Building Better Relationships Through Effective Communication

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The Relationship Check-Up™

What's the state of your relationships with your organization's key constituent groups? Here's how to find out.

CG6B84.jpgA Relationship Check-Up™ is a method for assessing the state of an organization's relationships with key internal and external constituent groups, whose expectations must be met to win their support for the goals and objectives of the organization. It employs a proprietary combination of methodologies , depending on the specific circumstances of a given Check-Up. To discuss conducting a Check-Up for your organization, please contact me. For a more detailed look at the makings of a Check-Up, purchase your copy of the 20-page, color booklet How to Plan and Manage a Relationship Check-Up at my online store.

Clients Discuss the Value of the Relationship Check-Up

"This independent Check-Up assessment provided me with specific evidence to help win the support of our employees and our trustees for changes we could make to help us further our mission. This information also helped us formalize our strategies to affect community opinion."

Marion McGowan
(Formerly) Chief Executive Officer
Brandywine Hospital "My organization has benefited greatly from the two engagements David Kirk has performed on our behalf. His thoughtful approach to assessing community perceptions and then creating action plans that work have helped us to incorporate community concerns as a fundamental piece of our organizational culture."

Dennis J. Dooley,
Vice President
Planning and Development
Capitol Health System "David Kirk's perceptive and objective reports on the community's perception of Lancaster Health Alliance have been key ingredients in our overall community relations activities. David can connect with a diverse array of community leaders, learn their concerns and praises and provide those viewpoints with recommendations for improvements in a format that is understood at all levels of our organization"

John Lines
Director
Community Relations
Lancaster General Health "David Kirk has been integrally involved in developing the strategies in our public accountability communication program. He has demonstrated a unique ability to organize and move the program forward."

Michael A. Suchanick
Chief Operating Officer
The Hospital&Healthsystems

Testimonials

“David Kirk was an important business partner for us.  He rapidly developed a nuanced understanding of our challenges and drew upon decades of experience in the real-world workings of complex businesses to help us develop plans to address them.   His work products were thoroughly professional, needed little revision and thoughtfully reflected the language and personality of our business and our executives.  He was responsive and accessible and knew how to operate effectively and efficiently in urgent circumstances.  It was especially valuable to us that he proactively anticipated our needs by monitoring the external environment and suggesting appropriate actions to take before situations escalated.”

Nevin D. Cooley, president and chief executive officer, High Real Estate Group

Nevin engaged David Kirk as a crisis management and public affairs consultant to represent the private development company in a public/private partnership that built a major hotel/convention center complex.


Nevin Cooley recommends David Kirk.