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.
Scoundrels in the C-Suite: How Should the Board Respond When a CEO’s Bad Behavior Makes the News?
David F. Larcker and Brian Tayan, “Closer Look,” Stanford Business, May 10, 2016
The board of directors has a responsibility to investigate credible allegations that management has engaged in activity that is not in the interest of the company or its shareholders. In the case of illegal activity, the appropriate response is likely to be very clear. Less obvious are the actions directors should take when the CEO engages in behavior that is questionable but not illegal. This article examines the actions that boards take in response to CEO “bad behavior.” […read more]
What to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed at Work
Anthony Soohoo, Fortune, May 7, 2016
No matter where you’re at in your career and regardless of the industry, the prospect of a burnout is more common than ever before. Becoming an entrepreneur takes immense discipline, requires a dedicated team, and an incredible leap of faith. Long hours and stress are the norm, but the reality is that you also need to step back and put your world into perspective — which often means taking a breather — whether you like it or not. This article’s author shares a few tricks to help recharge and find balance. […read more]
Educating boards
Larry Jaffe, SC Magazine, May 2, 2016
C-suites and boards of directors are increasing their knowledge of IT security risks and needs – before a breach happens. Larry Jaffee reports.
Cybersecurity clearly falls under board-level governance and oversight, notes Davia Temin, CEO of Temin and Company. Boards have rapidly adopted cybersecurity as an issue because they’ve seen the potential for trouble quickly.
However, not all boards have incorporated cybersecurity into their annual plans or oversight activities. The good news is that more and more are leaning in that direction after reading about high-profile breaches in the news. “It’s a very popular topic on the governance speaking circuit,” Temin adds. […read more]
College Students Are Low on Credit — Tech Startups Want to Change That
Mary Wisniewski, American Banker, April 27, 2016
Students used to leave college with two artifacts of their first experiments with credit — free T-shirts and, for better or worse, a credit file. Today they are leaving without either. The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 severely narrowed the industry’s ability to market or issue cards to anyone under the age of 21, causing banks and credit card companies to drastically reduced their peddling of credit products to college students. Following the financial crisis, credit to younger people is now being eyed by tech startups. […read more]
Keeping Sanity in Your Twitter Feed
J.D. Biersdorfer, The New York Times, April 26, 2016
This article’s author explains to those looking to reduce their annoyance levels when scanning their feeds, the difference between muting and blocking someone on Twitter. […read more]
Half of women on boards like quotas but male colleagues say no – survey
Ellen Wulfhorst, Thompson Reuters Foundation News, April 21, 2016
Half of women sitting on corporate boards of directors around the world support quota systems to fix stubborn gender imbalances in the boardroom, but less than 10 percent of their male colleagues agree, said a study released this week by researchers from the Harvard Business School and the WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) Foundation. […read more]
Crisis of the Week: NFL Goes for Knockout Against New York Times
Ben DiPietro, The Wall Street Journal’s Risk & Compliance Journal, April 4, 2016
Crisis of the Week this week jumps into the fight between the National Football League and the New York Times, looking at how the NFL responded to a story alleging the league under-counted the number of players who had suffered concussions.
The NFL issued a statement calling the story false, and saying the league had spoken with journalists working on the story to explain to them why their premise was incorrect. The league then ran a series of ads refuting the story—even putting those ads on the Times website, sometimes with the ad running inside the story the league was contesting. This week it had attorneys send a letter to the newspaper demanding a retraction, which the newspaper refused to provide.
Using only the comments made by the NFL, the experts evaluated how well the league has done so far in defending itself, and spell out how it should proceed. In addition to breaking down the actual comments, analyze the methods the league took to disseminate its message and explain whether they were effective or not, and why.
Davia Temin, CEO, Temin and Co.: “If the NFL would not go on the offense in its own defense, who would? Its response to the NYT is testosterone-driven, using every play in the reputation defense playbook and originating a few more. It also ups the ante, and may not help them in the long run.
“The NFL’s goal, in the face of such a devastating take down by the Times, had to be not only to refute the allegations point-by-point but to cast doubt on the entire article, its writers and the publication’s motives. It did this semi-successfully in its rebuttal, but went too far, allowing the Times to refute its refutation. Not good to wage all-out combat. But its immediate placement of banner ads touting what it is doing to keep players safe–on the very pages containing the negative story–was brilliant. Clearly the NFL was prepared for the story, and deployed every response possible in traditional and social media; some were on-point, others overblown.
“The real mistake? A truism in my business of crisis management is to never repeat a negative allegation. Instead counter with a positive truth. Every time you repeat a negative, people believe it a little more. So, the more times the NFL said in its statements that it is not affiliated in any way with the tobacco industry, the more the public believes it is. Instead, it should have said: ‘This is a totally untrue allegation: our research and communications are completely independent of any other organization. We have never affiliated with anyone like that, ever.’ And that had better be the truth.”
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Crisis of the Week: NFL Goes for Knockout Against New York Times
Ben DiPietro, The Wall Street Journal’s Risk & Compliance Journal, April 4, 2016
Crisis of the Week jumps into the fight between the National Football League and the New York Times, looking at how the NFL responded to a story alleging the league under-counted the number of players who had suffered concussions.
Using only the comments made by the NFL, the experts evaluated how well the league has done so far in defending itself, and spelled out how it should proceed.
“If the NFL would not go on the offense in its own defense, who would?” says Davia Temin. “Its response to the NYT is testosterone-driven, using every play in the reputation defense playbook and originating a few more. It also ups the ante, and may not help them in the long run.” […read more]
What They’re Saying About You When You’re Not In The Room — And What You Can Do To Influence It
Leadership, “Reputation Matters” Forbes, April 4, 2016
When you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu, former Governor of Texas Ann Richards used to say. She may have been referring to politics, but this is equally true in the worlds of business, academia, and nonprofits.
The biggest decisions about your career are often made when you’re not in the room. Whether it’s a decision about if you’ll be hired, promoted, or fired; whether you are put forth by a headhunter to a selection committee and then asked to join a corporate board or become a university trustee; whether you make Managing Director or are passed over; are awarded tenure; or offered the CEO slot, your professional fate is often determined in closed rooms where people are talking about – and evaluating – you, without the benefit of your input. […read more]
WSJ Crisis of the Week Intro
Each week, The Wall Street Journal features a “Crisis of the Week.” Temin and Company’s CEO Davia Temin is one of the experts who is asked to comment regularly on those crises.
Following is a compilation of her comments since the feature’s inception, starting with the most recent.