Establishing a communications “war room” in a crisis is one of the first tactical steps to get on top of a fast breaking situation.
It’s essential to have a central place for a crisis team.
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The CEO Scorecard: Measuring CEO Reputation
CEOs on the hot seat is a regular photo opp this month. The recent litany began with GM, Chrysler and Ford flying into DC on their private jets. Next came the Wall Street banks. Read more
CLASH OF SPONSORS IN MEMPHIS
You would think the Professional Golf Association (PGA) has had enough of controversy, what with Tiger this and Tiger that.
So making a tempest out of a teapot would seem to be against the PGA brand’s interest. Read more
Toyota and Tiger – mid course Crisis updates
Tiger played golf and kept the focus on the links. Toyota hit another bump with another quality problem.
The crises for Tiger Woods and the Toyota brands are far from over.
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When Publicity Risk Factors Are Part of Wall Street Financial Reporting
The recent spate of negative press and public outrage at investment bank Goldman Sachs’ compensation of its executives and other practices has reached into a new arena: the company’s SEC-mandated financial filings. Read more
Toyota’s Image Re-Building: The Start of a Long Haul
The headline from the past two days of Toyota testimony before Congress is clear. Toyota has finally shaped and disseminated a message of corporate contrition: we grew too fast, focused on revenues and profits instead of quality control and the customer, and we forgot what got us to the top in the first place.
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Power of LinkedIn Groups for Entrepreneurs and Communicators
Here’s an ongoing case study of a great use of LinkedIn Groups that solves the entrepreneur’s issue of where to go for inputs and advice.
I say ongoing because fellow professionals are still chiming in with advice. Read more
In Crisis Communications Perception Is Reality
Point One: The only thing that matters as much as a leader BEING in command of a dangerous situation is whether he or she APPEARS to others to be in command. Read more
If the Washington Post didn’t hear or see the tree fall, it still may have happened.
Remember the riddle: If a tree falls in the woods and no one was there to see or hear it, how do we know it really fell? The new answer is because of cell phone camera and Facebook and Twitter. Read more
Tiger and the White House Party Crashers
Tiger Woods was the best thing that happened this week to the still nearly-famous (will they soon become infamous?) Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the Virginia reality-TV aspiring couple who “crashed” the White House state dinner last week and didn’t show up when invited for Congressional testimony. Read more