Why hire a communication consultant?

Though specific needs vary, there are many reasons to work with a communication consultant:

• Client relationships can disintegrate or fizzle out, with no apparent reason, when the parties aren’t communicating effectively.
• Teams often struggle to communicate and collaborate, causing internal tension and project slowdowns.
• Smart but opinionated executives cannot reach consensus on vital issues.
• Organizational changes require leadership and employee support … both of which must begin with a clearly articulated communication plan and its effective expression.
• Corporate communication can be ineffectual, redundant and dull, flattening employees’ enthusiasm.

Finding the right consulting partners is vital. To select the right consultancy for your needs, consider the following:

• Have the consultants you’ve met successfully addressed with other clients challenges that are similar to yours?
• Did they ask you insightful, appropriate questions?
• Did they display a bias toward proprietary solutions, or did they propose a variety of approaches?
• Did they clearly spell out fees, deliverables and expected results?
• Did you get a sense of rapport with them? Do you think that rapport will extend to your organization and/or customers?

About Tilt Consulting

Gretchen Anthony, Tilt Consulting Principal, has nearly 15 years of experience working with management consulting and marketing industry leaders. Gretchen specializes in communication strategy, executive sponsorship and navigating organizational change. She is also a skilled facilitator, guiding clients through strategic planning and team building programs. Working for clients with as few as one employee and as many as 350,000, she believes that every company, regardless of size, can develop the communication strategy and skills necessary to harness the opportunities before it.

Over the course of her career, Gretchen Anthony has worked with clients such as:

Agere Systems (LSI Logic)
IBM
Cadence Design Systems
Qwest Communications
Hewlett Packard
US West

Gretchen received her M.A. in Rhetoric and Communication from the University of California, Davis and her B.A. in Speech-Communication from St. Olaf College. She is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators.

All Tilt Consulting staff members come to our clients with extensive experience in change management, corporate communications and marketing. Each understands well the integral relationship between effective communication and a healthy business.

Giving back

Tilt Consulting donates time and services equal to ten percent of its annual profits to non-profit organizations supporting the people of Colorado. If you are a non-profit interested in applying for a service-based donation, please contact Tilt Consulting at info@tiltconsulting.com.