When I facilitate my reputation management training, I always relate that building the reputation of an organisation is like layers of an onion.
The more layers of protection there is, the less chance of damage in a crisis. On the other hand it is also vital to look for potential vulnerabilities and concerns that can penetrate these layers.
These are the questions that I give out to participants with the following instructions – Here is a list of the questions that we need to answer/investigate in order to manage Reputation adequately in in an organisation. Let this partial list govern your thinking during this workshop and when we prioritise a list of action items to manage.
Questions:
- What kind of company do we want to be? What are our defining traits?
- How distinctive is our Reputation from the rest of the Industry’s reputation?
- How accurate and consistent are the images that we project to our different stakeholders?
- How can we strengthen our relationships with these various stakeholders?
- Evaluate the way your organisation currently manage Reputation Risk. Is it still appropriate?
- What are the issues and problems at Business Unit level that can impact reputation?
- How do our internal features correspond to current perceptions of our Company by the different stakeholders?
- What policies, systems, procedures, rules, regulations, actions and behaviour are not consistent with the organisation’s desired reputation?
What are the issues/Problems affecting each Reputational Driver?