Barilaro and the cultural drift towards ‘what I can get away with’: he and Stuart Ayres may have gone into NSW politics with the noblest…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 16, 2022
From a communication point-of-view, the editorial headline in today’s AFR (13/7/22) is, I think, weird and telling – it’s back to front: “Labor must use…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 15, 2022
Will his communication skills hold him up or tear him down? We learn a lot about communications by watching politicians. Scott Morrison was initially hailed…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 1, 2022
Last Friday’s news that members of the crossbench will be provided fewer senior staff than the last term, is important to organisations with an eye…
Andrew ButlerJuly 1, 2022
Dominic Perrottet. The power of a vision. Might he be a bright spark - the right person for the time? Perrottet’s ‘Big NSW’ announcement was an unexpected vision, with associated reforms…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 26, 2021
Should we have backed off? Is this chest-beating by Australia a dreadful mistake? So far, we’ve been on a steep learning curve trying to understand…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 20, 2021
Measles’ herd immunity occurs at about 95% vaccination rates, will COVID be the same? Is there a nastier mutation after Delta? While some leaders are…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 23, 2021
The Royal Commission has delivered 148 recommendations. Kasy is Executive Director at Anglicare Australia and joins Peter Wilkinson and Liam Cox to discuss the importance of better comms to…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 3, 2021
Brittany Higgins, a Liberal Party staffer has again highlighted the terrible culture in the Federal Parliament, with disturbing allegations that she was raped in a…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 20, 2021
What can we learn from the crises in 2020. We focus on three, with four main learnings for leaders and corporate affairs folk: - Rio…
Peter WilkinsonDecember 18, 2020
Communication is the most complex leadership skill – and getting more complex. We rightly have high expectations. CEOs, directors and corporate affairs folks can learn…
Peter WilkinsonDecember 9, 2020
Joe and Jill Biden, and Kamala Harris, have the potential to take the heat out of the division in the US that's been such a…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 12, 2020
We learn a lot about good and bad corporate communications by watching politicians. This week it's been Gladys Berejiklian's struggle explaining her intimate relationship with…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 14, 2020
Kylie Moore-Gilbert is still in jail in Iran. Two years on, 'quiet diplomacy' has failed the Australian academic. We contend it's an outdated strategy, flawed…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 2, 2020
The shattered trust between European and Indigenous Australians provides lessons in what not to do. Littered with failed outcomes, broken commitments and disappointment, it is…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 28, 2020
Back to the office? Clever comms optimises wellbeing and productivity. It’s a chance to completely review what we do and how: some innovations that may…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 28, 2020
Are our questions being answered on the Coronavirus? Not enough it seems. ScoMo has invested $17bn to support the country, and spoken to us in…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 13, 2020
COVID-19 has thrown up a raft of leadership and corporate affairs issues: how to turn a crisis into an opportunity; ScoMo’s performance; politicians answering journalist’s…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 3, 2020
Trust requires transparency. So what is the likely impact of the Chinese government cover-ups concerning the coronavirus? On top of apparently understating the figures, a…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 13, 2020
What was ScoMo thinking? Ethics seems to have evaporated in Canberra with the Bridget McKenzie scandal. Not a good start to the decade, as the…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 4, 2020
As we move into the difficult, slow and frustrating recovery phase of the Australian bushfire catastrophe, Community Liaison techniques that we've learned from working with…
Peter WilkinsonJanuary 9, 2020
Three lessons for CEOs from watching Prime Minister Scott Morrison's missteps over recent days. Leaders, up-and-coming leaders, and advisors can learn a lot about communicating…
Peter WilkinsonJanuary 6, 2020
Learning from 6 outstanding PR disasters in the last 12 months, we look for the reasons why people at the top of their careers make…
Peter WilkinsonDecember 19, 2019
What can CEOs and Corporate Affairs professionals learn from Westpac’s mistakes? There are more layers to it than simply a lesson from the school-for-slow-learners. Beyond…
Peter WilkinsonDecember 12, 2019
Westpac and Prince Andrew, both damaged by child abuse allegations: What can we learn from the CEO and Board of Westpac's collective failure to act…
Peter WilkinsonDecember 6, 2019
Bushfires, Climate Change, and that Royal Stuff-Up - Should our Government talk about climate change in the middle of catastrophic, deadly bushfires? And, should Prince…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 28, 2019
Learning from Labor's Campaign: CEOs, corporate affairs professionals, and people who simply want to get ahead can learn a lot about issues management and crisis…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 21, 2019
Is ‘Sorry’ overused? Australians, with our healthy level of cynicism, are excellent at spotting a hollow apology. We look for proof of authenticity. So, over…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 14, 2019
Can a CEO today get away with a low profile? We say it's risky! The reputation of a company is increasingly inextricably linked to the…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 4, 2019
Better press freedom means less corruption and a stronger democracy. The campaign on the front page of every paper in the country on Monday is…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 21, 2019
Being interviewed by a journalist and doing it well is hard, and often the stakes are high. A common feeling afterwards is that you’ve failed…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 14, 2019
Trust in business leaders and politicians is low. There are now high expectations on spokespeople to explain themselves and their organisations authentically, clearly and succinctly.…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 8, 2019
What should you do when a journalist calls? Here we briefly discuss the techniques we use, including the 7 critical questions you must ask, to…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 1, 2019
Controversial athlete Israel Folau is attempting to make a comeback to Rugby League after he was sacked for homophobic posts on social media. Can the…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 26, 2019
Still reeling from the election results? Here's what we can learn from it.
Peter WilkinsonMay 24, 2019
Becoming a victim of a data breach can leave you feeling violated and helpless. But you have options.
Peter WilkinsonAugust 3, 2018
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
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 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
Yesterday Abbott apologised – well sort of. There’s a lesson here in Crisis PR. In this case the crisis is a failure to sell the…
Peter WilkinsonDecember 2, 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
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
This article was written for the International Public Relations Association Three quick points: Social media is ours for the taking China presents tomorrow’s PR opportunities,…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 20, 2014