Corporate Communications
Short-term Communications Support to Cover Talent Gaps
Are one of these challenges familiar: Is your team short staffed? Are you handling new projects with no bandwidth? Are you working on a rollout or expansion realizing it is beyond your team’s capacity? Are you in need of someone to keep the train running during a parental or medical leave, or during a crisis?…
Read MoreCorporate Voice
I have written from time to time about the increasing pressure on leaders of organizations, including corporations, to “engage in the public square” in ways that would have been highly unlikely not so very long ago. As reckonings on multiple civic or societal issues continue, it is hard to recall a more challenging time for…
Read MoreOrganizational Life Re-imagined
Based on conversations with clients and professional colleagues, I think we all know that workplaces will not return to what they were in March of 2020 – we have learned things about ourselves and our society that are shaping what happens next. I also believe most of us are still grappling with how ‘what is…
Read MoreThe Importance of Being Understood
At Tunheim, we have a mantra that guides our communications work for clients: “Well-understood organizations have the best opportunity for success.” This is particularly true in a time of disruption and change. There has been a lot written about how much has changed in the past 12-14 months. Arguably, the period between February 2020 and…
Read MoreCommunicate Your Organization’s Environmental Impact
As communications consultants to organizations large and small, we know that there continues to be trepidation for some about how best (and whether) to raise awareness of their organization’s commitments and actions related to environmental impact. Let us review the lay of the land. It is now well understood that Millennials and Gen Z are…
Read MoreSituational Awareness
“Situational awareness” is not a term that I remember using earlier in my career; I’ve always associated it with physical safety, as in worrying about walking alone to my car in a dark parking lot. But in the past year, it has become a concept central to all the communications counsel I now share with…
Read MoreWords Really Do Matter – Tips for Corporate Communications in an Unprecedented Time
Corporate communications—including both internal and external communications to key stakeholders—has never been more important, or more challenging, than it is today. With employees and customers working remotely with little or no face-to-face time, the words we use, when we use them and how they are interpreted take on a much greater importance. The ability to…
Read MoreHealth Care Consolidation: Communicating with Affected Communities
Remember, Health Care is Personal and Emotional Our health care landscape is rapidly changing. Consolidation has become a matter of “when,” not “if” –and the lines between health care providers, insurance companies and retailers continue to blur. Most consumers do not differentiate between a provider and a payer. The actions of one health care organization…
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