Mary Barra, the Woman in the Hot Seat

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[Editor’s note: The following guest post comes to us from the always-brilliant Merrie Spaeth, President of Spaeth Communications and creator of the infamous BIMBO Memo.] Mary Barra, GM’s new CEO, and the first woman to head a major car company, is scheduled to testify before Congress this week. The topic …

New Accusations Mean Christie Crisis Management Continues

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New accusations re-kindle “Bridgegate” crisis for Christie Gov. Chris Christie’s assertions that he had “no knowledge” of the George Washington Bridge closings until after the incident was over were enough to sate much of the public, but, as we discussed on a recent edition of Rich Klein’s “The Crisis Show”, …

Apple’s Non-Apology Apology

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Highly nontraditional crisis management aims to influence court of public opinion Apple and Samsung have been at war over patents since last summer, and the battle is showing no signs of cooling off. Samsung is no doubt deeply stung by its recent $1 billion loss to Apple in a U.S. …