EXAMPLES OF ASSIGNMENTS
BRANDING
- Re-branded a second-tier institution to successfully
compete with better known, more prestigious rivals
- Re-positioned a service company from a transaction-based
supplier to a strategic partner and advisor
- Resolved disparate organizational visions to
improve focus, collaboration and performance
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Unified the corporate identity of a decentralized,
acquisition-built enterprise to strengthen investor
perception while maintaining valuable equity in
individual lines of business
COMMUNICATION
Representative Assignments
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Raised the visibility and stature of a little-known company
- Moved a second-tier company into the leadership rankings
- Built employee and investor confidence through a major turnaround
- Neutralized a hostile online campaign
- Re-aligned a corporate giving strategy to
deliver corporate brand messages
- Enlisted potential adversaries in
support of a controversial acquisition
- Insulated a company's reputation from a
potential industry-wide crisis
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Improved public receptivity to a corporate position
in an emotional policy debate
LEADERSHIP
Representative Assignments
- Defined the leadership roles and complementary
communication strategies for Co-CEOs
- Translated a CEO's character traits into a valuable
metaphor for the company
- Repositioned new chief executive's "industry outsider"
status into a valuable point of difference
- Turned a division head's perceived character
weakness into a strength
- Built momentum while maintaining stability as a
new leader assumed responsibility
from a charismatic founder
- Helped a new CEO with no industry stature find
her voice and establish a leadership position
for herself and her company.
CULTURE
Representative Assignments
- Aligned employee goals with corporate brand strategy and mission
- Generated excitement and enthusiasm for a new corporate direction
- Transformed a retail service company from a transaction to a relationship culture
- Re-engaged employees after significant change
- Facilitated merger integration and one-culture strategy
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Established reward and recognition practices that promoted
brand fulfillment and employee engagement