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How Mass Layoffs Affect Corporate Brands

The Horizons Tracker

This research shows the tricky balance between saving money in the short term and protecting a company’s reputation in the long run during economic crises. “If, on the other hand, companies send out a lot of PR and CSR messages in parallel with the layoff, this average damage to the brand can be significantly contained.”

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Leadership—Unwrapped and Unadorned

Lead Change Blog

The PR team elected to pass this complaint letter in response to then CEO Herb Kelleher with a bit of background about the never-happy customer. The audience was so stunned there was a long silence as she waited for the first question. The public relations team struggled to find new ways to try and appease Mrs. Crabapple.

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How HR Can Help Managers To Become Better Leaders

Tanveer Naseer

You aren’t likely to be affected by any team bias or prejudice, and probably find it easy to remain objective about the organization’s short-term and long-term needs. As a result, they may focus on solving short-term, operational problems while losing sight of long-term objectives.

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What Was Unilever Thinking?

N2Growth Blog

The PR Disaster that resulted when Unilever decided a run a Dove Soap ad on its U.S. Here are some thoughts on the matter: The senior leadership team was not aligned and was not hands-on: Alignment of group or organizational form and function with the strategic plan is essential to successful, long-term execution.

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Does Starbucks New CEO Signal a Culture Change?

Modern Servant Leader

One concern with leaders changing positions as often as Laxman has, is whether they’ve excelled too quickly, rarely if ever, remaining in roles long enough to own the changes they implemented, or be accountable to the long-term implications of those decisions. Laxman Narasimhan’s LinkedIn Profile About Section.

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Employee Reskilling Is The Answer to the Talent Shortages At Work

HR Digest

PR Newswire recently reported on a study by PeopleScout and Spotted Zebra that found that 9 out of 10 HR leaders believed that employee reskilling would be necessary for 50 percent of their workforce. These were good numbers considering that the 1.4

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How to Discover Your Organization’s Deep Purpose

Skip Prichard

They know that for deep purpose to take hold, both their daily actions and long-term strategic plans must be consistent with the overarching purpose. Unfortunately, many leaders view purpose as little more than a convenient PR tool. They make sure to embed their purpose in the very operating system of their organizations.