Keir Starmer had no grand stage from which to make his acceptance speech after becoming British Labour party leader at the weekend. The speech itself was visually and rhetorically unspectacular and while Starmer’s…
VC meetings are proving a boon for empathic communication and not just because of the childhood teddies, feral toddlers and family pets making unexpected appearances on our screens. “I’m listening…
“We have it very much under control.” This simple statement of reassurance was a strong, memorable message from President Trump on Tuesday. But the words, about virus Covid-19 in the US, have already…
Caution: If you’re in what the media might call a ‘high profile’ role in the City, take care with what you post on social media – especially pics showing off…
Helen Lucas and Jeremy Adams Labour party leadership contender Lisa Nandy played a blinder in last week’s interview with BBC heavyweight Andrew Neil. Her clear and confident delivery followed the woeful…
It’s hard to say what most damaging about the Financial Times interview in which Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters complained about “immature investors” questioning the size of his company pension. First it…
Boris Johnson’s performance in Tuesday’s Conservative Leadership debate offered another glimpse into his tendency to dodge questions of substance. And it’s a reminder that it’s an absolute no-no to mimic the ‘smoke…
The Financial Times and Daily Telegraph have picked up a neat soundbite from a government-led report on women on boards. Despite the report’s press release emphasising how more women than ever are on the boards of…
For those of us who are both political geeks and communication fanatics, the Tory leadership race is making compulsive viewing. As there are plenty of experts in political geekery we’ll…
What to make of Neil Woodford’s YouTube mea culpa? In a bid to get a message out without the awkwardness of a media interview, the UK’s best known fund manager…