Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

How To Apologize Like A Boss

Wed, Jul 7, 2022
While airlines aren’t something businesses would want to pattern themselves after right now, there’s a great article from inc.com by Bill Murphy Jr. that diagrams what the author describes as an effective corporate apology. He breaks everything down to five key components: Excitement Contrition Self-confidence Gratitude Confidence What’s perhaps most useful is how concise Murphy

Advanced De-escalation: When You Can’t Avoid Controversial Topics

Tue, Jul 7, 2022
In a time when stakeholders are more on-edge than ever, it pays to brush up on basic de-escalation technics. To that end, I wanted to take a moment and point out something from Kelly Leonard, Executive Director of Learning and Applied Improvisation at Second City Works, who promotes a concept he calls “thank you, because…”