Preparing leaders to communicate with authority, clarity and impact at the highest levels.
Key Capabilities
- CEO and board communications coaching
- Media training and interview preparation
- Investor and analyst presentation coaching
- Parliamentary and regulatory appearance preparation
- Leadership transition communications
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We train the executives we work with to best-practice communications across all functions — because reputation is a whole-of-company issue that starts at the top. Our executive communications programs are tailored to the individual, drawing on our proprietary research and decades of experience preparing CEOs, chairs and senior leaders for the most demanding communications environments.
Leadership as the Foundation of Reputation
Corporate reputation ultimately rests on the quality and credibility of leadership. How a chief executive communicates — with investors, with media, with government, with employees and with the broader community — shapes the perception of the entire organisation. We work with chief executives and senior leaders to develop their communications capabilities to the highest level, drawing on our proprietary research and our direct experience of the most demanding communications environments.
Media Training
Media training at John Connolly & Partners goes far beyond the standard techniques taught by most communications firms. We draw on our deep understanding of how journalists think and work, our experience of managing some of the most high-profile media situations in Australian corporate history, and our proprietary research into how media coverage shapes public and stakeholder perception. Our programs are intensive, realistic and tailored to the individual.
Investor & Analyst Presentations
The ability to communicate effectively with the investment community is one of the most important skills a chief executive or chief financial officer can possess. We have coached senior executives for results presentations, investor days, analyst briefings and roadshows — drawing on our deep understanding of what institutional investors and analysts are looking for, and how to present complex financial and strategic information with clarity and conviction.
Parliamentary & Regulatory Appearances
Appearing before parliamentary committees, royal commissions and regulatory bodies requires a specific set of communications skills that are quite different from those required in other environments. We have prepared senior executives and directors for some of the most high-profile parliamentary and regulatory appearances in Australian corporate history — including royal commissions, Senate inquiries and appearances before the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Our Specialists
The team behind our Executive & Leadership Communications practice
John Connolly
Partner
Led global comms for two of the world's largest mining mergers; only non-US citizen on the NYSE corporate branding committee.
Bailey Broom
Associate Director
Former Advisor to NSW and Federal Government Ministers; leads JCP's First 100 Days CEO program and stakeholder mapping.
Amber Plum
Associate Director
Director of Business Content Strategy at The Australian, leading 40+ journalists; London Editor covering Brexit, Greece debt crisis and Scottish independence.
Related Practice Areas
Corporate Reputation Management
Building, protecting and restoring the reputations of the world's most significant organisations.
Crisis & Issues Management
Evidence-based counsel for organisations facing their most critical and sensitive challenges.
Transactions & Capital Markets
Strategic communications for mergers, acquisitions, IPOs and major corporate transactions.
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