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.
It gives me great comfort to know you are my secret weapon in the wings
It gives me great comfort to know you are my secret weapon in the wings.”
—Corporate CEO
Thank you for your wisdom and great guidance
As always, thank you for your wisdom and great guidance. You’re the best!”
—Coaching Client
You are so good
I love working with you – you are so good.”
—University Vice President of Communications
Temin and Company really understands the financial services industry
Temin and Company really understands the financial services industry, and has been able to address our multiple marketing needs exceptionally well.”
—President, Investment Bank
This is the best – really the very best – advice I have received
This is the best – really the very best – advice I have received.”
—TV Anchor
You were the bright spot amid some dark moments. I can’t express the full depth of our appreciation for all you have done
You were the bright spot amid some dark moments. I can’t express the full depth of our appreciation for all you have done.””
—President, Corporate Crisis Client
Almost every CEO I meet with has seen and read these! Amazing penetration at the right levels
Almost every CEO I meet with has seen and read these! Amazing penetration at the right levels.”
—Vice Chairman, Client Firm, about thought leadership written and distributed by Temin and Company
Your presentation was awesome
Your presentation was awesome.”
—Corporate Learning Manager
Corporate Conscience In The Darkest Of Days: What Can Board Directors Do About Ukraine?
Leadership, “Reputation Matters,” Forbes, March 11, 2022
Over the years, the obligation organizations, their employees, customers, and stakeholders have felt to address — and redress — tragic wrongs in society has grown and grown.
Corporate social responsibility has been a topic for decades. But it is only now, as the concept of B corps (a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency) has intersected with the dereliction of various countries and their leaders to “do the right thing,” that companies have truly begun to find their voices. Often, they have needed to become the only adults in the room.
“#MeToo,” the murders of George Floyd and other black men and women caught on video, racism as a whole, atrocities at our border separating parents from their children, climate change and its devastating consequences, the importance of vaccines to fight the pandemic, and the pandemic itself — are all examples of controversial, politicized issues some corporations have begun to weigh in on.
Whether those issues directly involved the company or not, some leaders — management and board-level — chose to speak out. It is as if companies now not only have their own “brands” and “reputations,” they are developing their own personalities that they must stay true to: the company as global citizen. The corporate conscience. […read more]
The best marketing/pr group I have ever known
The best marketing/pr group I have ever known. Period.”
—President, Global Pharmaceutical Corporation