I Disagree With You
April 14, 2022 — Crisis / Media Relations
You must admit, those four words can be pretty unsettling. The notion that someone might challenge our opinion, our position or our point of view can quicken our pulse and make us recoil or recede fro…
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Navigating Deal Communications
October 14, 2020 — Brand
Co-authored by Matt Sullivan Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures – these are some of the most challenging communication scenarios investor relations and corporate teams face. And even in the face of…
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M&A Communications – The Risk-Management Role of Corporate Communications
August 8, 2017 — Industry Trends
According to Pitchbook, 2017 is shaping up to be a record year in terms of capital invested in mergers and acquisitions – the events that recast companies, industries, employee and customer and inve…
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Deal Communications – A Different Kind of Hell’s Kitchen
May 16, 2017 — Industry Trends
Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures – these are some of the most challenging communications scenarios corporate teams face. Moreover, they are intense change-management exercises since they introduc…
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The Value of Vulnerability
August 30, 2016 — Industry Trends
There’s no shortage of “how to manage a crisis” articles, experts and opinions. But I recently stumbled upon a Harvard Business Review (HBR) piece entitled “The Organizational Apology” that…
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Media Making Moves: Insights from Communications CockTALE Club
April 8, 2014 — Crisis / Media Relations
Recently, we hosted the fourth installment of PadillaCRT’s Communications CockTALE Club – our combination think tank/drink tank that brings together corporate communications professionals, compell…
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