What this is

One corporate story every subsidiary can inherit without distortion. Large groups accumulate narratives, and the incoherence is visible to anyone who reads three of your websites.

What it looks like in practice

  • Group narrative built on what is genuinely common across units
  • Inheritance rules so subsidiaries express rather than rewrite
  • Message architecture by stakeholder group
  • Rollout across subsidiary communication teams

What you get

Deliverables, stated up front.

Included in scope

  • Corporate narrative document
  • Subsidiary inheritance rules
  • Stakeholder message architecture
  • Rollout and training programme

Where it sits

Part of Corporate Reputation.

The standing of the institution, managed as a governed asset.

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How we work on it

Inside Corporate Reputation.

At enterprise scale reputation stops being a marketing concern and becomes a governed asset with a number attached to it. It affects cost of capital, hiring cost, regulatory posture and the size of the discount an acquirer asks for. It should be measured and managed accordingly.

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01  Baseline

Audit across media, search, analyst, employee and customer channels.

02  Architecture

The corporate narrative, and the rules for how subsidiaries express it.

03  Stakeholder plan

Mapping, prioritisation and engagement programme by group.

04  Track

Quarterly measurement against the baseline, reported to the board.

Frequently asked

Questions about corporate reputation.

Who should own this internally?

Someone reporting to the CEO or the board. Reputation owned three levels down inside marketing will lose every argument it needs to win.

How is it measured?

Share of voice against a defined peer set, sentiment, search result composition, analyst commentary and employee review scores, tracked quarterly against a fixed baseline.

How long before it moves?

Two to four quarters for measurable change. Reputation is slow in both directions, which is also what makes it defensible.

Also in Corporate Reputation

Related services.

Reputation AuditStakeholder Mapping

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