Here is an interesting Q&A with an executive who led his company through tumultuous times.  Robert Shapiro was the CEO of Monsanto when the company transformed from a chemical concern to a leader in agricultural biotechnolo...

Why do smart people do dumb things?  Take this case.  Any half-aware executive should know that when making dubious claims, sooner or later regulators will come after you.  One is justified in asking what the Skechers' executives were th...

Is the power of perception worth $86 billion+.  Some commentators think so.  Of course, the perception surrounds Facebook and its IPO value.  A chorus of critics think the site is vastly overrated and advertisers won't find the value in ...

Colleges and universities are starting to realize they cannot keep raising tuition.  That's a blinding insight.  Academics have lived in a bubble for so long that they have difficulty understanding  they have priced themselves out of the...

The fallout at JP Morgan continues with three executives falling on their swords and resigning over a loss that can now reach $3 billion.  Jamie Dimon, the CEO, is busily acknowledging that the trade was stupid, ill-managed, etc.  It probably...

Some organizations possess moral authority unless they squander it.  That is why stories like this are instructive.  Roman Catholic bishops the world over continue to struggle with the sexual abuse scandals that have riven the ranks and cause...

Some organizations possess moral authority unless they squander it.  That is why stories like this are instructive.  Roman Catholic bishops the world over continue to struggle with the sexual abuse scandals that have riven the ranks and cause...

This journalist's complaint against a New York Times reporter is interesting.  What it tells me is that the field of chemistry is fertile for PR.  Of course, there are good chemicals and bad.  The human body is made up of chemicals and e...

A story like this is poor PR for a bank.  However, there have been hundreds of them in the last two years.  Banking as an industry has a long way to climb back to public respect.  Wells Fargo almost certainly isn't the worst institution ...

One of the common excuses heard from felons is "everybody does it."  That is why this defense of a CEO who lied on his resume rings hollow.  He may be a competent executive, and he might be doing the right things for Yahoo but fabrication of ...

Voters don't like austerity and they've said so in the French and Greek elections.  No matter that they are threatening the Euro, monetary union and common market.  What they are saying is, "What has the Euro-zone done for me lately?"  T...

One doesn't know whether to admire the persistence of a CEO or to tell him "Enough already."  But, the CEO of AT&T is still waging a PR war over the failed merger with T-Mobile.  It is dead and gone and the outcomes will happen whether or...