By Jaclyn Jaeger2021-05-04T17:54:00+01:00
Four out of five
Four years ago, I wrote a column on why senior executives need to be mindful about the things they say and do outside the workplace from a reputational harm standpoint. Given the “cancel culture” era we are now in, the need for senior executives to practice mindfulness is more critical than ever before.
Whether an employee’s misconduct happens through words or personal actions, both shareholders and the public are increasingly taking notice. According to new research conducted by U.K.-based public relations agency Transmission Private, 83 percent of 2,000 public respondents to a survey said they would seek to express their anger with a senior executive publicly, such as on social media, if they objected to that executive’s behavior in some way.