Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Secret Service must address whether crisis is a one-shot, or a pattern

In the spy novels of John Le Carre, Jack Higgins, Tom Clancy, on up through Daniel Silva, Dick Marcinko, David Baldacci and Vince Flynn, the “honey trap,” is common currency. The old Cold War setup — or maybe it goes back … Continue reading

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Plan for Supreme Court’s June health law decision now

Many Americans focused this week on three days of presentations before the U.S. Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — a.k.a. health-care reform and Obamacare. http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/27/justice/scotus-health-care/index.html Just as the esteemed and high-powered attorneys advocating their cases … Continue reading

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A rare species: the good news crisis

Most everyone ties crises to bad news, a bad event, wrong choices, or often, stupidity. Sometimes, however, good news or smart policy leads to a crisis. Here’s a perfect example. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has his eyes on the White House. Maybe in … Continue reading

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Would modern crisis management have changed presidential history?

In honor of Presidents Day, let’s consider how today’s best practices for managing a crisis might have helped those men in the White House — and even some elected before there was a White House. The most obviously applicable? Bill … Continue reading

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Praise the Lord! And Pass the PR

Bless you father, for you have … learned from your mistakes. Throughout the priests/bishops/cardinals sex-abuse scandal, crisis managers could see that the Catholic Church exacerbated an already incredible, horrible crisis by not commenting, not apologizing, not acknowledging, stonewalling until their righteous foes … Continue reading

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Keep your crisis out of politics, if at all possible

A crisis is often bad enough just bubbling away with its own acidic corrosion. Do all you can to steer it clear of the political arena if you want to galvanize your organization’s reputation. Look at the hue [from the Obama … Continue reading

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