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.
Six secrets to true originality
Adam Grant and Rik Kirkland, McKinsey & Co., August 2016
Author and professor Adam Grant shares six tips on generating great ideas, including reframing your creative process, not worrying about being too old, and learning how to procrastinate artfully. […read more]
What Most CEOs Get Wrong About Becoming “Thought Leaders”
John Rampton, Fast Company, July 25, 2016
CEOs and their marketing teams have long taken “thought leadership” to mean penning blog posts and taking speaking gigs—and so it does. But there’s a much wider range of options out there, and the narrow few that most business leaders tend to tackle can make for diminishing returns and a whole lot of similar-looking content. This article reveals how “thought leadership” can be more than just another bland marketing strategy. […read more]
Davia Temin to Talk of Importance of Identifying, Living One’s Legacy
Deborah Trefts, The Chautauquan Daily, July 25, 2016
At 1 p.m. Monday at the Women’s Club, as part of the Chautauqua Professional Women’s Network series, Davia Temin will speak about “Living Your Legacy Every Day, and Having Fun Doing It!” This will be her third CPWN talk since 2013.
Temin said this is one of her best talks ever.
“This one is about the essential. Branding is fun, but on the superficial end of it,” she said. “This is about essence, legacy and living a cohesive, purposed life day in and day out. There’s a reason The Purpose Driven Life is second in sales after the Bible.”
The song in the hit Broadway musical Hamilton — “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story” — is for her emblematic of what legacy is about. She said everyone has been worried about it, from the ancient Romans to America’s founding fathers to its leaders in the 1950s and the present.
“It has nothing to do with money,” Temin said. “Rather it is about handcrafting the story you leave behind for the world.” […read more]
When Transparency Backfires, and How to Prevent It
David De Cremer, Harvard Business Review, July 21, 2016
Sunlight, as the saying goes, is the best disinfectant. And it’s tempting to think that if we just shine a light on wrongdoing, wrongdoing will go away.
It’s never been easier to collect information on what we’re doing and to share that information with the world. But before we open up completely, we should be aware that transparency is not a universal solution — and may even create new problems. […read more]
Women-Only Poker Tournament a Bet on Career Advancement
Louise Dewast, ABC News, July 11, 2016
Davia Temin was one of 55 CEOs, entrepreneurs, artists and businesswomen from various industries invited to play at a women-only poker tournament in London last month. The event was organized by Heidi Messer, a New York entrepreneur and investor who first launched the tournament in her Manhattan apartment a couple of years ago.
Messer saw the power in the unspoken connection between powerful men in business — created through golf, fraternities or sporting events — and decided it was time for women to have the same. […read more]
Identity Theft Jumps 57% as Fraudsters Target Social Media
Michael Hill, Infosecurity Magazine, July 5, 2016
The number of victims hit by identity theft jumped a hefty 57% last year, according to figures from fraud prevention service Cifas. The firm’s research found that fraudsters are particularly targeting younger internet users with around 24,000 people aged 30 and under suffering identity fraud in 2015, up from 15,766 in 2014 and more than double the 11,000 victims in this age bracket in 2010. […read more]
Being a Good Boss in Dark Times
Jennifer Porter, Harvard Business Review, July 5, 2016
Senseless acts of violence affect all of us. Mass shootings, suicide bombers, assassinations — the emotions such events bring up are strong, even if our personal connection to the events is not. Feelings of sadness, pain, confusion, and anger don’t get checked at the office door. If you’re leading a team or an organization, how can you help manage the emotional culture of the people you’re responsible for? This article’s author shares some valuable lessons for leaders in communities facing exceptionally difficult events. […read more]
Study: Publicizing female CEO appointments comes with a cost
Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, Chicago Tribune, June 14, 2016
Given the push for more women in the C-suite, companies might wish to shout from the rooftops when they appoint a female CEO. But the more they shout, the more their share price might suffer, a new study finds — not necessarily because investors are biased, but because they think others are. […read more]
Crisis of the Week: Signet Confronts Diamond Debacle
Ben DiPietro, The Wall Street Journal’s Risk & Compliance Journal, June 13, 2016
The crisis this week involves Signet Jewelers, which is battling allegations employees substituted premium diamonds with cheaper, man-made substitutes. The company’s stock price declined following the reports.
Signet—which owns national jewelry-store brands Jared, Kay Jewelers and Zales—issued a statement strongly refuting the allegations. “Signet Jewelers’ entire team culture is directed toward ensuring that we earn and maintain customer trust,” the company said. “Incidents of misconduct, which are exceedingly rare, are dealt with swiftly and appropriately.”
Using only the statement issued by the company, the experts break down the effectiveness of its communications, highlighting what’s good about its messaging and tone and delivery, and what’s not so good. How should the company proceed?
Davia Temin, chief executive, Temin and Co.: “Disparagement of a company’s reputation these days can come from all sides, including Wall Street and social media. Signet has just experienced incoming on both fronts, with Wall Street’s questioning of its credit business far more worrisome, as it appears to have some validity and can affect share price valuation immediately, necessitating real business-model changes. It is very difficult to respond publicly to such a situation, as it is changing rapidly, and one can never make assertions that might need to be taken back later, as more information comes to light. Signet has done what it can, so far, although a more fulsome statement will have to be forthcoming at some point.
“As to attacks on social media regarding gem swapping, Signet has done many things quite right in its response, but it just did not go far enough and was not quite as earnest as it could have been in my opinion. The statement it issued was comprehensive, specific and acknowledged what consumers are looking for when buying a diamond. Wisely, it did not mention the specific allegations against it until the second paragraph. I might not have mentioned them at all. Moreover, I would not have relied on trite phrases that, when used, serve to fuel disbelief because they are so trite, such as ‘take seriously,’ ‘earn trust,’ etc.
“Trust is a hard thing to claim you have earned: You earn it or you don’t. Signet says rightly it ‘seeks’ to earn trust, which speaks to its intent, and that is good. But what it does not do is speak to the specifics of whether there is any merit in the reports of its detractors, and what it has done about it. It needs that one element added to its proclamations of good intent to be really believable, and not to be viewed as press release double-speak.
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Crisis of the Week: Signet Confronts Diamond Debacle
Ben DiPietro, The Wall Street Journal’s Risk & Compliance Journal, June 13, 2016
The crisis this week involves Signet Jewelers, which is battling allegations employees substituted premium diamonds with cheaper, man-made substitutes. Using only the statement issued by the company, the experts break down the effectiveness of its communications, highlighting what’s good about its messaging and tone and delivery, and what’s not so good.
“Disparagement of a company’s reputation these days can come from all sides, including Wall Street and social media. It is very difficult to respond publicly to such a situation, as it is changing rapidly, and one can never make assertions that might need to be taken back later, as more information comes to light. Signet has done what it can, so far, although a more fulsome statement will have to be forthcoming at some point,” says Davia Temin. […read more]