Labor and Management share common concerns on important policy issues that are not related to collective bargaining. Astute leaders in both communities understand the importance of sitting down together and openly exchanging ideas in an atmosphere of mutual respect.  Millian Byers Associates has supported Labor-Management policy exchange on issues of vital importance including environmental performance, health care, international trade and investment for more than a decade through its contacts in both communities.  

The idea that modern enterprise must be economically beneficial and environmentally sustainable is gaining greater public and political recognition.  Major manufacturing sectors have made significant commitments to improve their environmental performance, accountability and reporting.  These commitments are evolutionary and require business to learn about, and reach out to, other organizations and stakeholders in society.  Too often, industry and its critics fail to communicate in a way that builds trust and allows discussion to continue until mutually-agreed ideas emerge. Millian Byers Associates has worked to develop a dialogue process that promotes frank and ongoing discussion on issues of sustainable development.

The key to successful policy action is communication. A first-rate communications capability is fundamental to consensus-building and coalition creation. Internal communications identify mutual interests and build consensus on solutions. External communications deliver key ideas to specific and general audiences. Millian Byers Associates is recognized by clients as a leader in visualizing and creating a broad range of communications.

Millian Byers Associates provides crisis communication services to help manufacturers plan for or react in real time to an industrial event. The firm learns about the processes and products of the client, participates in crisis communications planning and drills, advises on public statements, and supports the client’s goal of providing helpful, timely and appropriate crisis response.

Companies engaged in international operations, or concerned about developments in key countries overseas, understand the importance of risk analysis and due diligence. Evolving conditions overseas have complicated business operations in many ways - from the threats of terrorism and kidnapping to the more subtle but important changes affecting the investment, tax, regulatory and social climates.

To manage effectively overseas, companies need to understand local and national conditions, identify key trends, and forecast future developments. Always, the crucial need is for timely, comprehensive advice. In some cases, confidential second or third opinions can be of decisive importance in decision-making.

Millian Byers Associates draws on the expertise of a network of country specialists, academics, former intelligence officers, and government officials in Washington and abroad, with special emphasis on Latin America, and East and Southeast Asia.