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Sometimes it really does make sense for a famous brand to change its name. It happened to Uncle Adolf's Old-Tyme KKKandy, and now it's happening to Radio Shack. Too bad the new name is even worse. Radios are old, right? Get rid of that 'Radio' anchor weighing down your valuable forward-thinking brand of the future, by all means! But for god's sake, replace it with something. Otherwise you get this: [Our] tipster says that in-store signs will reflect the change this week, and storefront signage will begin to be reworked as "The Shack" sometime later this year. Forget the old "Radio Shack." The new home of sophisticated electronic retailing is "The Shack." With everyone broke, this should go over well. [Endgadget. Pic via]

Today we are talking to Eric Pennington who has written Waking Up In Corporate America and also writes the blog Epic Living. His book looks at 7 steps to move from feeling in a rut in your job to finding career and life happiness. Here are some of the topics that we cover How life is a growth eventThe balance between having a comfortable balanced life and feeling boredHow Eric's corporate life left him broken Transformation happens when recognising the power of your personal influenceSuccess is waiting for us to give the commandHow you know what matters in your lifeWhy we focus on intangibles for happinessWhat creates the motivation to change - If you are OK with being OK, then you will no have the motivation to changeIf you have feedback for me on the show or topics that you would like me to cover then e-mail me at anna@theengagingbrand.com or hop over to Facebook group for The Engaging Brand.Message from Sponsor Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code Podcast

The Center hosted a panel, sponsored by Citi, with senior-level, out women in corporate America. Jennifer Brown moderated the discussion at the event that drew an overflow crowd. Gwen Marcus of Showtime, Claudia Slacik of Citi, and Lisa Sherman from Logo shared their experiences with the audience.

I m going to tell you 2 recent tales that happened in my life which underscores the problems in corporate America.  For extra emphasis, I m adding a recent segment of the Bill Moyers Journal.  If you haven t seen the Bill Moyers Journal you are missing some of the best reporting and journalism anywhere.  Bill Moyers speaks with John Bogle.  Mr. Bogle isn t some commie pinko who wants everyone to live in communes.  Instead, he is the creator and chairman of the highly successful Vanguard Group investment company. When I was growing up Sears was the place to get appliances and tools.  They sold their products at a good price and they gave great service.  Every town had a Sears of some sort.  Smaller towns would have catalog stores.  Anyway, something happened to Sears over the last 30 - 40 years.  They lost their way.  They had a big push into the the clothing market with beautiful fashion models designing clothes for them but in the long run that really didn t work out.  Sears has lost a lot of their appliance market to stores like Best Buy and Lowe s.  Anyway, we bought a refrigerator last Saturday the 17th.  We wanted the refrigerator as soon as possible.  One week.  One week deliver?  That s crazy.  I can order something from E-Bay or Amazon and get it the next day but I can t get a refrigerator for a week? Next, these corporate morons give you a 4 hour window for deliver.  So, since most families have 2 people working, someone has to take off for 4 hours and wait.  It is a waste of our time and money.  So, the refrigerator arrives on Saturday.   There is much rejoicing until a huge dent is found on the top right corner.  Although the refrig was packaged in thin Styrofoam it wasn t protected.  We sent the refrigerator back.  We called Sears.  We wanted delivery later on that day of a dent-free refrigerator.  Not.  After an hour on the phone with multiple transfers and hang ups, we are told that someone would call us today, Sunday.  The bottom-line is that we haven t gotten our refrigerator.  Sears has our money and we have nothing but a promise of a dent-free refrigerator this coming Wednesday.  We saw a better deal on the exact same refrigerator at Best Buy with next day delivery in the paper today.  We are tempted to go buy that one but getting our money back would be a bear. Another corporation that proves we need more oversight is an assisted living place in North Dallas.  One of my best friends had his father there.  The place was a wonderful facility 10 years ago.  Great atmosphere.  Attentive staff the works.  It was expensive but worth it.  Well, over the last year or two, the only thing that is the same is the exterior.  Who knows who bought it?  The bottom-line is that good personnel have left.  The trash have stayed.  Residents are now getting mediocre care.  This weekend my friend moved his father to another facility 5 - 10 miles north of the old one.  Hopefully, this will be better.  If there are any citizens who deserve our best (besides our veterans) it is our elderly.   They have been productive members of society.  Their only crime has been that they have out lived their failing bodies. amazon, appliance market, best buy, bill moyers, Corporate Wrongs, corporate america, e bay, john bogle, sears, vanguard group

my first yankees game. i wish i had a zoom lens here, cuz this catch is effing incredible. look close. Cast: Chris Bodenner

Cast: Chris Bodenner, Zach Klein

flight to the abacos, bahamas. the (almost) best vacation ever. until disaster struck: http://www.zachklein.com/sb2004/ Cast: Chris Bodenner, Zach Klein

lost: http://www.zachklein.com/sb2004/ Cast: Chris Bodenner, Zach Klein and pete sulick

Cast: Chris Bodenner, Nick Gray

Derek Jeter makes a diving catch while colliding with player. Cast: Chris Bodenner

Cast: Chris Bodenner, Zach Klein and marguillem

Cast: Chris Bodenner, pete sulick

We ambushed Nick in the shower and tossed him out in the hall buck naked. Not only was he locked out and without clothes, but also with glasses/contacts (Nick Gray is very blind). Naked, cold, wet, blind, confused...like a newborn baby. This was all because of misplaced blame on a practical joke (Nick was in fact innocent). Cast: Chris Bodenner, Nick Gray

Cast: Chris Bodenner, Zach Klein