Reputation management with the late great Richard Levick
02/08/22 • 45 min
Richard Levick Esq was known as the ‘father of modern reputation management,’.
He was Chairman & CEO of LEVICK, a crisis communications and public affairs firm, representing countries and companies in the highest-stakes global matters – the Venezuelan crisis, Qatar, the Chinese trade war, the Gulf oil spill; Guantanamo Bay, the Catholic Church and many others.
He and his firm have represented over 300 of the world’s largest law firms, hundreds of companies and over 30 countries, providing heads of state with communications, access and insight into Washington.
Mr. Levick has been honoured multiple times on the prestigious “The 100 Most Influential People in the Boardroom” list. He has been named to several professional Halls of Fame for lifetime achievement.
He is the co-author of four books, including two on litigation communications, hosts daily podcasts for various publications and is a regular commentator on television and in print.
Under Richard Levick’s leadership, LEVICK has grown to one of the world’s leading firms in crisis, litigation, and public affairs, representing companies and countries in the highest-profile matters.
This podcast is a masterclass in crisis communications. It discusses the following:
- What constitutes a crisis
- Crisis communication in the internet age
- How crisis communications strategy has evolved
- Cancel Culture and how to recover from it
- The challenges of global clients
- The problem with ‘Wokeness’
Richard died on April 11 2023, at a hospice centre in Bethesda, Md. He was 65.
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Richard Levick Esq was known as the ‘father of modern reputation management,’.
He was Chairman & CEO of LEVICK, a crisis communications and public affairs firm, representing countries and companies in the highest-stakes global matters – the Venezuelan crisis, Qatar, the Chinese trade war, the Gulf oil spill; Guantanamo Bay, the Catholic Church and many others.
He and his firm have represented over 300 of the world’s largest law firms, hundreds of companies and over 30 countries, providing heads of state with communications, access and insight into Washington.
Mr. Levick has been honoured multiple times on the prestigious “The 100 Most Influential People in the Boardroom” list. He has been named to several professional Halls of Fame for lifetime achievement.
He is the co-author of four books, including two on litigation communications, hosts daily podcasts for various publications and is a regular commentator on television and in print.
Under Richard Levick’s leadership, LEVICK has grown to one of the world’s leading firms in crisis, litigation, and public affairs, representing companies and countries in the highest-profile matters.
This podcast is a masterclass in crisis communications. It discusses the following:
- What constitutes a crisis
- Crisis communication in the internet age
- How crisis communications strategy has evolved
- Cancel Culture and how to recover from it
- The challenges of global clients
- The problem with ‘Wokeness’
Richard died on April 11 2023, at a hospice centre in Bethesda, Md. He was 65.
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Welcome to the second episode of 'The Online Bodyguard' and today, I'm absolutely thrilled because I have with me, a man who is a genuine legend in his own lifetime, and that's Richard Leveck. And before I introduce him as his proper title, etc, I wanted to just say thank you to Richard, because as much as being a mentor and a friend recently, when I decided I wanted to start this podcast, the first person I contacted was Richard, and I sai
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