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Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg resigned today following a front-page New York Times story about the 55-year-old executive putting pressure on the Federal Aviation Administration to move more quickly in allowing the 737 Max jet to return to service.
In announcing Muilenburg's departure, Boeing said it “decided a change of leadership was necessary to restore confidence in the company as it works to repair relationships with regulators, customers and other stakeholders.”
Chairman David Calhoun will take over as president/CEO effective Jan. 13. Board member Lawrence Kellner today slides into the non-executive chairman slot. CFO Greg Smith will serve as interim CEO during the leadership transition to Calhoun.
Boeing brought in Edelman in May to help navigate the 737 Max turbulence.
If you’re like a lot of people, you have been obsessed with “Love Story,” the FX series that has been airing for the past eight weeks about JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. But why didn’t Kennedy use crisis PR to deal with the paparazzi, the news media and the tabloids?
Much is made of the importance of proper planning to anticipate and manage a crisis—but what matters most is understanding how decisions will be made once the crisis is underway.
Slow and procedural messaging without emotional resonance, fragmented leadership communication, overwhelming policy‑heavy language and a pervasive gap between words and observable action have repeatedly undermined corporate credibility.
New York Magazine profiles 78-year-old Peggy Siegal, who was once among the most powerful publicists in the Big Apple, in an article headlined: "The Grand Dame of the Epstein Files.”
