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LIFT

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Communications with impact

Expert in

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  • Change, business transformation & M&A comms

  • Employee engagement and value propositions (EVP)

  • Communications strategy, planning & measurement

  • Leadership comms coaching & workshop facilitation

  • Story telling, strategic narrative & content creation

I'm David Garfinkel and have 28 years' experience as a change and engagement consultant, in-house senior internal communications practitioner and journalist.

I have worked with businesses of all sizes, from start/scale-ups to FTSE 100/250 and NGOs, covering the tech, finance, healthcare, pharma, mining, travel, gaming, automotive, property, advertising and media sectors.
 
I create communications that cut through the noise and deliver business impact. Find out below how I can support you with affordable project, day or hourly rates.

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Services

Change & transformation

Providing strategic advice & tactical communications support for M&A to unlock deal value (from pre-day 1 to post-deal integration). Also covering divestments, organisation restructures & digital/platform change

Employee engagement & EVP

Driving employee understanding, commitment and advocacy to your organisation's vision, strategy and values through engaging internal campaigns, behavioural change programmes, and employee value propositions - the 'give and the get'

Comms strategy, planning & measurement

Auditing communications 
effectiveness with employees and external stakeholders & providing recommendations. Setting up comms strategy, infrastructure, governance and channels. Also covering crisis comms  counsel, planning & playbook creation

Coaching & training

Advising leaders on communication styles and best practices. Designing and facilitating workshops covering change, team lead communication skills & employee listening

Content & campaigns

Creating, editing and proofing multi-media content for internal and external channels - covering storyboarding for leaders, live stream & event production, short films, blog/vlogs, social media posts. Campaign creation, planning and management covering all areas of HR, Talent, Information Security, DEI and ESG 

ANN HALL

Former AXA Health

“David has a well developed strategic skillset enhanced by his fantastic ability to really listen to what the client needs. And no less importantly it was always a real pleasure to work with David."

MIKE POUNSFORD, Founder Couravel, Co author 'Leading the Listening Organisation'

"I have worked with David for nearly 15 years, as he has worked in a variety of businesses from TUI to bwin.party and others. He is a consummate communications professional. He combines real passion for what he does with a great critical and challenging mind."

CLAIRE BROWN, Head of EMEA Internal Comms, J.P. Morgan

"Experienced, knowledgeable and by far one of the best communicators I've worked with. David is best in class!"
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