Last night the ladies of New York Live had a wonderful Spa night – compliments of our wonderful friend, Essie Weingarten (yes, that ESSIE, the queen of nail polish). Because our little show is coming to an end, I thought it would be nice for the girls (and Nick, our Supervising Producer) to get together for a little pampering. Essie was so generous and offered her new flag ship store on 65th street (between Mad and Park) for mani’s for everyone! It was such a nice night. In addition to manicures, they had wine, (A MUST) crackers and cheese and made us feel really special.
Even though the show is over, I believe and have always believed that the morale of a show is so important. When I was the Executive Producer of the Sally Show and then MAURY, I ran the show with a “cheerleader” mentality. The ratings from the day before would come in at about 9 am and when they were high, I would make signs and hang them all over the office! Everyone who has worked with me knows this was a ritual! It makes people happy and makes people want to come to work. When the office is a happy place it just makes work not feel so much like “work”!
Being the boss is not always easy, but I did always try and be fair and FUN. I believe in creativity and I am not a major rule person. I would always say, “There are no rules”. What I meant by that is, don’t get in your own way. Just because you did your show one way one week, you can change it up and do something completely different the next. I also let people have space. I think bosses who micromanage do a disservice to their staffs. People need to flourish, and I am grateful that on the whole, most of my bosses (with a few exceptions) let me be me and I tried to do the same.
Today the office is filled with 17 women who have an array of beautifully colored nails! If you know Essie’s colors, you can only imagine what our nails look like!! Now I have an office of hard working happy women! Now, what can I do for the men???????? Good Morale all around!
I want you all to enjoy the career that has been so much fun for me too! And you can!
Jane Hanson and I are having our first Media Training Boot Camp on Sat Aug 4th – here in NYC.
Our company is called “THE MEDIA MASTERS”
OUR WEBSITE IS BEING MADE
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Amy@Rosenblumtv.com
DONNA, THIS IS SOOOO VERY BEAUTIFUL WHAT YOU DID AND WHAT YOU SAID HERE. IT IS SIMILIAR THE WAY I THOUGHT WHEN I WAS A MATH TEACHER WITH MY STUDENTS. THEY REALLY RESPECTED ME–
YOU REALLY HIT HOME WHEN I READ THIS MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW. OR MAYBE YOU DO KNOW.
HOW I WISH FOR THIS KIND OF DAY-I USE TO HAVE PRETTY NAIL LIKE THE WAY YOU MADE EVERYONE FEEL THERE– AND TE PEOPLE WHO DID THE NAILS
PEOPLE MAY JUST THINK ITS JUST NAILS–BUT I CAN SEE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT IS MORE THAN JUST THAT–IT REALLY DOES MAKE A PERSON FEEL BETTER ABOUT TEMSELVES–KNOW THAT YOU DID A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THING FOR THE WOMEN–I KNOW THEY MUST HAVE ALL FELT HAPPY AND PRETTY
I KNOW I CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE. YOU PROVIDE SUCH A NICE ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS CONDUCIVE FOR PEOPLE TO WORK HARDER. THATS WHAT I TRIED TO DO FOR MY STUDENTS–I USE TO DECORATE THE ROOM WITH THERE OWN MATH PROJECTS AND IT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE EVEN IF PEOPLE MAY NOT SAY IT TO YOU–IT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WOW–WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON
MORE THAN I KNEW OR THOUGHT DONNA.
I AAPPRECITE THE EMAILS YOU SENT ME AND FOR PUTTING ON MY FACEBOOK WHICH IS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO DO–BEING BEDRIDDEN- THE LAPTOP LITTLE HARD TOO–
IT BEEN REALLY HARD 4 ME TO CHAT THIS WEEK BUT BEEN WATCHING SCROOL–I SOOO LOVE THE SHOW. IT DID ENCOURAGE ME TO START TO SEE SOME BEAUTY DONNA. CAUSE AS RAPE VICTIM–I REALLY LOST ALL THAT
THESE PAST 4 YEARS–BUT WHEN I STARTED TO SEE SHOW–I WAS ONE OF YOUR FIRST CHATTERS–YOUR SHOW REALLY BEEN THERAPY FOR ME–THE HACKENSACK HOMECARE NURSE ARE SAD TOO THAT I WILL BE LOSING THE SHOW AS IT WAS PART OF MY THERAPY ALONG WITH ON-LINE SUPPORT GROUP.
BUT, YOUR SHO HELPED ME IN MANY WAYS TO START TO SEE BEAUTY AGAIN–LIKE BEN IN THE PARK, SARA WITH BABY, THE FOOD, THE CLOTHING, THE PETS OF COURSE, NBN ROB TOO. ALL OF YOU IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND OF COURSE THE CHATTERS–I MADE SOME FRIENDS FROM THE SHOW WHICH ARE
ENCOURAGING ME TO PLAY ON-LINE GAMES WITH THEM. THEY ALSO BEEN PRAYING FOR ME WHEN EACH COURT DATE.
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART–I REALLY AM GOING TO MISS THE SHOW, I LOVE EACH OF YOU IN DIFFERENT WAY. YOU EACH HELP ME TO GROW SOME.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
LOVE,
FRAN METALLO