Stakeholder Relations is about improving your professional relationships - or lack of them - with governments, regulators, membership, industry, media or communities.

“Stakeholders” by definition are those individuals, organizations who ‘hold’ a ‘stake’ in your organization’s interests.   

Stakeholder relations, like many family ones, start out exciting and full of promise. Then as we increasingly get absorbed by the daily grind of making a living, many of us increasingly take those who are important to us for granted - and sometimes it becomes too late to act.

At StakeholderRelations.com we have the experience, tools and service options to customize and establish a realistic program to measurably maintain your ongoing relationships.

Since 1976, our expertise has been regulatory/public policy communications and resolution; providing an immediate response capacity; and developing stakeholder relations management tools.

We work with your team to:

• Get your stakeholders working for you by understanding exactly how to be mutually helpful
• Ensure that your stakeholders are well serviced by your team and don’t change to a more attentive competitor
• Use your stakeholders as early warning system for emerging industry/marketplace changes
• Pool resources to undertake purchases or services not practical for you alone
• Broaden your communications reach by contributing to the communications vehicles of stakeholders
• Generate support for your position before regulators, government agencies and the court of public opinion
• Prepare stakeholders on how to help in case of an emergency
• Explore with stakeholders how collaboratively you can achieve a great impact on a collective audience

Over the years, we have developed a variety of tools to achieve this - stakeholder surveys/audits, workshops, staff training, software, procedure manuals, etc. We are also very proud of the strategic alliances we have developed with some of the the world’s leading speciality service products providers.  

But our most important asset has been our field experience.  Family owned or international corporation, we can customize the expertise, tools and costs to fit your individual needs.

   

Take a moment to review our “What We Do” page for examples of how we approach working with you.

Check out our “What Others Say” page.  You will see that we have a strong reputation for being incredibly innovative, forthright and totally committed to our clients interests.

We are confident that with over 70 years of combined experience, we have the capacity to add immediate and ongoing financial, social and sustainability value to your organization.

Contact us for a free, no-obligation consultation: GetResults@StakeholderRelations.com.  

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” D.C.  

DISASTER AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE CANADIAN RED CROSS
“As the Manager of Disaster & International Services for the Canadian Red Cross, I have been exposed to some of the best skills development resources available anywhere.  Given that, I have to say that after working with George Paisiovich and StakeholderRelations.com, I have gained a tremendous insight into the project management component of stakeholder relations in times of crisis.  The proven management techniques to benchmark a situation and to rapidly act on that knowledge continue to benefit our relationship with our stakeholders.  I highly recommend this experienced expert.”
Steven Armstrong, Manager of Disaster & International Services for the Canadian Red Cross

ONTARIO GOVERNMENT STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS PROGRAM
StakeholderRelations.com has worked with every ministry at least once in developing a stakeholder program, including the development of the information technology infrastructure for over 23,000 government stakeholders. Stakeholder Solutions has regularly conducted a variety of workshops and seminars for ministers’ staff on more effective relationships with external stakeholders and developing internal administrative protocols and best practices.
“StakeholderRelations.com was contracted by the Premier’s Office to complete a government-wide analysis of the stakeholder relation dynamics of Ministers’ offices; design an interim government-wide stakeholder database to standardize the methodology used to respond to the thousands of multi-ministerial stakeholders government; to incorporate this knowledge into a series of workshops and best practices towards a “one stakeholder – one government” response capacity.
StakeholderRelations.com produced the most ground breaking work in the realm of government stakeholder relations in Ontario, and probably Canada as well.  I would highly recommend this  multi-disciplined stakeholder authority." 
Louise Harris, Director,
Premier's Office of People and Team Development

WHAT’S NEW

Spaces Vs. Species
We are currently developing a workshop outline to increase awareness and understanding of the Endangered Species Act 2007, how to better use the new tools it provides, as well as scope recommendations for a more balanced and sustainable approach Stewardship.

Government Cut Backs and
How to Translate Your Organization’s Value into a Currency Government can Measurably Appreciate.

Is your organization one which has traditionally partnered and been funded by government and is now facing uncertainty as government reviews its programing?

We can work with your team to better understand how to more effectively utilize your various resources, and translate the work you do into the currency of those who have the power to give them what they need.

“It is very easy to be self-righteous when you are fighting.  
“We’re right, they’re wrong,
and they’re bastards”.  

It’s a big shift
for a lot of  environmental
groups and people
 —including me—to say,

“Look, we’ve got to engage
in dialogue.  
We’re not going to make it
by ourselves.”  

David Suzuki CBC Wilderness Summit 2010