. Topics we cover include how to better onboard and retain quality talent, increasing productivity with what he calls a "Big Mac Presentation," and how to bolster sales by "Getting to the no," increasing a manager's self-awareness by asking, "Are you managing or doing?" And there's much more.
57 Checking-in with Gordon Borrell on State of the Industry
56 Non-Profit, Pure Play Daily Memphian is Making News in Memphis
55 The Future of Local News Media: Hear from Experts
54 Checking-in with the Tampa Bay Times, Now Printing 2 Days a Week
53 Ken Doctor Finally Reveals Lookout Local
52 Survey Asks: “What’s It Like to be a Journalist in 2020?"
51 Chris Hendricks Talks EPPYS with E&P
50 The Local Journalism Sustainability Act Needs Your Help, Now!
49 Small Market Paper Strives to Survive COVID-19
48 Saving the Vindicator!
46 How the Local Journalism Sustainability Act Will Provide Newsroom Tax Credits
47 The Relevance Project Helps Newspapers Boost Their Brand
45 Re-Visiting the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Free I-Pad Project
44 Standardizing Sales Packages = Higher Closing Ratios
43 How the Idaho Press Grew Circulation by More Than 40 Percent
42 Borrell’s Revised Ad Forecast Has Some Good News for Newspapers
41 Charleston Post & Courier is Going Statewide
40 New Study Reveals Local Media Leaders’ New Normal Predictions
38 Second Street Summit Moves Online, Open to All!
39 “Support Local News:” Inside Google’s $15 Million Local Ad Campaign
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