When Mike Waldron took on the role of SVP, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability at Vantage, he knew he needed help, but he also knew it was a short-term assignment. His answer? Hiring a comms leader on a fractional basis. CommsCollectiv partner, Eric Kraus, sat down with Mike to get his insights and learnings from the experience. Eric Kraus: You’ve led corporate affairs at some of the largest firms in America, give us a quick snapshot of your [...]

Introducing If I Only Had 10 Minutes — a weekly podcast with big ideas and sharp insights from senior communications leaders and influential voices across media, business, and beyond. Each episode tackles five or six quick questions, one signature closer for ten minutes of real conversation about work, leadership, and life. 🎙️ Coming this Wednesday: Nancy Elder, veteran communicator and former CCO across airlines, toys, and baseball. She talks candidly about AI, leadership, why fractional talent [...]

We’ve all heard the word “burnout” so often it almost feels like background noise. But here’s the thing: it’s not just a buzzword. The World Health Organization now classifies burnout as a workplace phenomenon, and Harvard Business Review has published multiple pieces showing it’s not about employees being “weak” or “bad at self-care.” It’s about how organizations are run. Jennifer Moss, in her HBR article “Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People,” makes the [...]

This TIME analysis by Alana Semuels released this August reveals that more than 200,000 women have left the U.S. workforce this year alone, not because they’ve lost ambition, but because they’ve lost options. As companies double down on return-to-office mandates, many of the professionals who fueled post-pandemic growth are stepping away, disillusioned by the erosion of flexibility that once allowed them to balance career and caregiving. It’s a striking reversal of progress, and a signal that rigid [...]

By Brian Besanceney Around this time last year, fresh off leaving my most recent corporate job, I got a call from Jane Randel telling me about an exciting new project she was working on with other senior leaders to bring the fractional executive leadership model to our profession. My first reaction was: “Sounds interesting.  But what’s fractional?” As she explained the concept, I realized I’d seen this model before with senior leaders in other professions. [...]

A Future-Oriented, Practical Program for Communicators by Communicators Every day we see the impact of AI in every corner of our lives.  It’s no longer enough to simply know what AI is or to experiment with tools. Communicators need to guide their companies, translate complex concepts for internal and external stakeholders, and navigate both the opportunities and risks of a rapidly evolving technology. That’s where The Responsible AI Comms Lab comes in. Starting September 30, this [...]