Article by Ann Binnie. I heard this morning on the radio a discussion about the various Olympic authorities’ deliberations on whether/who to ban from the Russian squad for misuse of performance enhancing drugs. I was struck by the use of the term “assets” for the athletes in question. Maybe the context of Russia made me […]
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I’m often asked by clients to help them build a business case to secure the budgets and resources required for effective, pro-active reputation management. This is an executive summary that brings together key pieces of research that each look at the benefits of investing in corporate reputation management, much of which informs the work that […]
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By Ann Binnie. I feel the urge to make a “statement of the bleeding obvious”, or at least start a bit of a dialogue about what may, or may not be, self evident. What’s pushed me over from inertia to action – putting digit to keyboard – is the sloppiness with which these terms are […]
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Plan for the fact that managing your CEO’s reputation is part of managing your corporate reputation. There are many examples that demonstrate how the behaviour of a CEO can serve as a catalyst for the unraveling of a corporate reputation, which in turn can lead to value destruction, loss of business and more (e.g. […]
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If there’s one thing that (for me) has defined this recent period in business, it’s the seemingly unquenchable desire for businesses to measure stuff. We have KPIs, KPOs, sentiment tracking, brand trackers, reputation, employee engagement, trust metrics… the list goes on. With so many measures, there’s a real risk of racing to achieve a number, […]
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Can corporate communicators learn from individuals fighting to protect personal reputation? There was a time, not that long ago, when many high profile individuals lived by the mantra of Never Complain, Never Explain. What this meant in practise was that if a story broke in the media, or if an ex-employee or associate spilled the […]
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