French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who recently divorced his wife Cecilia, is dating model and singer Carla Bruni. He made it public, which is clearly a new behavior for French presidents. Although i’m not often commenting about celebrities and “red carpet”, here is what I take away from it from a management point of view, applied to companies.
1. Make things open rather than hide them: rather than let rumor grow and have your teams elaborate on some issues, talk to them openly if you can. They’ll give you credit for your openness, even if the news is a bad one.
2. Move on : you lose a client, a partner, an executive. Don’t procrastinate. Quickly move on and sign a new one!
PS far fetched, isn’t it? 🙂