Russ NewtonFeb 71 minEarly Lesson in Management From Joe Cantrell.I was the pressroom manager at the Daily Press from 1987 to 1994. Early in my time there I learned an important lesson from Joe, the...
Russ NewtonAug 9, 20212 minGratitude Part Two.Just received an amazing gift from my best friend in life. A brother from another mother. It started, I think, from a joke I had made...
Russ NewtonAug 2, 20212 minAnother life lesson learned in 1987, Inclusion.I was 27 years old and in my first Division Mangers Position at the Daily Press in Newport News, Va. I thought I had to be the technical...
Russ NewtonFeb 14, 20212 minAnother life lesson of sortsI was SVP of operations and Circulation in 2008 or 2009 and I received a call from a headhunter. I always believed in checking out new ...
Russ NewtonJan 26, 20214 minAnother life lesson of some kind.So, I was promoted to VP of Operations Los Angeles Times in 2005. My immediate supervisor was Mark Kurtich. He was an introvert, and I...
Russ NewtonJan 19, 20211 minGratitude.I have always had to fight with being too self absorbed. And often I lost. It takes others to point it out. Today I wish to acknowledge...
Russ NewtonDec 17, 20204 minFollow up on Life Lesson Number 5. So promised in this earlier post I would finish the story later. Not one of my proudest moments either I am ashamed to say. I have...
Russ NewtonOct 8, 20203 minPayoff of a life lesson learned - TrustSo jumping forward quite a bit from my last lesson, I want to tell you all about how trust is earned and how it pays off. I was in my...
Russ NewtonSep 15, 20201 minTrust. This is for my LA Times Press Employee readers.Guys, this is Kenny Leffel and his wife. A press employee and the head of the Union that was at the Daily Press when I took over as press...
Russ NewtonJul 16, 20203 minLife lesson number 5 (work and personal)The story I am going to tell today is about how I dealt with a bully as a boss over my career. But I think this lesson works well in your...
Russ NewtonApr 25, 20204 minLife Lesson number 4 (work version)As you well see if you recall the previous posts on the subject, most of these events happened in a very narrow range of time. Guess I...
Russ NewtonApr 17, 20203 minLife Lesson number 3.I went the next 13 years after Chicago to seven years in Newport News VA where I was press room manager, Press and Packaging Manager and...
Russ NewtonApr 13, 20202 minLife lesson number 2.The second big secret I unlocked at 25 was how to supervise people. I had achieved journeyman status as a press operator two months...
Russ NewtonApr 12, 20203 minLife Lesson number 1.Was lucky enough to get a call the other day from an old boss of mine, Gene Bell. Put me in mind of a story involving Gene that I want to...