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Crisis response

Calm structure during an active reputational incident.

McNamara Advisory supports organisations and senior leaders when scrutiny is immediate, information is developing and the consequences of communication must be carefully weighed.

The first response should not become the second crisis.

The immediate position

Before language is issued, leadership needs a communications assessment.

The first stage is to establish what is known, what remains unconfirmed, which stakeholders are affected, who holds decision authority and what external pressure exists.

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Initial communications assessment

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Leadership messaging and holding statements

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Stakeholder and internal communications

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Media response and Q&A preparation

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Executive and spokesperson briefing

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Communication sequencing

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Reputational risk considerations

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Ongoing counsel as circumstances develop

Executive direction

Clarify decision authority, approval processes and the leadership position communications must represent.

Operational facts

Work from information supplied and verified by the organisation. McNamara Advisory does not independently determine factual truth.

Legal alignment

Coordinate with appointed legal counsel. Legal advice falls outside the advisory engagement.

An active matter

The first response should not become the second crisis.

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