Contact Information: Why Upper Management Can't Hide Anymore

Privacy is overrated? No way. Regardless of industry, I think that personnel should be able to protect themselves. Email address availability, yes -- but also depending on the industry. Maybe it's because I'm all healthcare oriented, but you do have a fundamental constitutional right to privacy for a reason. For doctors & healthcare workers in particular, it's an invalid argument to make that anyone should be able to access them at anytime. If you choose to make the info available, okay, but each individual -- even those in HR -- has the right to make that choice.

I always cast a very dim view on a company with no personal information or contact details for the management

Excellent points Wendy. I definitely agree with your point regarding the "About Us". The way in which we do business is changing...we are all now informed buyers thanks to the internet. So we need people to differentiate themselves in terms of brand, personality and quality to make an objective decision on whether or not to purchase :).

People will argue with you about privacy, in fact that point was made recently by a comment on my blog - and I tend to agree with you. There is a limit to the amount we need to share (eg personal cell and email), but I do believe if you are using social media and internet as a means to do business, then you do have to be reachable.

To take it a step further, many of my clients would think that "About Us" is useless information and don't take it seriously - I know many who will look first at the About Us page before making a buying decision. Why would you not want people to know about your business if you want them to buy from you.

Nice post.

Privacy is overrated? No way. Regardless of industry, I think that personnel should be able to protect themselves. Email address availability, yes -- but also depending on the industry. Maybe it's because I'm all healthcare oriented, but you do have a fundamental constitutional right to privacy for a reason. For doctors & healthcare workers in particular, it's an invalid argument to make that anyone should be able to access them at anytime. If you choose to make the info available, okay, but each individual -- even those in HR -- has the right to make that choice.

Privacy is overrated? No way. Regardless of industry, I think that personnel should be able to protect themselves. Email address availability, yes -- but also depending on the industry. Maybe it's because I'm all healthcare oriented, but you do have a fundamental constitutional right to privacy for a reason. For doctors & healthcare workers in particular, it's an invalid argument to make that anyone should be able to access them at anytime. If you choose to make the info available, okay, but each individual -- even those in HR -- has the right to make that choice.

I always cast a very dim view on a company with no personal information or contact details for the management

Excellent points Wendy. I definitely agree with your point regarding the "About Us". The way in which we do business is changing...we are all now informed buyers thanks to the internet. So we need people to differentiate themselves in terms of brand, personality and quality to make an objective decision on whether or not to purchase :).

People will argue with you about privacy, in fact that point was made recently by a comment on my blog - and I tend to agree with you. There is a limit to the amount we need to share (eg personal cell and email), but I do believe if you are using social media and internet as a means to do business, then you do have to be reachable.

To take it a step further, many of my clients would think that "About Us" is useless information and don't take it seriously - I know many who will look first at the About Us page before making a buying decision. Why would you not want people to know about your business if you want them to buy from you.

Nice post.

Privacy is overrated? No way. Regardless of industry, I think that personnel should be able to protect themselves. Email address availability, yes -- but also depending on the industry. Maybe it's because I'm all healthcare oriented, but you do have a fundamental constitutional right to privacy for a reason. For doctors & healthcare workers in particular, it's an invalid argument to make that anyone should be able to access them at anytime. If you choose to make the info available, okay, but each individual -- even those in HR -- has the right to make that choice.

I always cast a very dim view on a company with no personal information or contact details for the management

Excellent points Wendy. I definitely agree with your point regarding the "About Us". The way in which we do business is changing...we are all now informed buyers thanks to the internet. So we need people to differentiate themselves in terms of brand, personality and quality to make an objective decision on whether or not to purchase :).

People will argue with you about privacy, in fact that point was made recently by a comment on my blog - and I tend to agree with you. There is a limit to the amount we need to share (eg personal cell and email), but I do believe if you are using social media and internet as a means to do business, then you do have to be reachable.

To take it a step further, many of my clients would think that "About Us" is useless information and don't take it seriously - I know many who will look first at the About Us page before making a buying decision. Why would you not want people to know about your business if you want them to buy from you.

Nice post.