Damage Control, John Weber
Damage Control, John Weber
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Damage Control

Author: John Weber, Eric Dezenhall

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Unabridged: 5 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 06/01/2015


Synopsis

Much of the conventional wisdom about damage control and crisis PR is self-serving, self-congratulatory, self-deceiving, and flat out wrong. And no one knows it better than Eric Dezenhall and John Weber, who have helped countless companies, politicians, and celebrities get out of various kinds of trouble.

If you're facing a lawsuit, a sex scandal, a defective product, or allegations of insider trading, other PR experts will tell you to stay positive, get your message out, and everything will be just fine. But happy talk doesn't help much during a real crisis, and it's easy to lose sight of your real priorities. In a trial, for instance, you might want the whole world to think you're a wonderful person, but all that matters is whether twelve jurors think you're guilty.

Damage Control will reveal what works, what doesn't, and how to really survive a career-threatening situation. It will be the definitive book on this subject for years to come.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Terry on January 29, 2025

This was a fairly entertaining and informative read. Keep in mind that one motive of this book is to build the author's brand (he doesn't say that, but you can easily pick up on it). Dezenhall provides some good principles on damage control that seem logical and reasonable. He provides examples that......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on June 19, 2019

While I don't agree with the authors on every point, they do a good job of providing some excellent examples and lay a strong argument for planning and responses that are fluid and based in context.......more

Goodreads review by Alex on April 27, 2020

Interesting theory on aggressive crisis communications and management.......more

Goodreads review by A Book Matchmaker on June 13, 2022

Great information While you have to be studying or really interested in the topic to enjoy reading this I thought it was a great book.......more

Goodreads review by Javier on March 30, 2018

Este libro interesará a l@s que hayan visto series como "Scandal" o "Ray Donovan", aunque su propio autor ha comentado en más de una ocasión que la profesión de gestor de crisis poco tiene que ver con lo que vemos en la ficción. Porque la gestión de crisis requiere de un equipo multidisciplinar (abo......more