Competences

Long-standing experience and a systematic approach to communications. For your projects in the private and the public sector.

We expand your strategic options and enforce your legitimate interests. Be it in multi-stakeholder dialogue, in handling crises, in building acceptance for disputed projects, during takeovers or restructuring processes, or in dealing with technological change. We tailor our strategy to your particular needs and set up result-oriented processes. Vis-à-vis your organisation’s important stakeholders, we enhance your share of voice.

Our offer: Deep know-how in various industry sectors, relevant networks, a wealth of expertise in strategic communications and public affairs.

Areas of Expertise and Industry Sectors

Relations capital

Sustainable relations are your most important asset.

Building relevant acceptance for your organisation.
Strategic communications safeguard and increase your relations capital.

In today’s world, stakeholders’ acceptance is indispensable, and sustainable relations with key multipliers are just as important as traditional financial indicators, holding the key to your licence to operate. This is why we focus on improving your relations with stakeholders relevant for your business.

To enforce your legitimate interests and expand your room for manoeuvre, we map your existing stakeholder relations and focus on a result-oriented exchange with your stakeholders. We identify challenges ahead and design roadmaps to further build your organisation’s relations capital. We set up processes and measures to link communications processes with the overall management agenda.

Building relations capital: Communications’ core function

As intangible assets, sound stakeholder relations are vital for the success, impact potential and the influence any organisation can muster. Our advisory service makes allowance for your diverse multipliers’ expectations and demands, thus creating value. Bearing in mind your legitimate interests, our communications advice focuses on the dual perspective of stakeholders and our clients and their exchange.

Areas of expertise

Public & stakeholder affairs

Public and stakeholder affairs negotiate the various interests of business, politics and society.

We advise with a long-term view on advancing your legitimate interests and systematically strengthen your organisation’s profile. That includes assessing the implications of political, societal and economic developments on your organisation. Over the years, we have excelled in public affairs consultancy for a broad range of clients. Our approach is straightforward and effective: building the big picture in terms of our clients’ interests and strategic ambitions, then focusing on key stakeholders and potential partners and engaging them in a dialogue to build dual-faced insights.

Your contact for public- & stakeholder affairs – Thorsten Plath

Transformation & change

Tailored strategies and processes: We navigate our clients’ transformation and change.

Managing your individual transformational needs: That includes strategic planning, execution and firm control of the entire process. It aims at effective results, broad acceptance and the integration of relevant stakeholders’ views and expectations. In short: We safeguard stability in times of change.

Putting emphasis on internal communication strengthens the buy-in of your teams, builds trust and improves your branding as employer of choice – a major value driver. Reaching out to your teams in a meaningful and consistent way yields positive results. And it requires attitude and exchange between management and staff. We set up and develop your internal comms. Effectively and with a long-term view.

Your contact for transformation & change – Matthias Bischof

Dialogue & participation

We help shape agendas and establish powerful strategic dialogue on many levels. Our processes take into account those affected by major projects. We support you along the entire process.

We employ Acceptance planning as our tried-and-tested framework. With clear-cut objectives in mind, it sets up a strategic roadmap for the outreach to key actors. From your very first project phase on, our experienced teams consistently assess acceptance risks and opportunities, thus adjusting the strategy where necessary and building a wealth of helpful content.

Keeping your goals firmly in mind, we employ tailored measures and enhance your credibility and legitimate interests. Integrating what key stakeholders think and expect is key, so we ask: How do they assess the project? What do they expect in terms of participation procedures? How much space do they grant you to continue with your corporate strategy? Stakeholders’ views determine your room to manoeuvre, and, accordingly, ensuing processes are set up (see also: relations capital).

Your contact for dialogue & participation – Vera Grote

Crisis communication

Preventing and dealing with any crises on behalf of our clients has been part and parcel of J+K’s history right from the beginning. Across a range of industries, we have successfully implemented issue and reputation management measures.

Risk assessment, prevention schemes and swift, systematic action with practised teams in case of a crisis: We have, over the years, accumulated a wealth of know-how in crisis communications. Each crisis is different, so correct assessment of issues constantly updated in the J+K Issues Agenda and swift action vis-à-vis relevant stakeholders is key in gaining the upper hand and protecting your company’s reputation. For organisations of any provenance and size, we come up with the appropriate strategy. Our teams know the tools of the trade and are experienced in establishing sound procedures. We are operating across Germany, with tried-and-tested international partners, and safeguard on-site support 24/7.

Your contact for crisis communication – Martin Gritzbach
Your contact for interim management – Peter Königsfeld

Industry sectors

Energy

We advise on all pertinent issues. From climate protection, digitisation and new business models to technologies and the legal framework of a swiftly transforming sector.

