About Liam & Sue

Liam FitzPatrick
Competent Communicators

I have over 20 years' experience of PR and internal communications - gained in-house and in consultancy roles. I'm heavily involved with academic and professional bodies defining and maintaining standards for the education of communicators. I also lecture on communications and stakeholder management at several business schools and universities.

My experience includes managing internal communications departments in major corporations as well as operating as a senior consultant for leading corporate communications agencies with clients across Europe and the US.

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Sue Dewhurst
Competent Communicators

I’ve worked in internal communications for 15 years, mainly in-house at Royal Mail, Barclays Bank and latterly NTL, where I was Internal Comms Director. In 2004 I went over to the dark side of consultancy, and I’ve been enjoying the variety of working with a range of clients, from professional services organisations to fast food companies. I see myself as a business person with a special interest in communication rather than a ‘communications manager’, and I’m annoyingly (according to Liam) practical – my favourite phrase is ‘how will that actually work?’

My particular interests are change communications, professional development for internal communicators and enhancing leaders’ communication skills. I’m an advisor to the internal communications group of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’, a trained co-active coach and a licensed careers coach.

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About us and Melcrum

We work closely with Melcrum in several areas - Black Belt is just one - but we don't work for them. That means we maintain an independent editorial line. Melcrum have very kindly set this blog up for us and they are making sure all the technology works in the background, but they are not involved in writing, editing or otherwise "vetting" the content in any way.
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