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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Communicating, Musings, Political communications | 1 Comment »
[photopress:Tony_Snow.jpg,full,pp_image] Tony Snow, former White House press secretary who died Saturday, was a true communications professional, devoted to helping people understand even the most complex issues. I will always ... Read more..Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Communicating, Dumb company stories, Leadership | 1 Comment »
Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli 's poor communications judgment and skills hurt Home Depot's reputation. But communications still doesn't seem to be a priority for him. Rather than having ... Read more..Friday, November 2nd, 2007 Posted in Communicating, Dumb company stories, Leadership, Smart company stories, Social media strategy | 1 Comment »
Nothing gets people talking (and thinking) like a contrarian or counterintuitive point of view. A good example can be seen in a post today over at the Running a ... Read more..Sunday, August 5th, 2007 Posted in Communicating, Language, Leadership, Political communications, Public Relations | No Comments »
Who are many CEOs and sales executives most similar to? a) Al Gore b) Bob Kerry c) Bob Dole The answer is all of the above. The reason is that most ... Read more..Friday, July 27th, 2007 Posted in Activating change, Leadership, Musings | 1 Comment »
While there's a lot of interest in customer engagement, don't forget employee engagement. And it seems most companies have. A Towers Perrin study found that just 21 percent of all ... Read more..Thursday, July 19th, 2007 Posted in Language, Leadership | No Comments »
Guy Kawasaki recently posted an excerpt of Beyond Buzz, the nine themes people like to talk about and hear about — on his blog. (Thanks Guy!) ... Read more..Monday, March 26th, 2007 Posted in Leadership | No Comments »
How to help your CEO talk in a more interesting way? Ask her/him to create a Top 10 list with ideas, beliefs and advice that's related to one ... Read more..Wednesday, January 25th, 2006 Posted in Leadership | No Comments »
Peter Drucker sure had a way with questions. Today during an online tribute to Drucker, 600 of us Drucker-philes—including speakers Tom Peters, Marshall Goldsmith, Frances Hesslebein, and David Maister ... Read more..Monday, January 16th, 2006 Posted in Leadership, Musings, Political communications | 1 Comment »
Women stepping up to run countries were in the news today. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a 67-year-old Harvard-trained economist, is being inaugurated as the president of Liberia, the first woman president in ... Read more..Thursday, November 10th, 2005 Posted in Language, Leadership, Political communications | No Comments »
In times of crisis, the job of leaders is to be visible — to step up and absorb people's fears, reassure them about what's being done, and put the events within ... Read more..
