Corporate reputation September 2011
14 Sep 2011
Guy Esnouf, E.ON's head of communications, discusses the relationship between media coverage
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Guy Esnouf, E.ON's head of communications, discusses the relationship between media coverage
Two years ago, energy supplier E.ON was being painted as environmental enemy number one. But head...- not least E.ON, owner of the Kent power plant that became the focal point of the green lobby's ire. Back ... of power generation. Ultimately, E.ON shelved its plans after the build became uneconomic but the damage to E.ON's reputation was done. Given the ferocity of the protests and strength of feelings expressed ...
Guy Esnouf's account of what led E.ON to take a fresh look at its UK reputation strategy provides ... and attributes. For example, as E.ON found, different stakeholder groups often have very different expectations ... themselves. As E.ON found, customers and NGOs do not necessarily have similar expectations and priorities ...
of the bigger picture. That's why it's particularly impressive that Guy Esnouf is willing to admit his company E.ON ... allow itself to be defined reactively. The fascinating insight from E.ON is that the environmental campaign had far less impact on its customers than its pricing strategy. E.ON used that insight to begin ...
the different groups? In the E.ON example, while media and political stakeholders were interested in the environment, E.ON's customers were much more interested in energy prices. It makes sense that the key drivers ... of quality products and services, reasonable prices and responsible behaviour. As E.ON's Guy Esnouf says ...
way to prove our worth. I was particularly struck by how much things have changed when E.ON showed ... although Guy Esnouf is absolutely right when he tries to balance E.ON's media coverage, it is clear that we ... clients - and so creating success for ourselves as corporate comms consultants. To steal from E.ON ...
in ways as straightforward as those set out in a PowerPoint presentation. E.ON's Guy Esnouf makes a ... will have the biggest impact. In E.ON's Kingsnorth example, Guy says the Climate Camp was a huge event ...
Winston Churchill said: 'A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.' Guy Esnouf sums up the fundamentals of reputation in his honest and open portrayal of how E.ON learned to listen and improve - the hard way. Importantly, in thanking his ...
before an announcement, as E.ON's Guy Esnouf says: 'Environmental groups are just that, only interested ...
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