Alan Hardacre

Public Affairs Professionals need to speak P&L Public Affairs Professionals need to speak P&L In today’s dynamic business landscape, the role of Public Affairs professionals is evolving and one thing I hear repeatedly is that there is a worrying gap that is becoming more and more evident – the lack of financial literacy among Public …

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The Curse of Public Affairs Professionals This week I want to look at something that I think I would call a curse of public affairs professionals. The curse of knowing too much. Let me explain. Firstly, as public affairs professionals, we need to know the inner workings of our organisations. In short this means we …

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Public Affairs (Internal) Onboarding This week I want to look at the world of onboarding on Public Affairs – internal onboarding. Done well this engages new people and gets them into the zone you want them as early as possible. Done poorly, if at all, it has more than just the opposite effect. So, the …

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Why Reporting Lines Matter This week two things crossed my path that made me want to set out some ideas, and get some feedback, on a subject that is very much linked to internal public affairs success…. your reporting lines. The first thing was reading some great pieces about calls for more Chief Political Officers …

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What makes the biggest difference: your Industry / country HQ or CEO? This is an interesting question that came my way this week and one I have often speculated on myself. We know that the perception and understanding of Public Affairs in an organization is influenced by many factors, and the relative importance of any …

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