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"Reputation Matters" White Papers seek to offer deeper insight on a wide range of topics we help clients address.

Corporate Conscience In The Darkest Of Days: What Can Board Directors Do About Ukraine?
It's Not over Until It's over: The Perils Of Declaring Victory In Crisis Too soon
Chaos Leadership: When Does Global Crisis Turn Into Chaos and How Do we survive It?
Chaos Rules: 8 Ways to Navigate Through the Fog of Crisis
Crisis Leadership in Real Time: 8 Pandemic Best Practices
Great Crisis Management Is Counterintuitive
Communicating in Crisis: How to Build Trust in an Untrustworthy World
Forget the Hype: What Every Business leader Needs to Know About Artificial Intelligence Now

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The President’s Perfect Speech

Reputation Matters, Forbes, May 2, 2011

President Obama’s announcement speech for the death of Osama Bin Laden was perfect. The message wasn’t hard to deliver – finally, justice has been rendered at the highest levels – but the speech and delivery were perfect too. […read more]

BREACH…of Trust

Reputation Matters, Forbes, April 29, 2011

What occurred were two major breaches in Japan – one nuclear, the other of trust. How much radiation exposure did the average Japanese citizen receive in those desperate moments and days? Should they have evacuated more widely, sooner? What are the true parameters of the disaster? How does this breach affect the rest of the world? Should parents in North Dakota watch how much milk their babies drink? What about in Indonesia, or in Tokyo? […read more]

The reputation ripple effect

Sean Kilcarr, Fleet Owner, January 13, 2011

Davia’s list of “Reputation To-do’s” is cited in this article written for executives in the commerical trucking industry. […read more]

10 Ways Leaders Can Protect Their Reputations in 2011

Davia Temin, TLNT, January 4, 2011

Culled from 25 years working in the field of reputation and crisis management at the highest levels, and seeing almost every gaffe imaginable, Davia presents her Top 10 ways for leaders to protect their reputations – and their legacies – in 2011. […read more]

What Were They Thinking? Redux

Davia Temin, Forbes, August 9, 2010

Mark Hurd, CEO of Hewlett-Packard, gives CEOs and other public persons just one more reason to think before they make a misstep as he resigns following a sexual harassment investigation. […read more]

Reputation Rehab

Davia Temin, Portfolio.com, April 19, 2010

Davia outlines twelve keys to reputation rehabilitation during and after crisis. She reminds us that, “every organization, large or small, can face a crisis that rocks its very foundation.” […read more]

Rebuilding Reputation

Davia Temin, Citi Global Viewpoints, Spring 2010

Davia writes for Citi’s Global Viewpoints on how financial institutions can work to regain what they lost in the 2008 financial crisis from a reputational standpoint: “The task now for financial institutions is to work out how they can address this loss of trust and confidence in a way that will quickly lead to a rebound of trust.”

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Rebuilding Reputations, Regaining Trust In a 25/8 World

Temin Client Letter

“The primary goal for those of us who advise on the reputations of organizations and individuals – globally – must be to help the best of them earn and regain public trust, by leveraging the very communications tools that have exacerbated the problems in the first place.”

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Olympic Lessons: True East…or They Do It with Mirrors

Davia Temin, Bulldog Reporter’s Daily Dog, August 27, 2008

Davia writes on the way in which China made “their own truth” in the 2008 Olympic Games, and tells us that the truth, in business, is always the better path. Lies may work, however, they are not only morally abhorrent but also the easy way out. The truth is challenging, but its authenticity makes organizations built upon it far stronger. […read more]

White Papers»

"Reputation Matters" White Papers seek to offer deeper insight on a wide range of topics we help clients address.

Corporate Conscience In The Darkest Of Days: What Can Board Directors Do About Ukraine?
It's Not over Until It's over: The Perils Of Declaring Victory In Crisis Too soon
Chaos Leadership: When Does Global Crisis Turn Into Chaos and How Do we survive It?
Chaos Rules: 8 Ways to Navigate Through the Fog of Crisis
Crisis Leadership in Real Time: 8 Pandemic Best Practices
Great Crisis Management Is Counterintuitive
Communicating in Crisis: How to Build Trust in an Untrustworthy World
Forget the Hype: What Every Business leader Needs to Know About Artificial Intelligence Now

...read more»