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Leaders face daily challenges. The Tantalus training and development team equips you to overcome these challenges through the mastery of:

• Aligning strategy to achieve business goals and objectives
• Understanding and addressing the agendas of multiple stakeholders
• Protecting reputation in a rapidly changing stakeholder environment driven by digital technologies
• Ensuring solid competencies across teams who are often in different geographies and coming from diverse cultural backgrounds

The Tantalus Group’s portfolio of training programs helps you and your teams achieve your objectives with tailored courses in the following categories:

• BUSINESS FOUNDATION (Foundation and Advanced): The essential toolkit for every communicator, manager or leader who communicates on behalf of your organization
• REPUTATION MANAGEMENT: Learn the process to influence how stakeholders think and feel about your organisation
• LEADERSHIP: Communication and behavioral skills that leaders need to engage and inspire, including bespoke coaching
• DIGITAL AND MEDIA TRANSFORMATION: Understanding the rapidly changing digital and media environment and engaging with journalists and new influencers

Training is only as good as the trainer

1. Our trainers have more than 20 years’ experience and understand organizational behavior, cultural differences and the importance of language in communications.
2. Our team works closely with yours to understand your business, its unique challenges and the skills needed to better the competition.
3. We carefully craft scenarios that are unique to your sector and roles, and coach participants through best practices that will improve results.
4. We use a “blended learning” approach that deeply roots learning.
5. Intensive on-camera practice is an essential component of many of our training programs

Contact us to discuss how Tantalus training can give you the edge and how to get started.

Meet our Training Experts

	Wylie Rogers 20 years’ experience in politics, media, business and consulting Advises CEOs of some of the world’s top global companies Understands organizational behaviour and communications excellence Formerly Head of Public Affairs for BASF in Asia Pacific; Head of Content for ABB Group INSEAD
	Walter Jennings Leading expert on International Key Opinion Leaders and Influencer Relations for corporate reputation Developed and led the Influencer Relations program globally as Vice President, Global Corporate Communications at Huawei Technologies in Shenzhen, China Based in Hong Kong he is an American-Australian with 25+ years’ experience advising companies in China, Australia, and the United States
	John Doorley John Doorley, a leading authority and academic in the field of corporate communications and public relations, is top among Tantalus management consultants in the area of reputation management A long-time Merck & Co. executive and New York University professor, he is the co-author of Reputation Management: The Key To Successful Public Relations and Corporate Communication and Rethinking Reputation He holds a B.S. degree in biology from St. Vincent College and an M.A. in journalism from NYU
	Bert Regeer 25+ years of hands-on and leadership experience Former VP of Communications for Royal Dutch Shell, leading strategy development and reputation plan implementation Experience in change management and managing the transition
	Darby C. Doll Asia-based strategic communication consultant More than 20 years’ experience working with multinationals in global markets Has held senior positions at global public relations agencies in Greater China and in-house with Australian telco Telstra Proficient in Mandarin Chinese
	Chris Winning An expert in change communication in large organizations Has worked with CCOs in 150 large companies Started in broadcast journalism in Latin America for NBC News, based in Mexico and later in Europe and the Middle East for Sky News, based in London Speaks English and Spanish
	Samantha Simunyu Marketing and communications professional who is obsessed purpose-driven stories and human-centered experiences. With a Master of Science in Management degree, she has an understanding of the relationship between communications and business strategy Samantha’s articles have been featured in She Leads Africa and Blavity Inc. and she has been invited to speak on digital marketing at conferences
	Trevor Jurgens Has trained over 100 businesses on getting their message through in a crowded digital/social media landscape Is an Experience Design, Creativity and Innovation facilitator that invigorates teams and individuals Led large organizations to award winning digital strategy including Port of Vancouver and the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Speaks English, French and Spanish

Our full suite of training programs

• CEO/Executive/Leadership coaching
• Reputation Management
• Communications skills
• Leadership development
• Engaging the media / Media relations (for CEO/CFO/Executive committee as well as communicators)
• Sales and negotiation skills
• Writing skills
  • Business writing
  • Modern/social media releases
  • Speeches
  • Issues briefs
  • News articles, Web stories, etc.
• Crisis communications readiness (with an option for online simulation)
• Crisis communications spokesperson
• Effective key messages
• Presentations skills
• Communications research, planning and measurement
• Social media
• Digital marketing
• Cultural awareness (i.e. for cross border mergers or acquisitions)
• Business in society
• Communicating change

Progress starts with a conversation.

Contact us to discuss how Tantalus training can give you the edge and how to get started.