Category: Leadership

  • Blogging requires personal participation

    Yesterday I led a workshop on blogging in London for the CIPR during which the group spent a bit of time talking about ghost blogging. Scott Adams’ perceptive Dilbert cartoon, first published two years ago, takes an extreme but comical…

  • Making a difference with IABC

    Even thought it’s Wednesday and mid week, my mind is still full of thoughts about an amazing long weekend that concluded for me yesterday after a whirlwind 10,700-mile round trip to San Francisco and the IABC 2009 World Conference. As…

  • Speaking out on IABC advocacy

    In last Thursday’s FIR #436 podcast, I reported on a call to action by current IABC Chair, Barbara Gibson, concerning moves by the New Zealand government to reduce the number of communications staff in government as part of its efforts…

  • Truth and consequences about trust

    On the basis that a picture is worth a thousand words, the chart below speaks loudly and clearly about the decline in trust in businesses that’s practically uniform in almost all the 20 countries included in the Edelman 2009 Trust…

  • Tackling ivory towers and silos

    Downsizing is the undisputed global management trend of the moment, says The Economist in a feature in the current edition that discusses what some companies are doing to reduce costs beyond the job cuts that have been making the news…