Today’s guest post is from Anthony Portuesi, Senior Sales Rep at Johnson & Johnson and author of DrivenLeaders.com. DrivenLeaders.com is a blog devoted to personal and professional development for the emerging leaders of tomorrow. When we think of great business leaders, many things may come to mind; the ability to inspire, to motivate, to be a visionary, or perhaps to

Today’s guest post is written by Bryan Radtke, P&G’s Shopper Based Design Brand Manager, Bengals fan, and all around good guy.  Special thanks to him for picking up the slack on Hard Knox Life while I am out this week. A few months ago I embarked on the annual painful journey that is fiscal year action plan development. The goal

Image by joseph a via Flickr Over the next week, I will be making the move to Cincinnati to start my new assignment in Procter & Gamble Corporate Marketing.  Since I haven’t yet mastered the art of mobile blogging, I have asked a few of my peers and closest friends to keep the fires the burning here at Hard Knox

I think the word “networking” gets a bad rap.  For many it brings up images of greasy haired salesmen trying to get business over a conference cocktail hour.  But that shouldn’t be the case.  Networking isn’t a dirty word.  In fact, networking can be one of the most powerful allies of a Brand Manager or Marketer.  Why?  Well here at