CEO reputation still going strong
Years ago at my former job, the research we did caught fire due to one simple finding. In fact, I used to think of myself as the 50 percent woman. Our research on CEO reputation revealed that 50 percent of a company’s reputation was attributable to the CEO. For some reason, this one simple factoid...
No small change–CEO & Exec Communications
Another exciting day (despite the clouds and threatening rain here in NY). Weber Shandwick’s research was covered in today’s WSJ. B8. In the print edition. Can’t send you a link (although here is one if you can get in) to the online version since you have to subscribe! But you can get all the relevant...
GO corporate brand
P&G is announcing its new corporate campaign that is a “global serenade to mothers.” It is covered in an article today. The reason this is big news to me (and I am not an Olympian’s mother) is that it is part of the P&G initiative to focus on the corporate brand behind the products they...
Who they are, not only what they make
Reputation Institute came out this week with their RepTrak Pulse survey for the US. It measures the reputation of 150 largest US public companies among consumers. In addition to the usual who’s up and who’s down, RI reveals some interesting stats that confirm our research results on Companies Behind the Brand. I was delighted. As RI...
Reputation Stumble Rate Swings Back Up
There’s no avoiding the bad odds of maintaining a coveted top shelf reputation spot in one’s industry. Each year Weber Shandwick measures the rate at which companies lose their #1 most admired position in their respective industries on the Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies survey. We call this the “stumble rate.” Between 2011 and 2012,...
Reputation Stumble Rate Swings Back Up
There’s no avoiding the bad odds of maintaining a coveted top shelf reputation spot in one’s industry. Each year Weber Shandwick measures the rate at which companies lose their #1 most admired position in their respective industries on the Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies survey. We call this the “stumble rate.” Between 2011 and 2012,...
Best Companies to Work For…some insights
Each year Fortune publishes the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the U.S. While the bulk of the company evaluation rests on a comprehensive employee survey, Fortune publishes a wealth of employer statistics about benefits, diversity and jobs. Weber Shandwick has been cataloguing this data since 2006, enabling us to look at how each...
Women Speaking Up
We have been very busy this month. We also released a survey on where the most powerful women in business spoke in 2011. Using the Fortune Most Powerful Women in business list that includes U.S. and non-U.S. professional executives, we audited where they spoke to determine how much they were in demand and what podiums...
