Category: Crisis Management
May 25, 2020
Boiling Over: Alison Roman’s Reputation Crisis
When we first read about Alison Roman’s critical comments regarding her successful peers Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo in an interview last month, we knew a reputation crisis was bubbling up for the popular cookbook…
May 11, 2020
Reputation Building for Police Chiefs
Since the COVID-19 health crisis has swept the world, some elected officials have become famous because of their effective crisis communications response. People from all over the country and even different countries tune in to…
May 8, 2020
Title IX: Legal Insight into Reputation-Damaging College Issues
Few college experiences are as shattering as being the victim of a sexual assault — or being accused of it when the circumstances do not support the accusations. New federal regulations were announced this month,…
February 1, 2020
Divorcing? Reputation Pitfalls Ahead
At times like these, some of our thoughts turn to divorce. Divorce filings spike in times of duress. The bigger the financial stakes, the deeper the reputational pitfalls before, during and after a divorce. This…
January 19, 2020
A Royal Crisis, Averted
A media explosion occurred when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex — Prince Harry and Meghan — announced their decision to step away from their Royal roles, leave England and step into the private sector.…
January 5, 2020
Celebrity Crisis Management in 2020
Anne Helen Petersen’s new article in Buzzfeed is a timely look at how celebrities used to be at the mercy of paparazzi…and are no more. (Well, not as much.) Now, social media allows them to…
May 28, 2019
Managing Reputation Risk in a Digital World
This month I sat down with RANE Network for a webinar discussing the evolving landscape of reputational diligence. It highlighted the ways organizations can mitigate the risk to their brand. We all agreed that…
March 15, 2019
Reputation Fallout: The Admissions Scandal
“College Admission Scandal’s Other Big Names Are Titans of Finance and Law,” announces a New York Times headline. The article describes a federal investigation into U.S. college admissions fraud—an investigation of “prominent parents who stand…