Archive for November, 2009

On Communications and Credibility

Oh boy, do I hear this a lot: “I can’t be successful with my communications program, because communicators have no credibility with the executives!”   In many cases, both statements are true.  You can’t be successful if your executives aren’t buying in, and you’ll never have credibility if you are not successful.  Chicken or the egg, […]

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In This Economy: It’s the Customer, Stupid!

It began with James Carville and George Stephanopolous trying to focus presidential candidate Bill Clinton on what mattered most in 1992:
“It’s the economy, stupid!”
Now twenty-seven years later, the economy is again the most pressing issue on the minds of executives everywhere.  For some, the last two years have been the most desperate in their […]

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