Are we ‘in business to make a profit’, or do we ‘make a profit to stay in business’?
Peter WilkinsonOctober 31, 2018
To guide the folks at Wilkinson Group we have a Code of Conduct that we, and our clients, sign up to when we start each…
Peter WilkinsonApril 24, 2018
Ever since accepting a bet to solve South Australia’s power woes, Elon Musk and his company, Tesla, have rarely been out of the news. Tesla’s…
Nick AlbrowFebruary 13, 2018
The great challenge of the decade for leadership is to work out how to lead rapid change; for employees, how to accommodate it. The phrase…
Peter WilkinsonDecember 19, 2017
It’s pretty clear that we are now entering a painful period for many people, mainly women but also men (scoundrels, yes, but good men too)…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 20, 2017
I struggled with the concept for years. It seemed to imply that I should, a) spend less time doing the work I loved while fighting…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 28, 2017
Ian Narev (Commonwealth Bank), Ahmed Fahour (Australia Post), Deb Thomas (Dreamworld) are all defined by events in which they lost control of the narrative. Their…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 21, 2017
Criticism imposes confronting choices on an organisation. And repeated criticism, particularly in the media, starts a downward spiral, eroding trust, inspiring more criticism, further eroding…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 4, 2017
James Ashby (Hanson’s chief-of-staff) was caught on tape describing a way to describing a way to ‘skim’ money from taxpayers and the party’s candidates. There…
Peter WilkinsonMay 24, 2017
Watching Trump carries lessons for us all, especially for practitioners in Crisis PR. If your boss doesn’t have values grounded in solid foundations, beware. That…
Peter WilkinsonMay 16, 2017
Hilary Clinton: experienced, competent, smart; but sub-par as a leader. Malcolm Turnbull: intelligent, successful, capable; again, failing as a leader. What did JFK, Ronald Reagan…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 5, 2016
We can learn a lot about public relations and how CEOs should manage their companies by watching politicians. Public Relations rule: The vision thing Shortly…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 19, 2016
Here’s the Turnbull Paradox: for him to think he’s the smartest man in the room, that he knows best what we want, means he can’t…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 6, 2016
Information overload is a personal battleground, for senders and receivers. Trying to work out the rights and wrongs of the Brexit last Saturday, with the…
Peter WilkinsonJune 28, 2016
The Australian Leadership Debate on May 29 was probably the worst recent example, but it’s happening daily in the current election campaigns. It’s gob-smacking that…
Peter WilkinsonJune 15, 2016
You wouldn’t have predicted that such a bright spark would make such a basic mistake! CEO’s and PR people learn a lot by watching politics.…
Peter WilkinsonApril 6, 2016
When I left journalism and started out in DIY business, fear of failure was a huge incentive to innovate. Most small businesses have to be…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 29, 2016
Do what you say you are going to do, and then some. It’s so obvious to almost all of us: parents, employers, employees. Here are…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 1, 2016
Q: Since when could Bernie Sanders, an ageing idealist who has played on the radical fringes of US politics since 1968, come within a bull’s…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 17, 2016
CEO’s and public relations experts can learn a lot from watching politicians, in this case it’s the vision-thing. I still don’t know what Turnbull stands…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 2, 2016
Is it a contradiction that one of the most effective and easiest public relations and communications tools – social media – has about lowest use…
Peter WilkinsonJanuary 25, 2016
Should holidays be hard work too, just a different location? I once asked Gerald Stone, my boss at 60 Minutes, if I could go to…
Peter WilkinsonJanuary 13, 2016
I understand that divisive politics, such as we have in Australia, US and UK, aided by clever public relations, and the pressure of the news…
Peter WilkinsonDecember 11, 2015
In the same week that Malcolm Turnbull encouraged innovation and fresh ideas, Ravenswood reacted negatively to their school captain for doing just that. In the…
Peter WilkinsonDecember 9, 2015
It’s 20 years since I produced a 60 Minutes story, wonderfully reported by Tracey Curro, on Pauline Hanson’s explosion onto the Australian political and leadership…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 24, 2015
There are two articles this morning (25th Sept) that for me tell an interesting story for Corporate Affairs people and CEO's who follow politics in…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 25, 2015
Compare the Greek leadership to Australia's. The Greek Prime Minister, who has just called a snap election, seems to demonstrate how to flip-flop on policy…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 21, 2015
The below article is relevant for people developing leadership skills: those of us who follow elections, out of self-interest, to keep up with current leadership,…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 7, 2015
I’ve always struggled with that phrase because it compartmentalises the two - work and life. And it comes up regularly with leadership mentoring. So I…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 19, 2015
Do you wonder if you are setting the right path? Is the balance of 'what you do' versus 'how you are perceived' correct? A personal…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 17, 2015
There's a lesson in this clash of titans for all involved in leadership and the struggle to stay ahead of disruption. Google's starting point is…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 2, 2015
I think apologies are now overrated, simply because they have become overused in Crisis PR, even if the apology contains all the required elements (see…
Peter WilkinsonMay 11, 2015
I do Crisis PR; don’t ask me to sell booze or lipstick! Want a consultant, or a new employee? One of the hardest parts of leadership…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 13, 2015
Personal Brand Awareness is a deep understanding of who you are and what you stand for. It's missing in our political leadership. Leadership (c/- Google images) The…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 13, 2015
In families, we know this. So why can’t we do it in governments and in media? Google images We often create our own crises by…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 14, 2015
Abbott should have been fired this week. It would have happened in a successful business with a clearly focussed board. The kind of paralysis that…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 14, 2015
Side issues like the punitive cuts to the ABC (a broken promise with little economic benefit) and the knighting of the DofE created crisis level distractions…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 14, 2015
Gallup: Dec 2013 Most of us ‘feel’ bankers are suspect when it come to honesty, and ripe for some Change Management – alongside is the Gallup…
Peter WilkinsonDecember 3, 2014
Holidays – should be more of ‘em shouldn’t there? Having just taken 5 days to go camping at Coolah Tops National Park, I’m a supporter.…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 12, 2014
Struggling with creativity in your office? This slide show ‘How Google Works’might give you some ideas. Describing one of the impacts of the Information Revolution…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 12, 2014
In the organisations I work with, the marketing/pr section (in harmony with the CEO) is the main influencer on culture, delivering the board’s mission/vision/values. The…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 17, 2014
Back or front? Do we need to think more laterally? Almost every company we deal with is grappling with globalisation and the Internet (retail outlets,…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 13, 2014
Still feeling uncomfortable about signing up to the social/digital age? There is now increasing evidence that one of the critical leadership qualities is familiarity with social/digital media.…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 6, 2014
We’ve now introduced a program in which every staff member is required to undertake a 'MOOC' annually as part of their structured learning program. Has…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 5, 2014
The social/digital revolution has created a blind spot for CEOs. Traditionally, culture is strongest at the top and weakens down the line. The mission, vision…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 4, 2014
The six most influential business books in 2014 have been chosen as finalists in the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 29, 2014
And what can CEOs learn from him? It’s a reasonable assumption that we are going to be on the warpath for the next few years.…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 28, 2014
For the first time, the prestigious universities globally have been bumped down the search list by superior online marketers. It is a further indication that social media…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 26, 2014
Is it weak to be tentative when making complex and potentially costly decisions? Or is the weakness in giving way to pressure and moving quickly?…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 24, 2014