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Media Error and Your Response

False media reports can be extremely damaging to reputation and change the public narrative for the negative, and the long term.

Whether the facts and truth ever get revealed is a difficult adventure and escape. It’s important to realize this is more possible than individuals and organizations imagine. Here’s a brief article that talks about it.

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Sometimes the Right Path Isn’t the…

The easy path is not always the smart one and the one that is most needed. Not many people get excited about difficulty yet not many people know that the difficult path can be the safer passage in conflict, crisis and reputation challenges. Here’s why…

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Elon Musk Should Recognize Value of Investor Complaint

Elon Musk has upset Tesla stockholder Tesla stockholder Solomon Chau, who has filed a lawsuit against him and board members for the problematic workplace culture and the effect on company reputation and financial value.

Musk can't be happy about it yet if he reframes his mind about the call to action, he can benefit from it.

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Michael Toebe Michael Toebe

Being Unaware of the Heat Anger Emits

Anger is energy and it emits heat. This is important to know in regards to how we’re experienced.

It’s invaluable to understand that this heat we often don’t know is happening greatly affects trust, reputation, security and relationship health.

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Michael Toebe Michael Toebe

How Common is Common Sense, Really

Do others really know what we are confident they know or should know and are we cognizant of what others believe is common sense?

This Reputation Quality article looks at the thinking errors we and others make when it comes to what is called common sense.

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Why You Want to Hear About More Problems

Hearing about problems is not usually something we naturally gravitate towards yet there is wisdom as well as benefits to be learned and valued, for reputation health and crisis prevention.

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Successfully Defending Oneself Versus Angry, Ill-Intended Opinion and Harmful Demands

There is an increased debate and at times, battle, over what can and can’t be communicated in society and on college campuses.

Charles Negy, Ph.D. and professor, went big with his communication and lost his first battle with students and his employer, but won his defense. How did this happen, considering the times?

Here is an overview and some analysis about Negy’s story and reputation, now and going forward.

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