Must Reads
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
Trump’s Oval Office Tweets Force CEOs to Choose Fight or Flight
Shannon Pettypiece, Rick Clough, and Lindsey Rupp, Bloomberg, February 8, 2017
President Donald Trump is injecting himself into the daily business of U.S. companies to an unprecedented extent, spurring investors and executives to weigh their exposure to his wrath when making decisions.
The latest was Nordstrom Inc., which drew Trump’s public anger on Twitter Wednesday for discontinuing his daughter Ivanka’s line, saying sales had slumped.
Two hours after attacking the department store, Trump hosted Intel Corp.’s Chief Executive Officer Brian Krzanich in the Oval Office to announce that the semiconductor-maker would spend $7 billion on a factory in Chandler, Arizona, creating 3,000 jobs. Once again, Trump took to Twitter.
Not even three weeks into Trump’s presidency, the moves fit a familiar pattern in his dealings with companies: do what Trump wants, or face a presidential rebuke. This direct, company-by-company intervention is forcing CEOs and corporate boards into a choice they’ve never before faced with a sitting president — are we with him, or against him? — in a way that distorts normal decision-making and conflicts with shareholder interests.
Some choose to fight.
“It really depends on who your customers are, what demographic they fit into and whether you want to play towards that or play statesman-like corporate CEO,” said Davia Temin, CEO of Temin and Co., a communications consulting firm. […read more]
Facebook and Google Step Up Efforts to Combat Fake News
Sam Schechner, The Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2017
Lambasted for doing too little to curb fake news during the U.S. presidential race last year, American tech firms are taking a different tack in Europe. With European countries heading into pivotal election campaigns in coming months, Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are rolling out initiatives and tools aimed at slowing the spread of online misinformation by flagging false or hoax news articles for readers. […read more]
Get Others to Tell Your Story, and More Personal Branding Lessons from President Trump
Mark S. Babbitt, Entrepreneur, February 6, 2017
In today’s “me” economy, personal branding has become all-important. Want to become known as a thought leader? Want your next gig to find you? Need to help your startup reach every milestone? You need a solid personal brand.
But where do we learn to make our brands stand out? Who are our role models? And whose personal branding methods can we learn the most from — even if it means learning what not to do? Thankfully, the actions of President Trump provide six personal branding lessons — the good, the bad and the butt ugly. […read more]
Trump CEO Brain Trust Huddles as Corporate America Splits
Justin Sink and Matt Townsend, Bloomberg | Quint, February 3, 2017
President Donald Trump has needled Mary Barra at General Motors Co. He’s troubled Doug McMillon at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and gone after Boeing Co., once headed by Jim McNerney. Those business leaders, and about a dozen others, sat down on Friday with Trump to talk trade, regulation and more.
In his first two weeks as president, Trump has rewritten the Washington playbook for corporate America, as he has for U.S. allies. In the process, he has opened rifts between companies over how to approach matters ranging from taxes to immigration and revealed the first cracks in companies’ tentative embrace of him, drawing criticism from some of the chief executives who were in the room Friday morning.
The meeting is the latest in a series of White House events designed to allow Trump to solicit feedback from business leaders — and burnish his image as a can-do businessman ready to strike deals. The events usually start with pictures and video clips to feed the news cycle and then a closed meeting with the president and top aides.
After the photo ops is when it gets interesting, of course, and it could be up to Blackstone’s Schwarzman to keep things in order, said Davia Temin, founder of the crisis-management company Temin & Co. in New York. If he’s allowed to be in charge, he should run it like a board meeting, with vigorous but respectful debate.
“One model is a high degree of professionalism and politeness, even while being tough and entrenched in your questioning,” she said. But “some boards are different — some boards you have knock-down, drag-outs.” […read more]
Davia Temin, Crisis and Reputational Risk Expert, Honored with the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from Trust Across America
T&C Press Release, Yahoo! Finance, January 30, 2017
Crisis and reputational risk strategist and leadership coach Davia Temin has been honored by Trust Across America-Trust Around the World with its 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes leadership in advancing organizational trust on a global level; Temin has been named one of the group’s “Top Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business” for five consecutive years. […read more]
Preparing for the 2017 Healthcare Cybersecurity Threats
Mac McMillan, HealthIT Security, January 27, 2017
Cybersecurity is a major concern for healthcare executives as we head into 2017. After two years of a steadily increasing cyber threat landscape that resulted in record numbers of patient records compromised, health organizations extorted financially and hospital operations disrupted very publicly, 2017 is likely to be just as interesting. Most organizations surveyed now report having had a major breach, making it all but expected that eventually having a cyber incident is a sure thing. […read more]
Research: Family Firms Are More Innovative Than Other Companies
Nadine Kammerlander and Mar van Essen, Harvard Business Review, January 25, 2017
Family firms aren’t typically thought of as particularly innovative. More often, they’re viewed as risk averse, traditional, and stagnant. However, many family-owned businesses are among the most innovative in their industries. Consider Herr’s Potato Chips and Enterprise Rent-A-Car. We wanted to determine how family firms actually compare to their nonfamily counterparts when it comes to being innovative. Our research suggests the answer is not simple. […read more]
Yahoo Faces SEC Probe Over Data Breaches
Aruna Viswanatha and Robert McMillan, The Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2017
U.S. authorities are investigating whether Yahoo Inc.’s two massive data breaches should have been reported sooner to investors, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could prove to be a major test in defining when a company is required to disclose a hack. […read more]
Podcast Breaking Banks: Why bankers aren’t quite ready for Amazon Alexa
Sam Maule, American Banker, January 22, 2017
Guest host Sam Maule chats with American Banker reporter Lalita Clozel, Sam Hodges, managing director of Funding Circle, and Normand Lepine, senior practice lead at NTT DATA, about U.S. regulators’ approach to fintech companies and trends in smart home devices; interviews Brian Roemmele, founder of PayFinders.com, about the growth of virtual assistants and the security and compliance issues raised by far-field versions like Amazon Alexa; and interviews Brian Solis, principal analyst at Altimeter Group, about digital marketing.. […read more]
10 Leadership Blind Spots That Can Trigger Business Crises In 2017
Leadership, “Reputation Matters,” Forbes, January 18, 2017
When you look closely at what triggers crises in organizations, you often see that there is a major leadership oversight or blind spot that has allowed the crisis to exist in the first place – and then grow, unrecognized, until it’s too late. Just as many leaders want to be perceived as trustworthy in a rapidly changing environment, leaders themselves need to be aware of who and what they are trusting. Misplaced trust is a clear precursor to trouble.
As businesses look toward the coming year, here is a deeper dive into common crisis triggers, so that management teams and boards can recognize hidden risks and danger zones within their organizations. […read more]
