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What are employees actually saying, once the internal narrative is set aside?
Get an independent read on how employees and internal stakeholders are genuinely experiencing an organisational change, including the disagreement that internal reporting lines make hard to surface.
What this looks like
Examples of who brings us in
- A people function running a restructuring programme, wanting to know how employees are really responding beneath the formal feedback channels.
- A leadership team noticing internal disagreement about a change, needing an independent account of where the disagreement actually sits.
- An HR leader wanting evidence of organisational sentiment that does not rely on a survey response rate people no longer trust.
Relevant guides
Stakeholder Risk Management for FCA Regulated Firms
A practical guide to identifying, prioritising and managing stakeholder risk inside an FCA regulated firm. After reading, you will know how to build a stakeholder risk map that connects to your governance, Consumer Duty and SM&CR obligations, and how to act on it.
When to Use External Stakeholder Intelligence: Trigger Points
This guide sets out the specific moments when external stakeholder intelligence pays for itself and when internal knowledge is enough. After reading, you will be able to decide quickly whether to commission external work, scope it well, and avoid the two common failure modes: commissioning too late, or commissioning for comfort rather than challenge.
How to Manage Stakeholder Risk in an Acquisition
A practical guide for executives leading or approving acquisitions on identifying, sequencing, and managing stakeholder risk across regulators, customers, employees, investors, and counterparties. After reading, you will be able to build a stakeholder risk map that holds up to board, regulatory, and public scrutiny through signing, closing, and integration.
How to Build Stakeholder Intelligence Before a Board Decision
A practical guide to gathering, structuring, and presenting stakeholder intelligence before a material board decision in a regulated firm. After reading, you will know what to collect, how to test it, and how to deliver it in a form that sharpens board judgement rather than crowding it.
How to Structure an Internal Audit Opinion That Drives Board Action
This guide shows senior leaders how to craft an Internal Audit opinion on risk management effectiveness that compels decision-making rather than inviting line-by-line pushback from executives. You will finish with a clearer method for structuring the opinion, sequencing stakeholder engagement, and framing findings so the board acts.
How to Structure an SMR Handover When a Key Function Holder Departs
A practical guide to managing the departure of a Senior Manager under the SMCR, covering sequencing, documentation, regulatory notifications, and successor readiness. After reading, you will know how to run a handover that stands up to supervisory review and protects continuity of accountability.