“Boards desperately need comms professionals in the board room, guiding them not only what to say but how stakeholders will receive the news,” said Jack Modzelewski, chief executive of JackKnife PR.

Chicago Tribune / We should begin each ballot not with candidate names but with those key public policy concerns that cut across America.

Chicago Tribune / Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas will face each other in Chicago's mayoral runoff on April 4. One will become the city's 57th mayor. When the time comes for the next...

Medill Board of Advisers member Jack Modzelewski sat down to discuss his new book and "leadership, communication and credibility in a high-stakes world."

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Leaders must be trustworthy and credible to succeed because of all the people who depend on them, says Jack Modzelewski, founder and president of Chicago-based business communications consulting firm Jackknife PR and author of "Talk is Chief." Employees, customers, regulators, clients all need to trust the company...

“The people who are good communicators also have intellectual and emotional intelligence,” says Jack Modzelewski, author of Talk is Chief: Leadership, Communication, and Credibility in a High-Stakes World. “They’re very in tune with others, whether they’re talking to one person, a small group, or an audience of many.”

In every day’s headlines you can find crises that beg for credible communication. An airline tries to explain its efforts to ensure safety with a new fleet of aircraft. A utility company spins a narrative...

It’s difficult to overstate the importance of great communication skills for leaders. Whether sharing the strategic vision, negotiating difficult contracts, or having individual performance discussions, leaders are always communicating in written and oral form...

As published in CEO Today, "Among the many role today's CEO has to fulfill, being a communication leader has risen...

Investor's Business Daily / People must have unshakable faith in what you say and do. Build credibility or no one will follow you. "People have to feel they can trust and have confidence in your decision-making and your actions," said Jack Modzelewski...

The Wall Street Journal / Nuel Pharr Davis was my English professor. I didn’t appreciate his journalistic skills...

This video provides an overview of Hall of Achievement 2015 inductee Jack Modzelewski's career. From president of the Americas for FleishmanHillard, the international communications firm owned by Omnicom Group...

Leadership and communication go hand in hand and most organizations are looking to improve communications with their teams. Jack Modzelewski is the author of Talk is Chief: Leadership, Communication and Credibility in a High-Stakes World and joins Kevin to discuss culture, communication, storytelling, and crisis management. Whether they realize it or not...

Listen as Jack had to be the advocate for what had to be done and the counselor, but also a peacekeeper in the room when the CEO turned combative and argumentative. It was time for speed and reassuring the public and customers they were going to do the right things.

If politics as usual is a product, voters just made the decision to change brands. My takeaway from this one-of-a-kind U.S. election has nothing to do with how wrong...

Jack Modzelewski Global President, Business Development & Partnerships FleishmanHillard. Thank you, John (Lyday). I appreciate you and your fellow PRSA board members inviting me to speak here today...

Sports, legal, and communication commentators debated Lance Armstrong's “strategy” and motives this week for telling his story to Oprah Winfrey in her two- part “no holds barred” interview for which she prepared 112 questions...

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