Category: Business

Judd Zebersky’s departure from Jazwares in March 2026 closed a chapter that began in 1997 when he left his law practice and flew to China to learn how to manufacture toys. He had no manufacturing experience. He had a law degree from the University of Miami School of Law, a background in litigation, and a […]

Most patients who considered facelifts for decades faced an unspoken trade-off: accept an obviously operated appearance or age without intervention. The telltale signs of surgery taut skin, distorted hairlines, unnatural facial contours followed patients for years and became the defining public perception of cosmetic surgery. Surgeons trained in conventional methods often defended these outcomes as […]

Judd Zebersky did not come to the toy industry through the usual path. He trained as a lawyer, earned his JD from the University of Miami School of Law, and ran his own law firm before concluding that he would rather make toys. That decision, unconventional by any measure, launched what would become a nearly […]

The conventional career arc for a successful Fortune 500 CEO does not usually include a voluntary step down in scale. Michael Polk broke with that pattern, and he would argue the departure from convention was one of the better professional decisions he has made. Trading Scale for Depth After leading Newell Brands through a period […]

Few voices in the midstream energy sector carry more weight than Kelcy Warren‘s, and at the Hart Energy LIVE event in December 2023, he made sure that weight was felt. Warren, inducted into the Hart Energy Hall of Fame, delivered a message that was part gratitude and part industry advocacy, leaning hard on his belief […]

Kelcy Warren, executive chairman of Energy Transfer, made a bold declaration at the Hart Energy LIVE event in December 2023: the notion of transitioning away from fossil fuels is not just unlikely, it is, in his words, impossible. Warren, who was honored as part of the Hart Energy Hall of Fame class, used the occasion […]

On March 20, 2026, Judd Zebersky formally stepped down as CEO of Jazwares, closing a chapter he opened in the late 1990s when he left a law career to learn toy manufacturing in Chinese factories. Chief Operating Officer David Neustein, who had served in that role for 14 years, assumed the top position on March […]

Culture in industrial companies faces challenges that office-based organizations don’t encounter. Workers are distributed across project sites, not concentrated in a single facility. Supervision is intermittent rather than constant. Physical conditions vary dramatically, and the work itself creates pressures that can push against cultural standards when the choice is between safety and speed, or between […]

Strategic partnerships succeed when both parties bring complementary strengths that combine to create more value than either could generate independently. The Aptive Environmental and Grit Marketing partnership is a clear example of this dynamic in action. Aptive Environmental brings a pest control service that is genuinely effective, professionally delivered, and focused on customer satisfaction. Grit […]

Many professionals look back on their direct sales experience as one of the most valuable periods of their career — not because of the specific skills they learned, but because of the character it built. Grit Marketing has observed this pattern across hundreds of alumni and has leaned into it as a core part of […]