I’m not going to write about Obama …
It’s difficult to resist writing about this monumental change in the world. It reminds me of 1989 when much of the world welcomed the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The ascendency of Barak Obama to the Presidency of the United States is of equal importance and may be greater import to the world than the call by Ronald Reagan to “tear down the wall!”
But I’m not going to write about Obama. Instead I want to muse on the changes in my life both, business and personal, and about my friend Bernie Gauthier.
At Delta Media where I had been Chairman and CEO since 1998 the torch has now been passed to Bernie Gauthier. Bernie had been Delta Media’s Managing Partner since 1998 and President of our research division, Vision Research, since that same time as well.
I will head west to Victoria and along with my wife and business partner and Delta Media’s president, Sheena Pennie, will open a Delta Media office in that wonderful city on the Pacific.
Victoria is perfect for me personally since I have two children on the west coast and a new grandchild born only this week. I’m glad he was born this week in time for the Obama swearing in. But I’m not going to write about Obama.
This period in history is much like the new era that was brought to Europe with the fall of the Soviet empire in 1989. When Sheena and I founded Delta Media, in 1991, we were buoyed by the changes in the world and a bit nervous about the recessionary economy that eventually dragged on for several years.
Today, as we change the guard at Delta Media, I am reminded of those early days and our promise to deliver better value to our clients and prospective clients than they’d ever experienced before. Our strategy for “Growth in a Recession” was successful and it allowed us to build a foundation for our future that continues to deliver on good value, accountability, reliability, and creative solutions to serious problems and emerging opportunities.
So to President Obama and Chief Executive Bernie Gauthier I say your success is guaranteed if you adhere to the values of honesty, accountability, integrity, hard work and concern for others. These are the qualities that elevated you to the top and these are the values that will keep you there.
