Musings from my driveway, my home and my heart
Several years ago, an Audi executive told me he wanted to recruit the British musician Sting as the company spokesman. “He’s older, but he’s how I want to age,” the executive said. “He’s not sitting in a rocking chair, he’s racing around Aspen in some hot car on his way to the slopes.” I thought... Continue Reading →
My 18-month-old granddaughter Eleanor got her first set of wheels on Easter Sunday 2017 — a Little Tykes 4x4 pickup that should make her the envy of her playgroup. I wished my late father-in-law Bob Lienert, the former editor of Automotive News, could have seen the delighted expression on her face when she saw the... Continue Reading →
My friends come to me for car advice because I’ve covered the global auto industry for more than 20 years. But they also stop by when they want to talk about . . .
My management style has been stitched together in a patchwork of lessons learned from some memorable women I’ve met and worked with, including a CEO who survived one of the worst terrorist incidents in U.S. history, a hospital chaplain who preached the “theology of hospitality” in the workplace and a top editor who models and... Continue Reading →
Anita's Way 