From CEO transitions, to labor agreements, to strategic shifts, successful implementation requires thoughtful and thorough strategic communications planning that considers all dimensions of the issue.

Gagen MacDonald helps leaders see issues from multiple points of view through various filters, with an eye on the successful implementation of the plan or program. Effective internal communication can drive business results. Gagen MacDonald has developed strategic planning tools to help the communication function reinvent itself into a high-performance function—from planning seminars to organization redesign.

Strategic Communications Planning Workshop: A strategic planning process to identify short- and long-term approaches for message development and coaching to create a credible and effective communications environment that delivers business results. Our Planning for Business Results™ Workshop helps focus communications department actions on delivering operating results.

Organizational Strategy & Redesign: A process to redesign and align the communications function, and its staffing, roles and responsibilities with the needs of the business.

100-day Leadership Transition Plans: Plans that provide a smooth transition for executive leadership, mergers and acquisitions, a new process or product launch and connects employees to the strategy behind the change and the future plans.

Issues Planning Analysis: A framework for planning, when events, announcements or changes span a broad range of audiences within a company or industry.

Vision, Mission and Strategy Clarification Workshops: A way to develop an integrated plan for connecting vision and values to business results, communicating and measuring key behaviors and actions that demonstrate the values, and supporting change objectives for long-term goals.