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Where Do All the Disgraced CEO’s Go?
As more C.E.O.s are fired, the New York Times’ John Schwartz asks the question, where do they go and is there a secret island? To get help with this question he came to Eric Dezenhall for his expertise in this matter. Read the full article
Jeff Sonnenfeld on Equifax breach: This is a management failure CNBC
The job in crisis management is to figure out what can be fixed in order to get back to business. Watch Eric on CNBC discuss the two things he thinks Equifax needs to do in light of this breach and it starts with fixing their website. Watch the video
Trump and the CEOs: Behind the Collapse of an Uneasy Alliance The Wall Street Journal
Eric Dezenhall quoted on the perilous relationship between the President and the CEO’s of America’s top companies. Read the article
Trump Has Stamped the Passport of Corporations into the World of Race:… CNBC
Racial issues are the “cyanide pill of crisis management.” Nobody gets out of racial controversies in good shape. Consumer-oriented industries are at greater risk than heavy industry to scrutiny over their support of Trump. Watch the video
The Backlash to Trump’s Response to White Supremacists is Telling CNBC
President Trump’s initial reaction to the horror in Charlottesville violated the principle that the President should be a healer-in-chief during times of crisis. Read the article
Confronting Disruptors – One Marketplace Assault At A Time Forbes
Few adversaries are more motivated than a competitor. Blue Apron finds itself in a classic marketplace defense scenario and the latest victim of Amazon. While Amazon is a behemoth to go up against, Blue Apron can and should fight back. Read the article
Kid Rock, The Rock, Caitlyn Jenner hint at politics — but what’s in it for them? USA Today
What’s in it for celebrities turning their attention to the political arena? Bigger celebrity, of course! Read the article
United Airlines: Trench Warfare Reaches Washington Investor's Business Daily
Dezenhall’s Sam Jefferies weighs in on United Airlines’ true crisis-a trench warfare attack in Washington. Read the article
Will A Leadership Shake-Up Drive Operational Change At Uber? Forbes
Dezenhall Resources’ Anne Marie Malecha writes that the need for operational change is too often misdiagnosed as a PR problem. Example, Uber. In this latest piece Malecha points out there is no quick fix; it is getting to the core of the problem that got you into the crisis in the first place that will […]
Uber’s Problems Continue as Board Member Resigns CNBC
Interview with Squawk Box on Uber’s David Bonderman’s resignation after his inappropriate joke about women and the timing of the report by former U.S. attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. on Uber’s workplace culture. Watch the video