Chief communications officers in the boardroom
The stakes for corporations have risen.
Leadership
The corporate affairs director: a creative change agent
As part of its wider research into executive leadership and what it takes to rise to the C-Suite, executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates in partnership with psychometric research firm Hogan Assessments have created a new profile for tod
“It is a joint responsibility to evolve this profession.”
In June this year, and for only the second time in its history, the European Association of Communication Directors elected a new president.
Getting the measure
If there is one thing that helps get communicators a seat at the management table, it is speaking the language of management: charts, statistics, and metrics.
Innovative inquiry: how the right questions make all the difference
Forget technology for a moment; to innovate, ask your best questions. For unless a firm’s strategy for positive change is well-thought out and clear, the most powerful tech will fail to realise its potential.
"Microsoft is built on trust"
One of the leading communicators in the tech space, Frank X. Shaw has helped lead the company through major transformations.
Where business strategy meets communications
In 2006, the European Association of Communication Directors was founded by a diverse group of communications professionals, led by industry veteran Herbert Heitmann.
Training the team, training yourself
Communication is only as good as the level of know-how of its practitioners but expectations and standards are not the same all over the world.
The chief communications officer and the CEO
The CEO-CCO relationship has a crucial strategic importance for both the communications function and the organisation as a whole.
And nowhere is that relationship tested more than during and after a CEO transition.
Communications directors are becoming more critical to the success of a business
For a long time, communication directors struggled to get the ear of their CEO and CEOs were mostly immune to the idea of involving communications in the creation of the business strategy.