Can't wait to hear what #Michael thinks about how Rubert Murdoch will start to humanize himself in the days and weeks ahead, but I just wanted to mention two quick things that I've observed so far.
First, I was channel surfing last night and watched a few minutes of Piers Morgan--just enough to remember why I can't stand the guy! He was reminding us of his bona fides in terms of having worked for the Murdoch empire, and he had a guest on, a woman who now worked for Vanity Fair, who had also worked for Murdoch. The two of them agreed that Rubert couldn't POSSIBLY have known anything about the hacking or the payoffs because 1) he was always very nice to them whenever he passed through the newsroom and 2) he really loved his newspapers and wouldn't have done anything to jeopardize them. Piers and his guest nearly came to blows over which of them Rupert had been nicer to but they both agreed that he SURE loved his newspapers! ABSURD...and this was CNN not Fox News! Yikes--shows how awful Ted Turner must be!
Second, I saw a few glimpses of the Rupert and James Visit Parliament Show today. James was playing SERIOUS GROWN UP EMPTY SUIT. Rupert was playing OUT OF THE NURSING HOME FOR THE DAY. He reminded me of that Mafia guy who wore his pajamas for years walking around New York.
Bottom line? I think they are going to make it look like neither Rupert nor James presents a threat in the world.
Over to you, Michael...
Michael: Do you know what Rupert Murdoch is saying in private right now? I'd really like to hear!
Re: Humor
Phoenix
7/19/2011 11:57:15 AM
Liked the humour in the conversations. Yes it is important that CEO's manage to be politically correct as much as possible. I feel it is important that CEO's have the good sense to say the right thing at the right time. I wonder what Mr. Murdoch will say if he was telling what he really thought.
I think you're right @icebreaker1975, but I think there's a difference between pure factual information from a CEO and spin or efforts at spin control.
We're seeing that right now with Murdoch. What amuses me if that's the right word is how all of the media announced that the PR firms had been retained to manage the News Corp. mess and that henceforth the "spin doctors" would be large and IN CHARGE.
Meaning, abandon all hope of ever hearing an unvarnished fact from here on in...
Exactly...what a CEO says or does has a direct correlation on the pockets of consumers and even though it shouldn't, it has a direct result of the spending trend also. For example, if Steve Jobs were to say that the IPhone 5 will be out in the Fall, people begin to save their money in order to purchase it.
Re: Open Mouth Insert CEO Foot
Tenacious
7/19/2011 7:25:31 AM
Re: Open Mouth Insert CEO Foot
erierunner
7/19/2011 7:04:18 AM
There's a difference I think between being honest and just being an idiot. Stuff like what bp ceo said is not the type of honesty we seek, it just shows a lack of respect for those that were suffering.
Re: Open Mouth Insert CEO Foot
Street Smart
7/18/2011 7:47:57 PM
@Noreen, I think you're too modest. I suspect the only PR nightmare you could ever truly present to Michael would be if you insisted on making hoodies the centerpiece of your wardrobe!
But seriously, you make a very interesting point vis-a-vis an effective CEO's ability to communicate common sense and empathy. I think anyone who can work full time as you do while running a household, maintaining a happy marriage and numbering her adult children among her Facebook friends is CEO material hands down.
The chicken-egg question of whether your ability to keep so many different balls in the air led to your being a good executive or vice versa is an interesting debate, but I think it's clear that whenever a leader adds a dimension via age and wisdom (e.g., Warren Buffett), cheating death (Steve Jobs) or overcoming adversity (Oprah Winfrey) that person's communication skills FAR exceed the norm.
Ah, yes, Street Smart. We want candor. But we also want common sense. And good judgement, compassion, empathy, a willingness to share, embrace diversity, understand cultural nuances and respect the right of those around us to annoy us to no end (without retaliation).
I have not mastered this art, which is clearly why I am not a CEO. Or perhaps just one of numerous reasons I'm not a CEO.
But if I were, I'd be Michael's worst nightmare.
this is probably a good representation of what some of them might say within a conversation
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