Category: Perspective

This week The New York Times published a piece headlined, “CEOs Are the Heads of Companies. Should They Also Be the Face?” What’s your gut reaction to that question? As …

One of the best parts of participating in the City Club is being witness to moments of real, authentic civic work. There are moments at forums where you feel a …

I don’t speak for the members of the Executive Communication Council, to their great relief.  But as this organization’s founder and executive director, I’m getting a little restless. The action was …

Old sailors know that the weather is a liar. Sun and calm seem like they’ll last forever. And when the rain and wind are lashing you, you think it will …

Monday in the Executive Communication Report—to which you would be stone cold crazy not to subscribe because it is both useful and free—I published a communicator’s wish for a better name than “employee …

There’s nothing new under the sun. (That’s an old saying too.) For years, I’ve been telling speechwriters there are two ways to coach speakers into becoming more dynamic, authentic and …

So many times were Chatham House Rules re-invoked at last week’s Annual Gathering of the Higher Education Leadership Communication Council at Wesleyan University. This is such a creepy time to be employed to …