By Dennis Culloton CEO, President It’s no secret this space is reserved for Cubs fans and we’ve often used Cubs manager Joe Maddon’s wit and witticisms to illustrate larger crisis communications leadership truths.As we lick our wounds from being eliminated from the National League Championship playoffs by the Los Angeles Dodgers (3 home runs including a
Dennis CullotonAfter Donald Trump's twitter rants and video leaks and Samsung's exploding phones, people tell me, "Hey (that company in trouble) needs you for crisis communications," or they ask "How would you like to be Trump's PR guy?" (no thanks).It makes for fun talk at the tailgate or cocktail party. But to make a real
Client: Chicago CubsSource: Chicago Tribune Zobrist’s team first attitude is rubbing off in the club house, says Maddon: Cubs manager Joe Maddon likens Ben Zobrist to a virus. The best possible kind.His winning attitude is infectious.“You see it. You’re all around him,” Maddon told reporters before Friday’s 1:20 p.m. game against the Nationals. “Everybody else sees it, too,
By Dennis Culloton, President and CEO I own up to being a die-hard Cubs fan--and for Cubs fans, die-hard is the right posture. I watched the '69 Cubs collapse while sitting on my father's lap. As it happens, children have been watching the Cubs collapse for 107 years and seeing their father's first yell at