How public are your relations?

Hi,

Every individual, company or institution has public relations. Not everyone has MANAGED public relations. Channel 9's Eddie Maguire, for instance, appears to not have access to professional PR advice. Because if he did he'd be less likely to act like a boofhead in public, such as describing the reaction to his crisis-inducing management of the once great television network as 'harassment' and warning the people criticising him that "I have a long memory." This statement is all the public needs to confirm the image of Eddie as a graceless bullyboy who in every likelihood did say he was going to 'bone' Jessica Rowe (to 'bone' apparently meaning to dismiss or fire, at Channel 9 - very male/macho imagery, revealing of the PBL culture). He denies saying it. A CEO who thinks he can manage a crisis without professional guidance, shooting from the lip and believing in his infallibility, will soon end up ending up. Especially in listed companies, where the sharemarket can vote with its feet any minute of the trading day. Kerry Packer was able to run his own PR and win because, underneath the brutal shell was a great strategic mind. But Eddie's no Kerry.
Cheers!

Michael Kiely