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Show, don’t tell. Feel, don’t listen. Less is more.

Chalhoub Group's Lynn Al Khatib explains why it's time for leaders to prove expertise with useful ideas, and for communicators to tune into the emotional frequency of their audiences and craft messages that resonate.

Lynn Al Khatib, Vice President of Communications at Chalhoub Group.Lynn Al Khatib, Vice President of Communications at Chalhoub Group.

“If skills are the product, reputation is the packaging.”

That line from The Brand Book still lands because it captures today’s reality: we have always had reputations, but social media has turbo-charged their reach. A single post can now traverse continents before coffee.

For executives, that’s exhilarating – and terrifying. One insight-rich update can attract talent, reassure investors and move share price; one tone-deaf humble-brag can torch a decade of equity.

LinkedIn reports CEO content is up more than 20 per cent year-on-year and earns quadruple the engagement of the average post. The microphone is powerful – use it wisely.

Numbers don’t lie. Eighty-two per cent


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the authorAnup Oommen
Anup Oommen is the Editor of Campaign Middle East at Motivate Media Group, a well-reputed moderator, and a multiple award-winning journalist with more than 15 years of experience at some of the most reputable and credible global news organisations, including Reuters, CNN, and Motivate Media Group. As the Editor of Campaign Middle East, Anup heads market-leading coverage of advertising, media, marketing, PR, events and experiential, digital, the wider creative industries, and more, through the brand’s digital, print, events, directories, podcast and video verticals. As such he’s a key stakeholder in the Campaign Global brand, the world’s leading authority for the advertising, marketing and media industries, which was first published in the UK in 1968.