Mitch’s Blog

Back in March I wrote a post about a new interview initiative being undertaken here in the Syracuse area, and how the first interviewee was Art Zimmer.
Jill Hurst-Wahl, the initiator of the series, named Enitiative, wrote about the interview here, and she captured it all very well. I like that our area is doing [...]

John Burns is a another member of the Professional Consultant’s Association, but we’re also both members of the Syracuse chapter of the American Society of Training and Development. I was always intrigued by his name and his business name, because the two aren’t related; talk about destiny!
1. What is Robert Burns Training??
Dr. John Burns, [...]

I was introduced to Keith through a third party and have worked a couple of healthcare projects with him. I feel I have to specify that because he has lots of businesses, which you’ll note below. Keith is a world traveler, really the first one I’ve ever met, but he doesn’t go to [...]

I knew of Kim Bachstein way before I met her. At one point in my early consultancy I was reaching out to employment agencies just to let them know I was there for management training and executive coaching, and though we didn’t get to talk, one look at her picture and she was hard [...]

I’ve known George for a few years now, and we even worked on one project together. I wish I’d known him when he was vice president of one of the local hospitals because it might have helped my consulting business take off earlier, but so be it. George is one of those guys [...]

I can’t remember how I got in contact with Richard to tell you the truth, but we decided to meet up with each other for lunch at the Red Lobster in Rochester on a very snowy day that would qualify as blizzard conditions anywhere else in the country. I live in the Syracuse area, [...]

I met Danny (Dhyaneshwar B. Chawan) through a consultant’s organization I’m a part of (and webmaster and editor of their newsletter), Professional Consultant’s Association of Central New York. He’s someone you don’t meet every day; he’s a Ph. D. food scientist, and the things he’s shared with me and my wife are out of [...]

I’ve yet to meet Allan DeKaye, though I will be meeting him in about two weeks. I’ve known about him for a long time, though, as he’s a healthcare consultant whose forte is information and statistics. At least that’s the impression I’ve always had about him, as he used to write a newsletter [...]

I’ve known Jill for close to 6 years now, as she’s one of the first people I directly met when I started trying to meet more people in the Syracuse area. The funny part about this story is that she knew my dad for much longer, having ridden on the bus with him into [...]

First, I’ve decided to only post one of these a day, so that each interviewee has the opportunity to make sure their interview is going to be seen. After all, one never knows what else I might write during the day.
Second, I met Don through Ryze, an online networking group that I’ve talked about [...]