[Originally posted on Havas Peaks.] Given all the backlash against corporate executives who dared to get on a private aircraft in the past few years, it would seem as if anyone who doesn’t travel in seat 35E would keep quiet about it. But yet, even as the blowback against personal travel and private aviation has [...]
Mar 07, 2013 | Categories:Brands, Features | Tags: adrenaline, adventure, brand, C-suite, CEO, CEO brand, Cessna, corporate jet, corporate policies, creativity, debt, decision-making, distraction, flying, focus, Gary Green, growth, helicopter, International Franchise Association, Larry Ellison, leverage, Lundquist College of Business, M&A, Mendoza College of Business, mergers and acquisitions, Micron Technology, O'Hare, Oracle, personal brand, personal branding, pilot, plane, PostNet, private aircraft, relax, Richard Branson, risk, risk taker, Steve Appleton, Steve Greenbaum, stock return volatility, Strategic Franchising Systems, thrill seeker | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on PRWeek.com.] This is the second in a series of three posts that will discuss what I see as a PR émigré managing in a world where evolution meets revolution. Some cities always attract the limelight. New York and Paris have rich pasts full of historic events and interesting people that will always [...]
Oct 25, 2012 | Categories:Brands, Features, PR, Social Media, Trends | Tags: Amtrak, Bill Clinton, Brands, Buddy Cianci, C-suite, cities, Cory Booker, David Jones, digital at the core, evolution, Havas, John Wren, Martha Stewart, Newark, One Young World, personal branding, Pittsburgh, place making, PR, Providence, PRWeek, public relations, Richard Branson, Sir Martin Sorrell, solutions mindset, Tony Hsieh, transparency, Trends | Leave A Comment »
Some of you blog loyalists out there might remember my excitement at the prospect of working with so many talented women this summer, and that has indeed been one of the highlights of this job. In the United States, female leadership averages about 16 percent in every sector across the board. I had just finished [...]
Jul 27, 2012 | Categories:Features, Insights, One Young House, PR | Tags: @erwwpr, Anne-Marie Slaughter, assertiveness, balance, C-suite, drawing clear lines, female leaders, female leadership, having it all, intern, internship, leadership, likability, salary negotiations, saying no, Sheryl Sandberg, success, superwoman stereotype, TED, The Atlantic, women | Leave A Comment »
With leadership in crisis, work-life juggling acts getting tougher, and Twitter and Facebook leading conversations, ethical C-suite executives today have a great opportunity to stand out by showing their true colors and connecting with their employees, their customers and their communities. Marian Salzman, CEO of @erwwpr, is spearheading agency thought leadership on the issue with [...]
Jul 23, 2012 | Categories:Agency News, Brands, Insights, Social Media | Tags: branding, business leaders, C-suite, CEO, CEO branding, CEOs, conversation, education, Facebook, leadership, Social Media, thought leadership, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
This is the sixth in a series of 10 posts about different aspects of CEO branding. As a CEO, you are not only responsible for profitability and productivity, but you’re also the top representative for the views and philosophies of the company you lead. Your company website no doubt has pages dedicated to what your [...]
Jul 23, 2012 | Categories:Brands, Features, Insights, Media, PR, Social Media | Tags: AT&T, blog, book, broadcast media, C-suite, CEO, CEO branding, CEOs, Coca-Cola, content, Dean Kamen, ghostwriter, Google, great story, Internet, magazine, newspaper, Patch, PowerPoint, Seth Godin, speaking, storytelling, TED, the Huffington Post, Tony Robbins, video, website, writing | Leave A Comment »
This is the fifth in a series of 10 posts about different aspects of CEO branding. At every level, the future of America depends on raising the educational level of the whole population. Gone are the mass-production jobs that allowed low-skilled people to get work in a factory operating a machine and earn a pretty [...]
Jul 20, 2012 | Categories:Brands, Features, Insights, Youth | Tags: business leaders, business school deans, C-suite, Caterpillar, CEO, CEO branding, CEOs, college, early-childhood education, education, James Owens, labor, learning, M.B.A., management, North Carolina State University, strategic thinking, The Wall Street Journal, university | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on Stamford magazine's website.] Last Saturday morning, you could say I had a bit of a wake-up call. We sat eating Nova on Fairway bagels with a few weekend guests, our banter made a bit fuzzier by the previous night’s homemade sangria, courtesy of my sister, and icy margaritas from Jim’s son, courtesy [...]
Jul 03, 2012 | Categories:Features, Insights, Social Media, Technology, Trends | Tags: 140 characters, 24/7/365, Advertising, BlackBerry, C-suite, cloud, connection, digital, distractions, intimacy, Jay Chiat, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Mark Wnek, mobility, smartphone, Social Media, solitude, telephobia, telephone, text, virtuality, voice, voice mail | Leave A Comment »
Right now, corporate distrust is at a record high: First there were the Enron and Bernie Madoff scandals, then that whole Wall Street crisis, followed by revelations about John Edwards. More recently, Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn was dismissed (with a $6 million severance package) after allegations that he had an inappropriate friendship with a [...]
Jun 29, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Trends | Tags: authenticity, Bernie Madoff, Best Buy, Best Buy CEO, Brian Dunn, C-suite, C-suite leadership, CEOs, chief executives, communication, Enron, honesty, John Edwards, leaders, leadership, leadership trends, lying, Rielle Hunter, Scott Thompson, transparency, truthfulness, Wall Street crisis, Yahoo, Yahoo CEO | Leave A Comment »
What can we learn from people who have created a brilliant Brand Me? In today’s highly curated world of social networking, it’s more important than ever to let your personal brand beacon hit new heights. Your brand can incorporate everything from the hobbies you pursue in off-hours (as if that exists with the always-on, 24/7/365 [...]
Jun 04, 2012 | Categories:Brands, Fashion, Features, Insights, Marketing, Social Media, Technology | Tags: ambition, Apple, Bethenny Frankel, blog, blogosphere, Brand Me, Brands, business, C-suite, CEO, confidence, creativity, customer service, Dunkin' Donuts, Erika Napoletano, fearlessness, good, good taste, innovation, Internet, Lauren Bush, LeBron James, LinkExchange, Marketing, Microsoft, Nike, personal brand, planning, Ralph Lauren, RedheadWriting, Richard Branson, SapientNitro, Skinnygirl, Social Media, Steve Jobs, Tony Hsieh, Virgin Atlantic, Zappos | Leave A Comment »
Google co-founder Larry Page is reportedly “obsessed” with Facebook, even “paranoid” about it. Seeing the social network as Google’s No. 1 adversary, the recently reminted Google CEO rolled out Google+ last year and revamped Google’s privacy policy, all in the name of stealing some of Facebook’s thunder. But for each of Google’s successes, Facebook appears [...]
May 16, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Social Media, Technology, Trends | Tags: advertising trends, Apple, C-suite, CEO, Facebook, Google, Google Plus, Instagram, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, smartphones, Social Media, Tagtile, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
