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.
137 Merger of News Media Alliance (NMA) and The Association of Magazine Media (MPA) is a go!
136 Stewart Bainum’s journey to launch the Baltimore Banner
135 Deep-fake videos make people doubt what they see with their own eyes
134 Latest Borrell study shows OTT on the rise surpassing search in 3-years.
133 ARPA Funding gives 150 Businesses Access to Advertise with the R-J
132 Meet Ben August, the new owner of NYC’s voice of labor, The Chief.
131 This 108-year-old Alaskan newspaper is free for the taking.
130 News vets exit the daily to start a growing nonprofit
129 Florida's public notice reversal. A panel discussion
128 Florida reverses recently approved legislation requiring public notices on local newspapers
127 One-on-one with columnist Rex Huppke, as war breaks out during his 1st week at USA Today
126 Getting to know the Military Veterans in Journalism
125 100-percent sponsored content. Jed Williams & Dave Arkin’s Check Out DFW
124 Why we need and how to achieve diversity, equity and inclusion
123 When a Texas daily folds, a weekly tabloid explodes.
122 News industry advocates appeal to Congress to pass safe-harbor bill
121 A frank chat with news publishing technology veteran Kurt Jackson
120 American Journalism Project makes good on a promise to fund nonprofit local news
119 Auto ad dollars are up for grabs, per Borrell's latest study
118 Reporters share insights into reporting on January 6th attack and domestic extremism
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