Profile

Professional summary

Barbara Haig and Jeff Jackson help smart, capable business people unlock their communication skills and become more effective leaders. We close the gap between the communications skills organizations have - and the ones they need to succeed. With more than thirty years of experience in television news and corporate communications, we help highly-intelligent professionals – executives, physicians, engineers, and others - learn to:
+ Conduct better media interviews
+ Deliver more successful presentations
+ Communicate effectively in a crisis

We also provide assistance when organizations lack the internal resources to tackle critical communications projects, such as video production, facilitation, speechwriting, presentation development,

Engagement overview

Training and coaching sessions are conducted on-site and include an interactive tutorial and on-camera critiques:
• Media Interviewing – Workshops to help executives conduct news interviews that deliver clear messages and convey a positive personal image
• Presentations – Coaching seminars that help executives prepare and deliver winning presentations and speeches that inform, inspire, persuade and motivate
• Crisis Communications – Realistic crisis scenario simulations that connect communications with operational crisis plans and help executives communicate effectively with all stakeholders under challenging circumstances

Clients

Haig/Jackson provides executive communications coaching and outsourced communications assistance to clients such as:
• ASQ
• Children's Hospital
• Froedtert Hospital
• General Dynamics
• Harley-Davidson
• Johnson Controls
• Kohler
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• Milwaukee Public Schools
• Potawatomi Bingo Casino
• Smithfield Foods
• UTC Aerospace Systems
• University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
• Verizon