Adventures in Time: Technology, Expectations, and the Nature of Work
In 1994, I heard, “Why would anyone put their e-mail on a business card?” In 2034, we might hear instead, “Why would anyone want a business card?”
Entries by Helio Fred Garcia
What is PR, Really? Please discuss…
Since I started practicing PR in 1980 and teaching PR students in 1988, the perennial question I’ve heard from clients and students is, What is PR, really?
On Wall Street, Reputation, and Recovery: Guest Blog by Julia Sahin
For her capstone thesis, NYU Masters student Julia Sahin chose a challenging topic: Reputational Effects of Regulatory Action on Mega Banks.
The Power of Framing: GM’s Cobalt and the Failure to Understand
Urgency makes sense when grappling with a safety defect, but not necessarily when facing a customer convenience issue. Conversely, cost becomes a challenge for a customer convenience issue, but not at all when grappling with a safety defect. Herein lies what may finally be an explanation to the otherwise incomprehensible behavior at General Motors
The Power of Information
by Helio Fred Garcia Communication has power. But as with any powerful tool, if misused it can easily be dissipated or cause self-inflicted harm. The Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, and former Dean of the Kennedy School of Government, Joseph Nye, defines power as the ability to get what you want. In his 2001 book […]
LOGOS IN THE NEWS: Power of Communication Highlighted in CommPro.Biz NYU SCM3 Site
Logos Consulting Group is pleased to note that The Power of Communication: Skills to Build Trust, Inspire Loyalty, and Lead Effectively by Helio Fred Garcia was recently highlighted in CommPro.Biz’s New York University Strategic Communication, Marketing, and Media Management (SCM3) site: SCM3 Adjunct Professor Helio Fred Garcia’s Leadership Book Receives Global Acclaim The Power of […]
Mentors and Leadership: Adventures at DINFOS
by Helio Fred Garcia About two years ago, just before the publication of The Power of Communication: Skills to Build Trust, Inspire Loyalty, and Lead Effectively, I began teaching as a guest speaker in the Public Affairs Leadership Department at US Defense Information School (DINFOS) at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. I am usually the […]
Financial Women’s Association Veterans Initiative
by Helio Fred Garcia I’ve spent most of my life around people in uniform. Although I never served in the military, I grew up at West Point, where my Dad was a civilian professor for 25 years (after an earlier 4 years as an instructor and later department chair at the Army Language School — […]
Worth Reading: Lukaszewski on Crisis Communication: What Your CEO Should Know About Reputation Risk and Crisis Management
However far I may be able to see, it is because I stand on others’ shoulders. And there’s no set of shoulders that has allowed me to see as far and as well as Jim Lukazewski’s. I’ve had the good fortune to know and work with Jim for more than 25 years.
To Change Gun Laws, Control the Debate
On the Wednesday after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, President Barack Obama called for changes in gun laws to prevent similar tragedies in the future. He said: “We may never know all the reasons why this tragedy happened. We do know that every day since more Americans have died […]