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Aviva – Group Talent Management What We Did: Aviva wanted to take a new and clear perspective of how it manages talent across the organisation. We undertook a current state audit, speaking with over 50 of their top people from across the global business. Following the presentation of these res…
Bank of America Strategy Planning What We Did We have supported Bank of America with their annual strategy planning and have also facilitated a range of communication planning workshops which have helped to establish clarity and a combined sense of direction for further communications within the org…
Bombardier Change and Transition Training What We Did Bombardier is a vast organisation that regularly undergoes periods of change and transition. Therefore, we were asked to help their communications and senior leadership team by delivering a bespoke training programme. The programme was geared tow…
BP Strategic Channel Review What We Did: Gatehouse was commissioned to carry out a channel review of BP’s in-house magazine. We conducted a series of one-to-one telephone based interviews with senior BP leaders and key external influencers – to understand their needs, expectations and perception…
Royal British Legion Strategy – Visual Metaphor What We Did: The Royal British Legion asked for our help regarding communicating their organisational strategy in a way that was easy to understand for their widely dispersed workforce. Our design team did this by creating a visual metaphor that inco…
Church of England Software Design What We Did: The Church of England approached Gatehouse to help with the redesign of the Visual Liturgy – the software which clergy use to help prepare their sermons. Visual Liturgy is a powerful software package to help plan services and acts of worship by us…
Chartered Institute for Public Relations (CIPR) Bespoke Training Programmes What We Did Since its launch, Gatehouse Academy has quickly grown into one of the leading training organisations for internal communications in the country. The Chartered Institute for Public Relations recognised this and th…
CMS Cameron McKenna Digital Stories What We Did Working for CMS Cameron McKenna we created engaging digital stories to help them communicate with their diverse team. The stories, which we built into a dedicated microsite, were focussed on recognising high performance within the organisation. The mic…
Cobham Operational Change Programme What We Did: In 2011, we supported Cobham with an operational change programme through a number of services which we offer. We started off by carrying out a global communications audit which then led to creating a communications strategy for them. We then helped t…
Coca-Cola Rebranding & Strategy What We Did Coca-Cola needed creative support in order to develop an identity for their European Knowledge & Insights team. We provided a full package of support which included design mediums such as newsletters, presentations, microsite design.This which wa…
Danone Communication Channels Audit What We Did: We conducted quantitative and qualitative research that included a set of in-depth interviews with the leadership team as well as a number of focus groups across the rest of the workforce. This research investigated the impact of the strategy and bran…
Deloitte Building Teams – Event What We Did: Deloitte asked Gasp! to develop a team building activity for the 2010 Graduate Program. It needed to harness all the go-getter instincts of these fresh new faces but deliver the strong message that they were now part of a much bigger community and t…
Denso Europe Website Redevelopment What We Did: Working with the communications team at Denso we redeveloped the DENSO Europe website. The site was designed and built and refocused by our team which gave them a much improved corporate web presence. We also designed and developed an eight page newsle…
Abu Dhabi Department of Transport Channel Redevelopment What We Did Gatehouse was commissioned by Abu Dhabi Department of Transport to help to rework all their internal user documentation in an effort to make it a) consistent and b) readable. We also designed training cards for the sales team and cr…
E.ON UK Communication Channels Audit What We Did: We interviewed and worked with the senior leadership teams to undertake an organization wide review of the communications function and channels at E.ON UK. We undertook surveys and focus groups with the wider organisation in the UK to establish the e…
Ernst & Young Branding What We Did: We were asked to create an external positioning statement together with supporting communications, setting out what the EY brand meant for its clients. We created a set of messages, which would mean something to employees as well as its clients. We arrived at …
Etisalat Rebranding What We Did: We were asked to undertake an entire rebranding programme for Etisalat – from designing the new logo through to establishing the mission, vision and values of the corporation. Whilst the rebrand itself created a fresh and engaging promise, it would only be successf…
Eversheds LLP Launching a Vision and Values Programme What We Did: After a new managing partner took office, Eversheds LLP sort a new direction that defined both its ambitions, and what it stood for. We involved all employees in an enjoyable video based format that asked them to think about what val…
Field Fisher Waterhouse Resourcing What We Did: Gatehouse worked with Field Fisher Waterhouse in carrying out a communications audit; subsequently working with the communications team and supporting their requirements. Following the audit, a decision was made to strengthen their team by recruiting a…
First Group IT Change Programme What We Did: First Group asked for our help in supporting them with their IT change programme. We started by conducting both qualitative and quantitative research which allowed us to put together a detailed strategy to enable them to carry out the programme. We also h…
Financial Services Authority BiteSize training What We Did The Financial Services Authority was seeking some external challenge and fresh thinking for a communication team away day and chose Gatehouse Academy’s ‘Becoming a Trusted Advisor’ BiteSize workshop to meet their need. The session look…
