• Executive Rewind: The Equifax Crisis Continues
    Thursday February 27, 2020

    Mark Begor* inherited a big mess. The Equifax Crisis. Almost three years ago the credit bureau suffered a huge cyber breach. Critical information about more than 145 million consumers was put at risk. Originally discovered in July 2017, it was not made public until September 7th of that year. It’s been described by the FBI […]

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  • Executive Rewind: Dealing with the Post-Crisis Crisis
    Tuesday February 2, 2016

    The Centers for Disease Control has cleared Chipotle. The CDC says the e-Coli crisis is over. Certainly, that’s good news after six months of mystery about what was causing people to get sick after eating in a number of Chipotle restaurants. Unfortunately, that mystery remains unsolved. Now the speculation over Chipotle’s fiscal well-being is underway. Consider this conversation […]

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  • Whipping the Proverbial Whipping Boy
    Thursday February 18, 2010

    By Eric Seidel, CEOThe Media Trainers, LLCDon’t like the message? Punish the messenger. It may feel good, but the sense of relief is short-lived. In times of crisis, blame-shifting rarely pays off; yet, it keeps happening.Tammy Darvish owns four Toyota dealerships and one Lexus dealership. Obviously, she has a lot riding on how Toyota has […]

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  • Crisis and the Executive
    Thursday January 15, 2009

    https://themediatrainers.com/ The speed of events and media response to them put increased pressures on business leaders who are caught in the news spotlight. In the case of Thursday’s crash of US Airways 1549, geography expedited the speed of response and coverage exponentially. The passengers and crew were not the only fortunate ones after the controlled […]

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