2. Must Reads

Must Reads

“When turmoil rules, go in.” — Lao Tzu

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.

You Aren’t Imagining It: Email is Making You More Stressed Out

Lisa Evans, Fast Company, September 24, 2014

Of all of the things in your workday that could cause you to feel stressed, checking your email likely seems like the most benign. But a researcher at the University of California at Irving strapped heart-rate monitors to a team of U.S. army civilian employees and discovered that email was in fact a major cause of stress. After taking away their email for five days, stress levels, measured by heart-rate monitors, decreased. […read more]

Paul Taylor: Millennials are the Most Cautious Generation We’ve Ever Seen

Big Think, September 24, 2014

Paul Taylor, executive vice-president of special projects at the Pew Research Center and author of the book The Next America, noted that one of the key elements of the millennial generation’s persona is wariness. He theorized that they are the most cautious generation he’s ever seen due to the fact that they have watched a lot of people get burned over the past seven years. Their parents have fought foreclosures and debt. Divorce rates have led to a lot of broken homes. They have come of age during an era where the promise of success more resembles a fleeting chance. […read more]

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“In NFL Probe, Even FBI Chiefs Risk ‘Motivated Blindness’”

The National Football League’s decision to hire former FBI Director Robert Mueller to examine its handling of a player’s domestic violence case mimics companies such as General Motors Co. and BP Plc in hiring high-profile outsiders to blunt criticism by airing their dirty laundry. Corporations are caught between the dueling risks of doing nothing and facing criticism that they are tone-deaf to the public demand for information or having even worse offenses come to light that risk the financial future of the firm. “It’s always a challenge when you’re trying to shine bright lights on what’s going on in dark rooms,” said Davia Temin, head of the New York-based crisis management firm Temin & Co. “The question always is, how far does the public blood-letting go?” — Bloomberg […read more]

Beth Mooney, the Most Powerful Woman in Banking

Andi Howe, W-T-W, September 22, 2014

The American Banker named Beth Mooney the most powerful woman in banking for the second year in a row. Beth Mooney has made history as the first female CEO of a top 20 U.S. banking company, but when her career is over she most wants to be remembered as a banker who made a difference. […read more]

Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity of Fossil Fuels

John Schwartz, The New York Times, September 21, 2014

John D. Rockefeller built a vast fortune on oil. Now his heirs are abandoning fossil fuels. The family whose legendary wealth flowed from Standard Oil is planning to announce on Monday that its $860 million philanthropic organization, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, is joining the divestment movement that began a couple years ago on college campuses. […read more]

Roger Goodell has gone to ground

Tim Keown, ESPN, September 18, 2014

Roger Goodell has disappeared. In the NFL’s hour of greatest need, its leader has decided to remain silent and invisible. Poof! Vanished. For more than a week, as pictures emerge and indictments are filed and news conferences collapse under the weight of doublespeak and obfuscation, Goodell has sealed himself away from the mounting pile of rubble.

Where is he, and why? Is the commissioner himself on the NFL exempt/commissioner’s permission list? His retreat from the public realm gives the impression of a boss who is not only inaccessible, but incapable. This isn’t going away soon.

New York crisis management expert Davia Temin says she would tell Goodell this: The league must use its reach and influence to devote itself to the issue of domestic violence, including child abuse. It should mandate its players and team employees to complete the strictest and most comprehensive domestic violence training in corporate America. It should buy in wholly and completely, not as a PR stunt. […read more]

“Roger Goodell has gone to ground”

Roger Goodell has disappeared. In the NFL’s hour of greatest need, its leader has decided to remain silent and invisible. His retreat from the public realm gives the impression of a boss who is not only inaccessible, but incapable. In times of crisis — and make no mistake, this is a crisis — leaders step forward. “There’s nothing worse than when it looks like you are being forced to act,” Temin says. “The really wise leader — to use an overused term — leans into it and takes what’s been given.” — ESPN […read more]

Algorithms Make Better Predictions — Except When They Don’t

Thomas C. Redman, HBR Blog Network, September 17, 2014

Predictive analytics is proving itself both powerful and perilous. So what should managers, especially leaders, do? The obvious answer is employ both computer-based programs and your own intuition. In this post, the author will use a series of simple plots to explain how to tap the potential of predictive analytics, sidestep the perils, and bring both the data and your good judgment to bear. […read more]