A celebrated article in Forbes viewed by almost 2 million readers highlights the 10 communication secrets of great leaders. It noted, “Effective communication is an essential component of professional success whether it is at the interpersonal, inter-group, intra-group, organizational, or external level.” Read more
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Gillette Ad Challenges Toxic Masculinity in the #MeToo movement
We Believe: The Best Men Can Be is a new ad from Gillette taking aim at toxic masculinity in the era of the #MeToo movement. The video quickly went viral as consumers applauded Gillette’s efforts while others blasted the brand sending #GilletteBoycott trending. Read more
Gillette Ad Takes on Toxic Masculinity in the Era of Woke Advertising
A new ad from Gillette titled, “We Believe: The Best Men Can Be,” has gone viral on social media eliciting a wide range of responses from consumers. Some praised Gillette’s parent company, Procter & Gamble, for its risk in taking on the topic of toxic masculinity in the era of the #MeToo movement while others felt the message went too far and responded with #Gilletteboycott posts. Read more
Marriott’s Mea Culpa
A few weeks ago, Marriott announced a data breach had hit its Starwood brand reservations systems, putting the personal and financial information of up to 500 million guests from the last four years at risk. Read more
Dolce & Gabbana’s Promotional Video Campaign Causes Chaos in China
Just hours before their major fashion show in Shanghai was scheduled to start, Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana canceled the event after facing extensive backlash for recent promotional videos and Instagram messages.
GSA Schedule, or Not – What Makes Sense?
This post is guest written by Jennifer Schaus.
The answer is “it depends”. GSA Schedules are a vendor short list, a marketing tool only and absolutely NOT required to do business with the US Federal Government. Read more
Inappropriate Workplace Behavior Leads to a PR Crisis for Google and NBC News
Both Google and NBC News came under fire this week for their handling of inappropriate workplace behavior thus offering contrasting examples of how to handle a PR crisis. In the article, “PR Lessons from Google’s and NBC’s Contrasting Crisis Responses,” CEO Andy Gilman offers his advice for the two companies. Read more
CEO Andy Gilman weighs in on latest Papa John’s PR crisis
Papa John’s Founder, CEO, and iconic face of the brand, John Schnatter, has a history of making controversial comments. However, it was his latest that caused him to abruptly resign as chairman. Read more
Resignation of Papa John’s Chairman John Schnatter Draws Comparisons to Fmr. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick
After admitting he used the “N-word” during a company conference call in May, Papa John’s founder and CEO John Schnatter resigned as chairman earlier this week. This was not the first time he received media backlash after his controversial comments. Read more
SVP Nick Peters quoted in CNN Money article on CEO’s response to Trump’s immigration border policy
The images from the warehouses and tent camps along the Southern Texas border where thousands of immigrant children have been detained after being separated from their parents are powerful. Now, top executives and CEOs of American companies such as Apple, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and others are condemning the Trump administration’s policy. Read more