Archive for the ‘Corporate Responsibility’ Category

Three Ways to Do Something About Famine in Africa

August 18th, 2011

MajkaBurhardt

Guest blog from Majka Burhardt

Originally posted as a guest blog on Frederik Allen’s Leadership blog on Forbes.com.

There is famine in the Horn of Africa. Of course. Isn’t there always?

Are you cringing yet? Good. Here are three things we can do now to help the Horn of Africa, beyond just sending famine relief: (1) Change the conversation. (2) Invest in the positive. (3) Tackle the uncomfortable. (more…)

The Lessons of BP

June 11th, 2010

by John Izzo – Best-Selling Author & Business Visionary

These days it is hard to escape conversation about B.P and the Gulf of Mexico. As someone who has spent the last twenty years advising companies on corporate culture, leadership and social responsibility, the events of the last two months provide important lessons for every company on everything from leadership and brand to how to demoralize your entire workforce in one fell swoop.

With oil flooding the waters off the U.S. coast and B.P.’s shareholder value plummeting, what can the rest of us learn (more…)

When The Headline Is You…

April 23rd, 2010

by Kelly MacDonald-Hill – Partner And Senior Vice President

I had lunch this week with  Communications Expert & Corporate Consultant, Jeff Ansell, to discuss his new book,  When the Headline Is You: An Insider’s Guide to Handling the Media, (Jossey-Bass) due out in mid-October…

Jeff is a busy man. We  had to reschedule a few times, one time because he was meeting with the Government to discuss their communication strategy around release of the recent budget!  He just wrapped up five years of work with   (more…)