Bad press is a sign of bad leadership

There is really no excuse for the spate of seemingly unbelievable gaffes made by industry leaders in the last few months. Why weren’t they using crisis PR teams to manage their actions if they couldn’t manage themselves? I'm joking of course... or am I?The list of Marie Antoinette moments is astonishing (see Arianna's post) – all the way up to just 2 days ago Tim Geithner's $435,000 severance upon being promoted to Treasury.But there should be no need for such insensitivity! There are PR firms that specialize in helping management [...]