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.
77 How Publishing Good News in Central Arizona is Growing Audience and Revenue
76 Gordon Borrell is (Finally) Bullish on Newspapers
75 Studying the Impact of a Pandemic on Global Journalism
74 Two Old Newspaper Sales Guys Talk Shop
73 Amplify Ohio: Addressing Health Disparities Impacting Black & LGBTQ Communities
72 The Internet Archive: Providing Universal Access to All Knowledge
71 New Jersey Weeklies Go Non-Profit
70 HD Media Taking on Tech Giants' Google & Facebook
69 Checking-In on the Locally Owned Silver City (N.M.) Daily Press
68 Trib Total Media, Proudly Printing 7-Days a Week
67 Local Community Newspaper is Printing Again!
66 Maximizing Media Ad Sales in the New Year
65 Local Media is Winning the COVID Battle for Eyeballs and Credibility
64 Local Newspapers Owned by Local Investors. Meet the Coastside News Group
63 Schneps Media is Rocking New York With Hyperlocal Free Weeklies
62 Managing Via Metrics = Profits for News Media Corporation
61 Vision25: Building Racial Equity in Newsrooms
59 Free Report shows Huge Content Marketing Opportunity
60 The LGBTQ+ Reader is Big Business for Aequalitas Media
58 A look at: "Publishing During A Pandemic" a Free Book from Mr. Magazine!
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