Comments on: Why Do PR People Always Have to Live Up to the Negative Stereotypes? http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/11/why-do-pr-people-always-have-to-live-up-to-the-negative-stereotypes.html Bringing You Media News, Marketing Views, Celebrity Culture & Political Spin Since February 2005 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:22:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: PR Hits, misses and close calls http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/11/why-do-pr-people-always-have-to-live-up-to-the-negative-stereotypes.html/comment-page-1#comment-597 PR Hits, misses and close calls Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:59:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=300#comment-597 I couldn't agree with your comments more. Being professional means standing up for what you believe in and having faith in your judgement and skills. Sometimes it's difficult expressing views, or putting forward ideas, that are contrary to the views/ideas of others in the organisation. But we're communication experts - find positive ways to put forward ideas and suggestions that may not be readily accepted.<br/><br/>Each time I've held firm and stood by my views and suggested course of action, I've gained the respect of senior management. Even when I've been wrong! I couldn’t agree with your comments more. Being professional means standing up for what you believe in and having faith in your judgement and skills. Sometimes it’s difficult expressing views, or putting forward ideas, that are contrary to the views/ideas of others in the organisation. But we’re communication experts - find positive ways to put forward ideas and suggestions that may not be readily accepted.

Each time I’ve held firm and stood by my views and suggested course of action, I’ve gained the respect of senior management. Even when I’ve been wrong!

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