Must Reads
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
Coping with Success: Managing Energy Gone Awry
Marilyn Puder-York, PhD, Five O’Clock Club, April 1997
Tips on how leaders can better manage high energy levels to avoid burning out. […read more]
Threat to Rice Fuels Latest Chinese Uproar
Te-Ping Chen, The Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2013
In the latest food contamination scare, a Chinese government test indicated that nearly half the rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou had been tainted with the carcinogenic metal cadmium. […read more]
Can You Catch Up on Lost Sleep?
Heidi Mitchell, The Wall Street Journal, May 20, 2013
According to this article’s sleep expert, sleeping more on the weekend can make up for hours of lost snoozing, at least in the short term. […read more]
All girl clubs threaten to disrupt the old boys’ network
The Cycle, MSNBC, May 20, 2013
Author Pamela Ryckman discusses the growing women’s-only networking groups that are reshaping the business world. […read more]
Daniel Dennett’s seven tools for thinking
Daniel Dennett, The Guardian, May 18, 2013
Seven life lessons from cognitive scientist and philosopher Daniel Dennett. […read more]
Less guff, more puff
The Economist, May 18, 2013
Marketing is no longer voodoo: how new digital tools are enabling marketers to reach customers when they are most in the mood to buy. […read more]
When Is An Apology NOT An Apology? New Lessons From Abercrombie & Fitch
Leadership, “Reputation Matters” Forbes, May 17, 2013
You know when your spouse does something really bad, and knows he or she needs to apologize, but doesn’t really want to? And you know how the way he puts it is often something like: “Oh, dear, I’m so sorry that you feel that way” or “it’s too bad that you have gotten so upset”? And you know how you feel after he says it – even angrier still.
An apology that is not an apology is enraging. It takes no responsibility for the action that prompted the apology. It has no sense of mea culpa, or remorse, but rather seems to transfer the blame to you – sorry YOU got upset, not sorry that I did something to upset you. In a marriage, too many of those, and you are headed to divorce court. In a friendship, that way lays “unfriending.”
And so, here we go again. Given the groundswell of anger that has escalated since my last column on Abercrombie & Fitch on Monday the 13th , and the rebirth of its CEO’s incendiary comments in an interview in Salon 7 years ago on not wanting the un-thin, the un-young, or the un-beautiful to wear A&F clothes, finally the company realized that they had to do something. […read more]
How A CEO Can Wreck A Brand In One Interview: Lessons From Abercrombie & Fitch Vs. Dove
Leadership, “Reputation Matters” Forbes, May 13, 2013
The power of a CEO to make – or break – a brand can never be overestimated – even in an interview that took place 7 years ago.
That is just what has happened in the case of Abercrombie & Fitch: an incredibly ill-advised interview that A&F CEO Mike Jeffries granted to Salon Magazine in 2006 has just found new life on the internet. And if his comments – including that he only wants the young, beautiful and thin to wear his clothes – were insensitive and politically incorrect THEN, today they are practically an invitation to riot. Certainly, they are causing a boycott in real time. […read more]
“How A CEO Can Wreck A Brand In One Interview: Lessons From Abercrombie & Fitch Vs. Dove”
The power of a CEO to make – or break – a brand can never be overestimated – even in an interview that took place 7 years ago. That is just what has happened in the case of Abercrombie & Fitch. — Forbes Reputation Matters […read more]
What Does it Take to be Resilient?
Suzanne Oaks, Corporate Board Member, May 9, 2013
Resilience and the boardroom: what does it take to think long-term in a world focused on quarterly results? WomenCorporateDirectors Global Institute challenges director thinking on earnings reports, consumer behavior, innovation, crisis management, and a host of global issues facing companies today. […read more]