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Russ Newton
Feb 6, 20221 min read
Early 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...
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Russ Newton
Aug 9, 20212 min read
Gratitude 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...
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Russ Newton
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Another 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...
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Russ Newton
Feb 13, 20212 min read
Another life lesson of sorts
I 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 ...
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Russ Newton
Jan 26, 20214 min read
Another 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...
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Russ Newton
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Gratitude.
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...
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Russ Newton
Dec 16, 20204 min read
Follow 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...
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Russ Newton
Oct 8, 20203 min read
Payoff of a life lesson learned - Trust
So 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...
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Russ Newton
Sep 15, 20201 min read
Trust. 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...
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Russ Newton
Jul 16, 20203 min read
Life 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...
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Russ Newton
Apr 25, 20204 min read
Life 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...
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Russ Newton
Apr 16, 20203 min read
Life 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...
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Russ Newton
Apr 13, 20202 min read
Life 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...
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Russ Newton
Apr 11, 20203 min read
Life 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...
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