Category: Crisis Management

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How to Prepare an Executive for Increased Media Visibility

Increased media visibility is often treated as a communications milestone: a major interview, a sought-after speaking opportunity, a high-profile announcement, or a chance to elevate an executive’s public profile. But visibility changes more than recognition. It changes scrutiny. The moment an executive becomes more visible, their words, judgment, leadership style, past decisions, digital footprint, and […]

There’s Already a Story About You. You Didn’t Write It.

You don’t get to choose whether there’s a narrative. Only whether you authored it. You’ve watched it happen. Someone spends twenty years building something,  a name, a table, a reputation people traveled for and then one sentence, one clip, one bad afternoon, and the whole thing is smoke by dinner. Everyone acts surprised, as if […]

When Scandal Becomes Strategy: The Leadership Lessons Everyone Missed

It didn’t start with a statement. It started with an *entrelacement*, a full-body moment between the CEO of Astronomer and his Head of HR. Captured mid-concert, mid-crowd, and mid-embrace. Not a whisper of affection, but an unambiguous display of intimacy between two high-level executives, both married, both under the scrutiny of leadership roles. The footage […]

What Is a Crisis, Really? 

In today’s hyper-connected and unforgiving digital ecosystem, the definition of a crisis has evolved. It is no longer limited to large-scale corporate scandals or televised disasters. A modern crisis can be as subtle as an ambiguous LinkedIn post, a poorly timed internal email, or a public misstep captured on video and shared millions of times […]