This definitive text at several leading Universities and Colleges is journalism in reverse. It demystifies public affairs, starting with examining your news value and working through media lists, press releases, news conferences and keeping reporters coming back for more.<br><br>It uses the proven SOCKO system for message generation, and takes you through the media venues you may encounter (including when things go wrong):<br><br>* sit downs<br><br>* stand...
Why are we in a leadership crisis? Up to 85% of mergers and acquisitions destroy value, executives are in jail, economies are shaky and politics isn't providing answers.<br><br>This new book provides answers. Based on my doctoral research and work with leaders on 5 continents for 25 years, I also draw on my experiences teaching and learning in a Karate Dojo.<br><br>You will find out why leaders fail and what can be done about it—a blend of Eastern and...
Launched in honour of President Obama's inaugural, this book was written during the most remarkable political season in American history. The author visited all major presidential campaign offices in New York and New Hampshire, attended the presidential debates and was a commentator for PBS and National Public Radio. Allan also attended the historic Democratic convention and toured most presidential libraries.
Barter with the author on the Great Wall of China, do a business deal over lunch in the Eagle's Nest in the Hong Kong Hilton and mediate among millionaire developers in the office of the longest-serving mayor in the world.<br><br>Join the author in his recounting of cases he's handled over the past twenty years including same-sex sexual harassment, oil spill simulations after the Exxon Valdez spill and on the green line with peacekeepers in...
Speaking is the #1 fear among North American adults. Twenty percent of all business communication is designed to clear up the confusion that the last piece of business communication created. <br><br>Allan is passionate about solving these serious business problems with clear, short, effective communication.<br><br>As a consultant to international diplomats in world capitals, Allan learned the value of five minute meetings, one sentence directions and one page briefing...
With more than 100 check lists, diagrams, charts, tables, forms and pre-written documents, this is the comprehensive guide to a crisis plan that you need. Conversational prose makes complex concepts in risk and crisis management easily accessible. Case studies and anecdotes from real-life incidents remind readers of the dos and don'ts of crisis management.<br><br>When you hear the expression, "He wrote the book on crisis management"-this is the book. This...
