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Corporate Diplomacy · Reputation & Crisis Management · Public Affairs

Shape policy, protect reputation, and move stakeholders

Corporate diplomacy
aligning organisations with regulators, authorities, and stakeholders

We practice corporate diplomacy: applying the tools of statecraft — relationship-building, negotiation, cultural intelligence, reputation management — to how you engage governments, NGOs, media, and other stakeholders across borders.
Pnyx works at the intersection of policy, business, and public opinion, where political and societal issues decide whether a project moves forward.

A Definition1

Corporate diplomacy is the senior-level capability to build and sustain relationships with external stakeholders — governments, NGOs, media, and communities — in order to secure a company’s social license to operate while delivering value to the business


It is applying diplomatic principles — relationship-building, negotiation, cultural intelligence, and reputation management — to how a company engages with actors that shape its business environment across borders: governments and regulators, NGOs, local communities, media, and civil society.


It targets external stakeholders — the people and institutions who can advance or block a project through policy, protest, or public opinion, even without buying anything.

Sources: Henisz, W. (2014), Corporate Diplomacy: Building Reputations and Relationships with External Stakeholders, Routledge/Greenleaf; Watkins, M., Harvard Business School faculty research

Our Mission
Corporate diplomacy in five moves
From first contact with an institution to the day a crisis breaks.

01. Build relationships: Durable trust with EU, national and regional authorities — not one meeting.
02. Shift perceptions: Change how decision-makers read your work, so support becomes possible.
03.Be global-ready: Strategies built for several markets, audiences and expectations at once.
04.Protect reputation: Spot communication risks early and hold trust through sensitive moments.
05. Stay ready for crisis: Structure, messaging and drills so pressure never dictates the narrative.

An empty chair always gets filled. Make sure it’s not by your critics.
Ready to rock their boat?

We’re a NDA away from assisting you: contact@pnyxconsult.eu

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  1. Sources: Henisz, W. (2014), Corporate Diplomacy: Building Reputations and Relationships with External Stakeholders, Routledge/Greenleaf; Watkins, M., Harvard Business School faculty research ↩︎