Great Places Housing Channels Audit What We Did: Our research focused on the effectiveness of Great Places communication channels, as well as getting a temperature check of what people really thought about communications across the organisation. Our research was based initially around a quant…
HM Revenue & Customs (UK Government) Train the Trainer What We Did: HRMC conducted research into staff responses to their own internal communications. As part of the findings they identified the need to simplify and humanize their verbal and written communication. We turned the research findings…
HSBC Global Webcast Programme What We Did: The leadership team at HSBC wanted to increase its visibility and get core messages out to their large and widespread workforce. We developed an 18 month programme of webcasts which promoted the core messages, but didn’t adopt the traditional talking head…
Information Commissioner’s Office Core Competencies for ICO Communicators What We Did: Gatehouse was commissioned to research and design a new competency framework for the organisation, ensuring that existing staff were effectively engaged in the process and, most importantly, bought into and supp…
Institute of Internal Communication State of the Sector What We Did Gatehouse has worked with the Institute of Internal Communication for the past two years in order to carry out research into the current issues within different sectors of the internal communications industry. The research has taken…
Institute of Internal Communication State of the Sector What We Did – Gatehouse has worked with the Institute of Internal Communication for the past two years in order to carry out research into the current issues within different sectors of the internal communications industry. The research h…
Lloyds Banking Group Internal Communications Training What We Did: We were asked Lloyds Banking Group to help them establish what good internal communications looks like. We did this through delivering various presentations around the subject as well as providing coaching via our training division, …
Microsoft Supplier Engagement – Event What We Did: Microsoft approached Gasp! to help them create something that would take their dealers’ breath away. Each year they run a hospitality event for their biggest channel dealers and then take the top 5% of that group away from the others to …
Ministry of Justice BiteSize Training Programme What We Did The Ministry of Justice wanted to invest in the development of their communications team by equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to collectively improve the quality of communications throughout the organisation. We developed …
National Grid National Grid 75th Anniversary Film What We Did: To support National Grid’s 75th anniversary of the formation of the electricity grid we were commissioned to develop a number of creative elements. One of these elements was a celebration film which looked back over the years of the or…
NHS Team Briefing Evaluation What We Did: Gatehouse supported the University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCL) in reviewing the effectiveness and efficiency of its team briefing process. We designed and implemented an organisation-wide electronic questionnaire, developed a separate paper-base…
PRS for Music Internal Communication Audit The Brief: Due to numerous changes within the music industry in recent years, PRS for Music wanted to better understand how effective their own internal communications were and how high engagement levels were within the organisation. We conducted quantitati…
Prudential BiteSize training What We Did: Gatehouse Academy was invited by Prudential’s global internal communication and employee engagement lead to facilitate a developmental workshop and participate in a team away day. The workshop – entitled ‘Becoming a Trusted Advisor’ – explored the …
Randstad National Conference Event What We Did: Gasp! Were engaged by Randstad, the second largest employment agency in the world to produce their 50th Anniversary conference and party in October 2010. The UK event involved moving 2,500 guests from all over the country to The Troxy in London for a t…
Royal Bank of Scotland RBS Employee Events What We Did Together with our events division Gasp! We created a series of 20 events across RBS offices. This was to support an internal campaign around becoming better environmental citizens. These events were used to encourage people to take responsibilit…
Severn Trent Water Strategic Communication Audit What We Did: We undertook a ‘fast track’ review that focused on core communication channels. A survey was developed to probe employee’s channel awareness, use and preferences and to identify gaps. We were then able to provide a series of recomme…
Shell BiteSize Training What We Did: Shell wanted to invest in the skills and competencies of its own global communications team. Therefore, we were asked to design and deliver a range of bespoke BiteSize training modules for members of the team. The modules were designed to cover the key aspects of…
Siemens Research Project What We Did: With the arrival of a new CEO, Siemens were keen to get a good understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing them – in particular, the specific views and concerns of leaders and an understanding of what the wider employee base thinks of current …
Telefónica Digital Stories What We Did: Working on behalf of the Mobility Data Group, a subsidiary of Telefónica, we created four digital stories to help them to communicate more efficiently with their diverse and multi–disciplinary team in an engaging way. This was designed to bring information…
Tesco Building Teams What We Did: Tesco asked us to produce an event for their European Finance Directors annual meeting that would help them to get to know each other in a relaxed and informal way, whilst in an environment that would force them to work with synchronicity and see the benefits of clo…
TUI / Thomson Travel Communication Channels Audit What We Did: Ahead of its merger with First Choice, TUI’s internal communication team wanted to assess the effectiveness of its internal communication strategy and channels. The audit involved both quantitative and qualitative research and included…
Veolia Water Global Communications Audit What We Did: This audit had its focus on communication channels, as well as gaining insights into what senior leaders really thought about communications across the organisation. Our research was based initially around qualitative interviews, which explored t…