As the main character in a comic strip, I, Frank Pitt, serve to illustrate the challenges and foibles encountered each day by a busy, hard-working, well-meaning corporate executive. But even I, overachiever that I am, was ...READ»
CEO DAD'S TUESDAY TIRADE
The book that Tom Stern has released, which describes how he came up with my character, CEO DAD, comes out at the end of the week, and I couldn’t feel more powerless if I was a drawing trapped in the panel ...READ»
MY WORK-LIFE BALANCE SHEET
Assume the Position
Hey, folks, I tried another Mayo Clinic technique. For those of you keeping track, it's in the section of the article called "Striking the Best Work-Life Balance," and it's about ...READ»
MY WORK-LIFE BALANCE SHEET
When I first heard that there was a book called "Work Like Your Dog," I had some unsavory visions of excusing myself from an important meeting to drink out of the toilet bowl, taking a moment out of a ...READ»
CEO Dad’s Tuesday Tirade....
Any person who works too much knows that sports is one of the tried-and-true distractions into which we can siphon off our priorities. And now it’s baseball playoff season, so I’ve got plenty of ...READ»
Do I really believe that God has it in for me? No, but there's mounting evidence that he could be holding a grudge. Why does it always seem like every time I'm late getting home for dinner with my family, the other side of the ...READ»
Executive recruiter and frustrated stand-up comic Tom Stern has found a new outlet for his humor--and a way to exorcise his demons. He's determined to make CEO Dad, a cartoon based on his memories of his own father, the next Dilbert.READ»
As a cartoon character, I tend to sit back and let my creator, Tom Stern, treat me like a puppet. After all, he has brought me, Frank Pitt, a fair amount of attention in his comic strip, CEO DAD. I urge you to check out my exploits ...READ»
A few weeks ago Tom Stern wrote a post about buzz words. Talk about timing! Today was a perfect indication of what a buzz word can do, or many of them. One of the organizations I work in called in a trendy, high ranking consulting ...READ»
An Oklahoma company is causing a ruckus by running a Web site that offers various excuse notes to people who want to take some short-notice time off from work. For about 25 bucks, you can download a document that looks like it comes ...READ»
MY WORK-LIFE BALANCE SHEET
How many times in your life have you said “now I’ve heard everything?” Most of us say it a lot, which only proves that society is getting weirder. After all, if we thought we’d heard everything, ...READ»
CEO DAD'S TUESDAY TIRADE
As a comic strip character, I exist mainly, at least according to my creator Tom Stern, to point out the foibles that most of you are guilty of in your human lives as successful businesspeople. Indeed, ...READ»
Just when I think I’ve let go of my compulsive need to win and am finally ready for the work/life balance I always talk about, I see that the media doesn’t care about that balance at all. Everything is still set up as a ...READ»
Today is the birth anniversary of Confucius. The influential philosopher was born in 551 BC, and, unlike me, is pretty much synonymous with sage advice and deep meaning. The very phrase “Confucius say…” prepares us for ...READ»
It's over. The Indianapolis Colts have won. It's February, and Valentine's Day is waiting to leap out and gut you like a panther in Apocalypto. Football season's at an end, and now Monday nights and all day Sunday are free again. ...READ»
Captain's Log...
Hey, fellow overachieving workaholics: as if we needed further proof that we are not only socially dysfunctional but oddities of medical science as well, no less an authority than the prestigious Mayo Clinic now has ...READ»
Ceo Dad's Tuesday Tirade
Man, there are times when being a comic strip character has its advantages. Sure, I have to put up with all you voyeurs who get a glimpse into my dysfunctional life every day of the week, but at least my ...READ»
CEO DAD'S TUESDAY TIRADE
I know it’s been a little bit since I posted here, but I just spent a week hanging out with the intellectuals in Doonesbury, and not only do I now have even less faith in how you human beings run your ...READ»
You spend at least a third of your time -- and maybe much more -- at work, so it's time to learn the difference between a job you ride out and one you need to leave.READ»
As a comic-strip character, I can get away with things the rest of you only dream of. For example, the more I make mistakes, the more you keep reading. If I didn’t know better I’d say you take a perverse delight in watching me ...READ»
Ceo Dad's Tuesday Tirade
As I post this, we are in the final week of broadcasts in which Bob Barker will be seen as the host of “The Price is Right.” He taped his last show six days ago, and it will air Friday. Now, Mr. ...READ»
CEO DAD’S TUESDAY TIRADE
While waiting for Tom Stern to come up with a new storyline for the me, the cartoon character CEO DAD, I have plenty of time to overhear what’s going on out there, and sneak my opinions into this blog ...READ»
MY WORK-LIFE BALANCE SHEET
I thought it was going to be easy, a no-brainer. A guy’s not spending enough time with his family because he’s always at the office, well shove the office and work at home. It seemed like a simple ...READ»
CEO Dad's Tuesday Tirade....
Ever since Tom Stern, the fellow who invented me, gave me my own Web address (ceodad.com), from this new electronic vantage point I’ve been able to tool around on the Internet with abandon. This is ...READ»
