Monthly Archives: December 2023

You Deserve Respect

December 19, 2023 · by · in C-suite Leadership, Communications strategy

The classic comic Rodney Dangerfield constantly complained, “I don’t get no respect.” Communications and government relations experts can relate. When a financial issue arises in your company, the accountants and auditors get the call. In the health care realm, the physicians and scientists hold sway when a new therapy goes to market. At the first […]

Motivational Malarkey

December 12, 2023 · by · in Public speaking

Regular readers and my clients are well aware of my disdain for so-called “motivational” speaking. Sure, everyone gets pumped up in the rah-rah of the moment. Once it’s back-to-work time, however, momentum has dissipated. That’s why I was pleased to read fellow consultant Alan Weiss’ passage in a recent issue of his Million Dollar Consulting® […]

Grammar Matters

December 5, 2023 · by · in Communications research, Communications strategy

Washington Post columnist John Kelly recently wrote about our disuse of grammar. I enjoy his periodic forays into the language, as well as the praise and flak he gets from readers. Lazy use of the language is, to me, like fingernails on a blackboard. We all make mistakes, and I’m sure I’ve made my share. […]