Post Tagged with: "Crisis Management"

Avoiding the Milk Under the Fridge

Leaders Under Fire in Sports
Leaders Under Fire in Sports
Avoiding the Milk Under the Fridge
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Avoiding the milk under the fridge in leadership can cost you everything. Are you ignoring small problems that fester into crises? Leaders often choose silence over action, thinking it’s easier to ignore small problems, until they blow up. The real challenge? Addressing issues early, even when it’s uncomfortable. Dr. Jeremy […]

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Kicking the Milk Under the Fridge

Leaders Under Fire in Sports
Leaders Under Fire in Sports
Kicking the Milk Under the Fridge
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We’ve all been there. Stuck in the chaos with no playbook. But what truly makes the difference? It’s how leaders respond after the black swan hits. Think about Penn State, FIFA scandals, US Figure Skating, or even your favorite professional sports league. How they handle the fallout can make or […]

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Kim Mulkey: What She Might Have Said Better – A Case Study

By Robert Boland & Jeff Chatterton As a sports lawyer (Bob) and a crisis communications advisor (Jeff) who have worked together before, and will again, LSU Women’s Basketball Coach Kim Mulkey and her pre-emptive attack on The Washington Post and noted sports journalist Kent Babb, who was authoring a forthcoming […]

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A Recovering Agent Looks at the NFL Draft

After actively representing NFL players as a certified contract advisor- more commonly known as an agent- for a decade, almost every question I am asked, even today, about my time as an agent centers around the NFL Draft, which starts on Thursday night. There is something about this non-sporting, sports […]

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