How Leonard Domino & Associates Can Assist Your Organization to Resolve Issues with the Government
Leonard Domino & Associates has been providing effective government relations and strategic negotiation services for more than 20 years.
We offer a number of services designed to meet a variety of client needs.
Here's what your organization might consider retaining us to assist with:
1. Resolve an issue with the government’s policies, decision-making, legislation, and/or funding for your organization or sector
2. Pre-emptively address a pending decision by the government that could have a negative consequence on your members, products or services
3. Train your organization’s executive/board to develop the necessary internal capacity to effectively be involved in the political process to successfully work with the government
4. Consult with your executive and board to develop or refine your high level strategic, government relations, and/or communications plan; with the goal of having effective, long-term working relationships with government
5. Gather information and prepare a report for your executive / board on “the real” needs, priorities and agendas of the elected officials and senior bureaucrats as they relate to your organization’s issues – ensuring that you are well informed to strategically respond
6. Assist your organization throughout a government RFP or procurement process to get past any challenges.
Or, if you have a unique situation, please call us. Our team welcomes the opportunity to develop and implement a strategy that will help you to resolve your issues with government.
How Might Leonard Domino & Associates Work with Your Organization?
Leonard Domino & Associates is flexible in how we are engaged to assist you to solve an issue with the government:
1. We can be “hands-off”:
- We do not have to actively work on your issues to have an impact on promptly solving them
- Rather, we can train then coach your team on how best to apply our win/win methodology
- We can supply your executive with important information on the values, needs, interests, and “behind the scenes” thinking of the key decision makers in government; which will help your organization when sitting at the table of government
- Throughout this process your issues will be worked on and resolved by your leadership while being carefully guided by the wisdom of our team’s expert knowledge and experiences of dealing with the government
- This approach will develop your internal capacity to solve your immediate issues – and prepare you to be ready for future issues.
2. Or, we can be “hands-on”:
- You can confidently turn an issue over to us and we will work to the best of our abilities to resolve the problem
- It is often a challenge for organizations to commit time and internal resources to government relations – they need their issues with government managed by a team that they can trust to get the job done
- Some organizations even use us on a full time basis; working seamlessly with your executive and board throughout the year.
Regardless of how you choose to involve Leonard Domino & Associates, we believe that it is important for you to benefit from good long-term working relationships with the senior levels of government.
It is a part of our approach and philosophy to directly involve the leadership of your organization in key meetings with senior political and bureaucratic officials – and, especially when having face-to-face meetings with Cabinet Ministers.
This way, as your issues are being resolved, there will be current and future opportunities for you and your organization to have direct lines of communication to the top offices of government.
When to Involve Leonard Domino & Associates?
Your organization needs to decide and then budget, based upon your priorities, where government relations fits in.
1. Some organizations, such as professional associations, place a significant priority on actively representing their members’ interests and issues with government.
- In such cases, we can enhance your government relations department or executive’s efforts when you need to meet, talk, or negotiate with the government on an ongoing basis
- We will never be able to sincerely replace your voice when meeting with the government, but we can certainly help to enhance your efforts – ensuring you are meeting with the right people and delivering the right messages to convince the government to respond.
2. On the other hand, not every organization needs to interact with the government on a regular basis.
- Some corporate, public, or not-for profit institutions need to find the best ways to communicate with government when there is a problem; or one is about to happen.
- In such cases, Leonard Domino & Associates can be trusted to be engaged when it is necessary to expedite the process of solving your issues.
Contact Us Today
We’re wiling to give you an honest opinion of the challenges that you’re up against with your issues with government. We’ll even offer you some additional thoughts on the strategy and tactics that you might already be involved in.
Every organization is entitled to one no-charge consultation directly with Len Domino.
Please contact us for more details and to arrange a meeting.
Leonard Domino & Associates looks forward to assisting you.