J+K draws on nearly 20 years of experience in advising the energy sector. We assist energy, mobility and manufacturing companies of any size in managing the complexity of ever changing stakeholders, such as public utilities, associations, ministries and NGO that are seeking to strategically profile their organisations and efficiently protect their legitimate interests.
We are familiar with the intricacies of the regulatory framework of your industry and the truly relevant decision makers and multipliers. They are the stakeholder community that holds the key to your corporate success, and their expectations and experiences with your company need to be taken into account.
We find solutions for your individual communications management challenges. And we create and manage your strategic public affairs, restructuring and any transformational needs. We safeguard and support acceptance for your infrastructure projects and advise in crises, mergers and acquisitions and other special situations. Nationally as well as internationally, drawing on a tested network of trusted, independent partner consultancies.

Your contacts for energy – Timo Bovi & Maria Rieb

Mobility & logistics

We provide consulting for the challenges ahead: in mobility, multiple major projects need stakeholder and public affairs management and sound communications procedures.

Mobility’s upcoming project range is diverse: Electrification programmes to meet tightening environmental requirements, innovative schemes mirroring the sector’s increasing competitiveness, newly emerging digital transport services, an automotive industry under pressure. Whatever your cause, we provide result-oriented consultancy to safeguard your acceptance in important stakeholder groups.

Your contact for mobility and logistics – Diana Runge

Mergers & acquisitions

Our industry know-how and strategic strength for your M&A projects: Support in stakeholder management, operative planning and post-merger integration.

Planning and strategic communications are key to successfully managing transactions. We provide consultancy vis-à-vis relevant stakeholders and have, over the years, supported in complex takeover and merger projects. Aiming to gain acceptance and sustainable support for transactions and changes. Credible storylines, sound procedures, reliable networks and experienced teams offer the stakeholder management your M&A project requires – from start to finish.

Your contact for mergers and acquisitions – Geraldine Schroeder

Digital industry

Drawing on consulting major digital corporations, we support your individual digital agenda. Reducing complexity and reaching out to the policy makers, multipliers and societal agents that shape today’s regulatory framework.

In things digital, we are experienced advising global corporations, SME as well as political agents. Building on your individual needs and strategic agenda, we establish and enforce dialogue with your key stakeholders that helps build your brand, acceptance and long-term licence to operate in a swiftly changing environment.

Your contacts for digital industry – Heiko Kretschmer & David Morgen

Health & pharmaceutical industry

Disruptive developments, high-speed digitisation, a powerful yet oscillating political agenda affecting the health and pharma industry: Our consultancy helps you navigate key stakeholders’ expectations and needs.

Many years of experience in consulting agents in the public and private sector have built a wealth of know-how and insight. We use this to gain comparative advantages for your company or raise your share of voice in the public and political debates. We are familiar with the opinion leaders in the sector and major stakeholders you need to pay attention to. And we translate know-how into result-oriented and sound procedures and measures, thorough and consistent analysis of risks and opportunities involved and the potential to form alliances with a long-term view.

Your contact for health and pharmaceutical industry – Heiko Kretschmer

Media & publishing houses

Digitisation has changed everything: Publishers and the media needed to adapt swiftly and profoundly. We advise your organisation with a strategic view in mind.

Unpredictable developments, entirely novel professional standards and routines: The challenges for the media sector are substantial. We support you to take reasoned, yet courageous leaps in order to achieve your strategic objectives. On our mind: To support an independent and profitable business in the face of difficult conditions. We offer procedural know-how and soundly prepare your dialogue with relevant stakeholders, business partners and customers.

Your contact for media and publishing houses – Heiko Kretschmer

Public sector & municipal industry

A functioning public sector is the backbone for economy and society alike. We advise government institutions and authorities as well as parties, trade unions and associations.

With many years of continuous experience with clients in the public sector, our teams manage strategic communications and draw on relevant networks for any communicative challenge, the set-up and management of complex processes, negotiations and dialogues. With your legitimate interests firmly in mind, we aim at growing your acceptance and successful outreach at every stage.

Your contact for public sector and municipal industry – Hanno Benz

Family-owned companies & SME

For family-owned companies and SME, a multitude of stakeholders is the rule, not the exception: We build your solid internal and external stakeholder relations and trust your business needs.

Familiar with the infinite diversity of family-owned and medium-sized companies, our advice invariably aims at enhancing your strategic options and balance between value creation, growth and societal and social responsibilities. We help you anticipate changes, define and navigate demands, establish and maintain relevant relationships and meet regulatory challenges. Pragmatically and result-oriented.

Your contact for family businesses and medium-sized companies – Thorsten Plath