Fascinated by an article I just read in Quartz at Work about WeWork’s inclusion of employee activism in its public filing with the SEC. The S-1 filing says: “If our employees were to engage in a strike or other work stoppage or interruption, our business…
Read MoreOne of the questions we asked in our survey on Employee Activism was regarding the kinds of tools people used to speak up against or in support of their employers when it came to hot button social issues. We were surprised to learn that word…
Read MoreWith the news about El Paso, Dayton, and everything else happening, I can’t not think about our ongoing research on Civility in America. We have been surveying the topic with Powell Tate and KRC Research since 2010 and as the architect of this groundbreaking research…
Read MoreBy the way, I am back writing my blog. I’ve missed the experience for the past year or so and decided over my vacation this summer to resume what I started over a decade ago. I hope that my followers will give me a second…
Read More2017 was a year like no other for soul-searching issues such as worldwide movements toward populism, concerns over sexual harassment in the workplace, starving polar bears and bots spreading fake news — to name just a few. From the looks of it, most of these…
Read MoreI wanted to share this piece I wrote for Harvard Business Review on what we have learned about CEO and corporate activism so far. We’ve been consistently monitoring the dynamic of CEOs speaking out on some of the hot button issues of the day. In…
Read MoreWell, I was relieved to see that the word “hate” had fewer mentions than “love” when I searched on Google. That might change over the next few days as people try to reconcile what happened in Charlottesville yesterday. In our Civility in America study with…
Read MoreIn our survey on CEO activism this year, we were curious as to which topics Americans thought appropriate for CEOs to talk about. Not every topic is ripe for CEO activism. The findings were interesting and track with what is most probably on people’s minds. Overall…
Read MoreAs you know if you follow me, I am particularly intrigued by this newest strain of CEO visibility and engagement which has emerged and is rapidly evolving – CEO activism. We at Weber Shandwick along with KRC Research have been examining this phenomenon for some…
Read MoreThere is always time for a first when it comes to CEO Activism. First we had the CEOs in opposition to the anti LGBT laws in 2016. Then we had CEOs against the Trump ban on immigration. Then we had the advertisers pulling ads from…
Read MoreI wanted to share this post that I wrote for HBR on this idea I had on Sanctuary Companies or Work as a Refuge. It is based on our Civility in America ongoing research with Powell Tate and KRC Research and the learning that work…
Read MoreThe reputation of the United States is going south. In the recent Civility in America survey, our seventh wave since 2010, Weber Shandwick with Powell Tate and KRC Research found that American voters agreed that political incivility affects the reputation of the U.S. (86%); that uncivil comments…
Read MoreMcKinsey just released a report on how companies can prepare for corporate crises and why it is critical for such readiness. There are some notable pieces of advice that I wanted to share. Since we manage crises often at Weber Shandwick, I feel fairly schooled…
Read MoreThe headline was America’s Invisible Bosses and naturally I was curious. The research by APPrise Mobile found that nearly one quarter (23%) of Americans who work in companies with over 500 employees (midsized) were not sure whether they could name their CEO. This was more…
Read MoreYou ought to read this article on what makes some CEOs successful and others not. There are lots of interesting things to learn from their 10 year old research study called the CEO Genome Project. The researchers were able to identify what makes a high…
Read MoreOn January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump issued an executive order temporarily banning travel to the United States, initially from seven predominantly Muslim countries that was later reduced to six countries. The action sparked protests around the country and the world, including responses from more…
Read MoreGosh, it’s been a while since I posted. It’s been a nonstop quarter and I feel like I can breathe this weekend. So I thought I’d mention a few things that have been on my radar reputation-wise. First, Harris Poll RQ released their 2017 corporate reputation…
Read More
