Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSII), the world’s premier executive search and leadership consulting firm, has sponsored a Benchmarking Corporate Governance in China study based on 15 months of research conducted by Fudan University in Shanghai. http://tinyurl.com/36uaym Recommendations from the study include a call for Chinese companies to recruit and value the opinions of […]
The shareholder activism at the Barloworld AGM this past week should serve as a lesson to companies about what happens if you do not manage your reputation in a dynamic manner. Not only did the organisation lose its Chairman, but it faced the wrath of stakeholder activism. The Business Report articles –http://tinyurl.com/2asp3c and http://tinyurl.com/329qlj contains […]
Then work at it, but work smarter and not harder. Here are some tips to enhance your organisation’s reputation amongst its various stakeholders. When I run my workshops on Corporate Reputation I use an exercise called “Peeling the Onion” with my audience. The idea is to apply these questions to the main drivers of reputation. […]
I have just finished reading the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2007 report – http://www.weforum.org/pdf/CSI/Global_Risks_2007.pdf It makes for thought provoking reading. In it they list the 23 major risks that we face. What I did also find interesting was the reasons that they listed why organisations are not more proactive in mitigating risk. The following […]
The World’s Most Admired Company survey by Fortune magazine –see 2006 study results at http://tinyurl.com/32426v have been one of the ground breaking annual studies to have been conducted in the field of Reputation and have added much to our understanding of what makes companies great. But what about those companies that did their utmost to […]
Check out the predictions made by Jennifer McClure, executive director of the Society for New Communications Research, a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of new communications tools, technologies and emerging modes of communication and their effect on media, professional communications, business and society. She forecasts some really interesting developments, in the article called "Six […]
I just read the new blog by Bill Marriott, Chairman & CEO of Marriott International- the Marriott chain of hotels – http://www.blogs.marriott.com/ It is pretty darn good and an example of a blog with a personal touch. I also like Mr Marriott’s description and understanding of the need to form a dialogue – not just […]
I was paging through the JFM Africa, the Journal Of Facilities Management yesterday when I saw an advertisement that caught my attention. This advertisement by a commercial and industrial floor cleaning equipment company (http://www.numatic.co.za/) carried such a powerful message: Your Floor. Our Reputation. Spotless Here is a company that understand its reputation. Companies who realizes […]
I recently read a post in Leslie Gaines – Ross’s blog that she (http://reputationxchange.blogspot.com/2007/01/issue-of-decade.html) was sent a report in intangible assets (customer loyalty, know-how, talent, patents, innovativeness, leadership, reputation, ideas, etc.). The report is written by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising and underscores the importance of intangible assets in the 21st century. As the […]
Tip 1: An organisation’s reputation is its most valuable asset. Research has proven this time and time again. So why do you not manage it like a normal company asset? Tip 2: Reputation is an organisation’s biggest risk. Have you realised that reputation is at risk on a daily basis and should be protected at […]