tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79028322597428319002012-02-16T05:07:27.808-05:00<center> "All business in a democratic society begins with public permission and exists by public approval."<br> -<i>Arthur W. Page, 1947</i><br><br> "The public be damned."<br> -<i>Commodore William Vanderbilt, 1887</i> </center>JEAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07314283380905022171noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125YouBetYourCompanyhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902832259742831900.post-20900094103852502902008-03-05T11:55:00.005-05:002008-03-19T00:19:45.473-04:002008-03-19T00:19:45.473-04:00

Most senior public relations leaders are familiar with Page's mantra about public permission and public approval, and it's recited earnestly (even reverently in some seminars) as the received truth upon which public relations lays a claim to the Holy Grail of leadership, a seat at the table when "serious policy decisions are being made and heavy management lifting is being done." Yet in the <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YouBetYourCompany/~4/x5sS7sZMk1Y" height="1" width="1"/>

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