Guarding your reputation
Following his presentation at the Public Relations Institute of Ireland's annual conference, John Mahony outlines some of the challenges facing those responsible for reputation management in the digital age.
Executive MBA programmes fail to prepare business leaders to manage reputation
While 50% of global CEOs say managing external affairs is one of their top-three priorities, ReputationInc's research found that a fifth of the world's top 50 global Executive MBA programmes do not offer any training in the core disciplines of reputation management.
More than talking the talk
Reputation is so important that business leaders and employees must be committed to it.
Public Affairs: Soap Box
The US and wider Western response to the attacks of 11 September 2001 has been dominated by counter-terrorism and military might. While major successes have been achieved, an overwhelming emphasis on 'hard power' has fuelled controversy.
Know your reputation
Reputation is integral to a company's success. How key stakeholders feel about a business determines whether it develops and flourishes or withers and dies. Smart business leaders have been aware of this for decades. Increasingly, however, the importance of reputation management is being understood by companies of every size and from every sector.
Defining a post-crisis reputation for brand Ireland
The economic and financial problems that the country faces are still daunting. However, the nature of the crisis is, in truth, much broader and more serious in as much as the entire foundations of Ireland' nation brand have also been undermined.
Leaks make US PR task even harder
Looking specifically at the campaign against terrorism, the scale of the public diplomacy task Obama still faces is regularly highlighted in opinion polls.
How U.S. consultants changed the face of world politics
At the heart of the battle for Congress is an army of political consultants, ranging from campaigning specialists to media relations experts.
Torching U.S. power
The ninth anniversary of September 11 is being overshadowed by the news of Pastor Terry Jones and his now-suspended plan to burn copies of the Koran at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida. Even if the bonfire does not take place, the news of it is tragic for a number of reasons.