Sixteen Time Zones, 10 Key Themes, And Four Experts in The Field: Our Back to Work Reputation, Risk and Resilience Symposium

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This is the fourth year of our Special Advisor, Rod Cartwright’s, ground-breaking report, which essentially provides an annual summary and analysis of the most important global reports on reputation, risk and resilience. Rod’s 2026 edition covered 12 major publications – almost 850 pages of original source material – from organisations including Aon, AXA, Edelman, International … Continue reading Sixteen Time Zones, 10 Key Themes, And Four Experts in The Field: Our Back to Work Reputation, Risk and Resilience Symposium

Crisis Communication for Boards: A Handbook for Good Governance – Key Take-Aways from the Pre-Launch Preview Event

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Panel: Katherine Sykes (Chair),  Farzana Baduel,  Philippe Borremans,  Amanda Coleman,  Kerry Knight,  Stephen Waddington      The pre-launch preview of Crisis Communication for Boards: A Handbook for Good Governance on Friday, 11 September 2026 brought together leading practitioners and governance experts to discuss one of the most pressing challenges facing modern organisations: how boards can better anticipate, prepare for, manage and recover from crises. Hosted … Continue reading Crisis Communication for Boards: A Handbook for Good Governance – Key Take-Aways from the Pre-Launch Preview Event

Strategic Communications and Good Governance: Why Every Boardroom Needs Communications Expertise

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For decades, boards have understood that finance, audit, legal and risk expertise are essential to effective governance, while treating strategic communications as optional, something to be consulted when needed rather than embedded in decision-making.  However, that assumption is no longer tenable in today’s risk environment. Crisis Communication for Boards: A Handbook for Good Governance, published by … Continue reading Strategic Communications and Good Governance: Why Every Boardroom Needs Communications Expertise

From Prediction to Recovery: Why the Crisis Lifecycle Matters to Boards

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In a world of fast-moving risk, heightened scrutiny and narrowing room for error, boards need to understand the full lifecycle of crisis and why strategic communication is central not only to response but to risk management, preparedness and good governance. The Crisis Communications Network's new handbook, Crisis Communication for Boards: A Handbook for Good Governance, has … Continue reading From Prediction to Recovery: Why the Crisis Lifecycle Matters to Boards

Crisis Communication for Boards: Introducing a New Handbook from the Crisis Communications Network 

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Hold the date! Join us on 11 September for an exclusive pre-launch preview of Crisis Communication for Boards, written and published by the CIPR Crisis Communications Network.  Our new handbook, which is published by CIPR in association with the Institute of Directors (IoD), promises to shift how directors, trustees and non-executives think about the role strategic … Continue reading Crisis Communication for Boards: Introducing a New Handbook from the Crisis Communications Network