KPMG UK Chair Quits After Telling Staff to 'Stop Moaning' About Pandemic
Fri, Feb. 12, 2021
By Kevin McCauley
KPMG UK chairman Bill Michael quits after telling staff to "stop moaning" about work conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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KPMG UK chairman Bill Michael quits after telling staff to "stop moaning" about work conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eli Lilly’s CFO Josh Smiley has resigned after an investigation found that he maintained “consensual though inappropriate personal communications” with a number of employees.
The catastrophic events of 2020 illustrate how easily trust is lost during a crisis, and why establishing and maintaining trust is paramount for protecting brands’ reputations.
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The post-truth era has rewritten the crisis playbook, making it critical for leaders to have a scalable response plan handy when their brands or reputations are attacked.
The events of 2020 have underscored the importance for companies to communicate their corporate social responsibility initiatives to the communities they serve—or crisis can follow.
In order to be successful, companies must begin embracing the fact that crises are inevitable. Today, knowing how to properly manage these multi-part affairs from preparation to follow-through is a key to success.
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Billionaire Ron Lauder and trend-spotter Faith Popcorn have signed on to fight the burial of a power line 30 feet under Wainscott Beach in Long Island’s Hamptons.
Communications lessons we can take away from one of the most historically challenging years on record.
A bankruptcy filing is a significant crisis event for any company, requiring a proactive, integrated communications program that speaks to all impacted stakeholders across every phase of the process.
The events of this year have proven that the expertise of crisis communications professionals will continue to be in high demand.
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Communications steps companies can take when facing a government investigation.
A company’s ability to manage a crisis is made considerably more difficult in an environment where disinformation often travels faster than the truth.
Best practices when providing communications support to municipal leaders and local governments.
Perhaps no industry has borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic worse than the nation’s long-term care facilities. And yet, in the months since, they’ve been able to pivot from the crisis and turn things around.
Despite these past weeks of constant election turmoil and raging pandemic coverage, you may have spotted a headline regarding PornHub, the industry leader in user-generated erotica.
Doug Band, 48-year-old president/co-founder of Teneo and ex-confidante to president Clinton, is stepping down from the high-stakes corporate communications firm to spend more time with his family and pursue other interests.
Susan Lagana, who was managing director for PA & crisis at BCW, has moved to Brunswick Group as a partner in DC.
Pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma will pay more than $8 billion as part of a federal plea settlement for its role in the opioid epidemic.
Theme park brands are struggling this year, which has resulted in a significant number of the layoffs.
Wells Fargo suffered another self-imposed PR setback after statements made by CEO Charles Scharf about black executives in the financial industry went public.
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