SPEAK UP
Roger Ailes is a communication consultant who helps top executives get their message out with more force and conviction. He shares the following story in his book You Are The Message: Bob Hope taught me [a] lesson when I was a young 23-year-old associate producer of “The Mike Douglas Show.” I unexpectedly met Hope when he was on a media tour to promote his book “I Owe Russia Twelve Hundred Dollars.” I say unexpectedly because Hope was passing through Cleveland, Ohio, where our then- local show was produced, when his publicist suddenly called us to say that the great comedian would appear on our program. In the sort of chance that can make or break a young person’s career, all the producers senior to me were either ill or out of town on business when we got the chance to have Bob Hope as our star guest. I was so inexperienced that I thought that management would cancel the show rather than…
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