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Welcome to Pivot and Policy!

In public relations/media relations much of what an organization is attempting is to pivot: either away from something that didn't go so well or towards something that they want to go well. The pivot away is to show the audience that yes, that was an "oops" but look over here! We do great stuff over here! The pivot towards is to get the audience to support the service/event/business model/idea/whatever the organization is promoting even when they are simply stating they have hired a brand-new executive who is going to make things great.

Policy is the foundational component of human resources. An organization needs sound policies that are easy to understand by all employees, enforceable and comply with local, state and federal regulations. One leg of HR's proverbial three-legged stool: policies, position descriptions and performance evaluation systems. That three-legged stool is evolving and the seat of it (to carry the analogy forward) is the goodwill of the employees. Goodwill that sometimes, okay often, an organization has to pivot to achieve/maintain.

This blog will be exploring both public relations and human resources, sometimes separately, sometimes in combination. There is a lot of data out there. A lot of tricks of the trade. No one can keep up with all of it and still get the day-to-day job done. This blog won't capture all of it either. But maybe, just maybe it will pick up something you missed that will be useful to you.