CARA KLAER
WHAT I OFFER
Four ways I can partner with you
I.
Executive Influence &
Leadership Coaching
Who are you becoming as a leader?
Personalized coaching for executives, emerging leaders and high-potential talent designed to elevate executive presence, thought leadership and strategic storytelling. This transformative work guides leaders and teams to improve their communications skills and embrace authentic, values-based leadership.
EXECUTIVE PRESENCE · VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP · STRATEGIC STORYTELLING · THOUGHT LEADERSHIP · LEADERSHIP IDENTITY
II.
Strategic Communications &
Brand Positioning
Does the world see your organization as you intend?
Develop the narrative that defines how you are seen — by investors, customers, employees, and the media. From corporate storytelling to high-stakes executive messaging and business critical moments, we develop communications that resonate, safeguard your reputation and prepare you for what's next.
CORPORATE NARRATIVE · STAKEHOLDER COMMS · EXECUTIVE MESSAGING · REPUTATION MANAGEMENT
III.
Change Communications & Transformation
Is your organization bringing people along — or leaving them behind?
Guide your people through growth, restructuring, or cultural change with communications that build trust rather than erode it. We assess gaps, develop the strategy and equip your leaders to carry the message
with conviction.
INTERNAL COMMS ASSESSMENT · CHANGE STRATEGY · CULTURE & TRANSFORMATION · EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT · EXECUTIVE TRANSITIONS
IV.
Fractional VP of Communications
Senior communications leadership, on your terms.
A trusted advisor to your CEO and leadership team, providing communications counsel and strategy development, without the full-time commitment. Scope spans internal and external communications, tailored to your business needs. From crisis communications to culture-building initiatives, and earnings narrative to media interviews, we're in your corner.
COMMS STRATEGY · EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT · EXECUTIVE COMMS · THOUGHT LEADERSHIP · INVESTOR RELATIONS · CEO PARTNERSHIP · REPUTATION, MEDIA & CRISIS ·
How I WORK
Listen
Start with genuine curiosity
Every engagement begins by understanding you—your goals, values, organization and what's holding you back. I don't arrive with a framework; I arrive with questions.
Discover
Uncover what's underneath
The real opportunity is rarely what it appears to be on the surface. Together we dig into the values, patterns, and dynamics that shape your leadership and your communications.
Build
Develop the strategy, person & THE TEAM
We shape the narrative, the coaching plan, or the communications strategy—grounded in who you are and what you're building toward.
Activate
Bring it to life with confidence
I stay alongside you through execution, ensuring the work lands, builds momentum and creates capabilities that outlast our engagement.
Integrated, not transactional.
Leadership development and communications strategy are not separate disciplines. The best leaders embody both. My work integrates them by design.
Every engagement is shaped around your specific context: your industry, your moment, your people and the leader you are becoming. The goal is never a deliverable; it's a meaningful shift in what's possible for you.