Category Archives: Executive communication

Chief Reputation Officer – taking care of a company’s biggest strategic risk

The Reputation Institute has recently blogged about its concept of a Chief Reputation Officer (CRO) – a function that would take ownership of a company’s reputation, reporting directly to the CEO.  To build and maintain a strong corporate reputation, the CRO would mainly look after five key issues: Levels of stakeholder support Reputation readiness Corporate… Read More »

A Letter from a CEO to his Investor… that Killed his Career

Klaus Kleinfeld, former CEO of German industry giant Siemens, resigned from his position as CEO of Arconic a specialty metals producer spun-off of aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. Kleinfeld resigned after a letter that he had written to Paul Singer, founder of $33 billion hedge fund Elliott Management. Elliott owns a 13 percent stake in Arconic and had launched a… Read More »

Private equity pioneer gives lessons in investor relations

Henry Kravis, founder of private equity giant KKR gave Bloomberg a remarkable interview, looking back at 40 years in the investment business. The interview has a view fascinating insights into investment decisions and interaction with investor relations efforts. “I compare their responses to the dot-com period around 2000. Back then I’d ask, ‘What’s your strategy?’… Read More »