How Setting Realistic Expectations Prevents Crises

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Clashes create conflict One of our challenges as a crisis management firm is helping clients have realistic expectations about what we can accomplish for them. For example, if a situation can’t be “fixed” but only balanced enough that the lasting damage is limited, we’d be asking for trouble if we …

How Much Could Bad Customer Experiences Cost Your Company?

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Failing to keep customers happy is a crisis management concern We’ve all had them – that one terrible customer experience that left us saying, “never again.” Losing even one customer can hurt, and oftentimes truly bad customer experiences impact far more than that. The headlines have been flooded with big …

Crisis Management Quotables…on Expectations and Reputation

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Why failing to meet expectations is a fast track to reputation ruin Our Crisis Management Quotable series frequently takes quotes from famous philosophers, political figures, or writers. While those are fantastic, sometimes we like to give it to you straight from a more current source – Bernstein Crisis Management’s president, …