At the end of this week, I’ll
be retiring from my day job, and I’ve been looking back at some thirty-seven
years in corporate communications.
Most of my work has centered in the oil, chemical, and
agriculture industries; none of them lack controversy or crisis. My career has
largely been spent on the firing line.
At times, it felt like the firing squad.
Government and regulatory issues. Environmental
problems. Product crises. Transportation accidents. Public protests. “He
said/she said” litigation. Even the short time I worked in a non-corporate
environment for the St. Louis Public Schools, it was much the same. There, I dealt
with restructurings, school closings, layoffs, protests at school board
meetings, and teacher sick-outs.
To
continue reading, please see my post today at The High
Calling.
Photograph by Any Bay via Public
Domain Pictures. Used with permission.
