Know your values. Know your medium. Know your why.
That throughline is where credibility gets built.
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Start with the First Principles.
How the world communicates constantly changes — but stories will always be the currency of reputation. In an era of algorithmic noise and fragmented attention, your most valuable asset is a clear, resonant and human narrative. We exist to help you find that signal.
The Lede Advisory has been founded by Gauri Juneja, a comms strategy leader who has shaped people and product brands for two decades at companies like Google, Star, Diageo and Tata. She has extensive experience in building comms programs that serve as a strategic lever for the organisations’ most critical product and policy priorities, crisis management and shaping leadership brands.
Her work has shaped comms strategy for global leaders like Sundar Pichai, Demis Hassabis and Richard Branson.
Creators
influence
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discourse.
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(ALL of
them) are
meeting
them on the
feed.
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message
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- ‘Everyone’s doing podcasts now’
- ‘We need to post more on LinkedIn’
- ‘We need to riff on the KitKat meme’
There is a deep temptation to start thinking distribution and format before we think story, who tells it, how and why.
But what we do first, matters.
- The Finance Minister and your intended consumer are both most reachable through the feed.
- Your choice of channel is as politically-coded as what you actually say.
- You need to be fluent in light humour and internet culture in addition to your business.
- What you say has more consequence than your product or your advertising.
- Your audiences are looking to you for inspiration and a worldview, not just your product.
- Your ease, confidence and authority will determine your leadership brand.
MOVING FROM VISIBILITY TO AUTHORITY
Visibility
- Feeling compelled to opine on ‘trending topics’, especially AI
- Believing all conversations require the same preparation — regardless of vibe or format
- Mistaking activity for impact
- Is a script your PR team wrote for you
Authority
Leadership Branding
What it is: A bespoke program designed for leaders who want to deepen and evolve how they show up externally.
The Lede’s leadership branding program comprises proprietary frameworks that we use to identify your strengths, values and style, helping you show up with conviction and impact.
This is a high-touch engagement for leaders who understand that their personal brand shapes their business brand, are willing to be honest and a little uncomfortable, and put in the hours needed.
Fractional CCO
What it is: A service where The Lede helps:
- Build & Train your Comms function, helping identify the right skillsets, talent, service providers and processes. Once done, The Lede can stay involved for periodic reviews and intervention.
- Create and Orchestrate the strategy and execution for a defined, high-leverage reputational priority such as a launch, policy campaign or crisis mitigation. The Lede will work with your internal teams end-to-end.
But…
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