The Spirit of Skills

The first meeting between a PR agency and a potential client always centres around one question: "Do we fit together?" While it is not an eternal bond, it is a crucial one: even after a short time of working together, the company's communication will be either headed in the right direction, or going down the wrong track.

Even when it is not explicitly required: it will always be our long-term goal to strengthen our client's reputation. Of course there are short-term tasks to be fulfilled, such as setting up an ad-hoc press conference, which we will do within a day if necessary. Our mindset, however, leads us to consider a client's long-term position even in fast-moving business sectors, or when dealing with quarterly-report-buffs. We do live by the credo Fast is Fun ... as long as the action is in line with the overall strategy.

Those who promise a lot, will often deliver very little. We only promise what we can reasonably accomplish.

You may notice that we are a demanding agency: constantly striving towards improvement, keeping an eye on contingencies, concerned about quality, reliability, fairness ... which makes us the right partners for clients who are not just looking for uncritical sweet talk.

In return, you will get

• a reputation which will be further developed, sustained and protected
• customers who find your company attractive
• stories which are picked up by the media
• corporate goals which are supported by your staff
• networks in politics and business, which provide stable long-term relationships
• in short: quantitative and qualitative success. Such as we have delivered for more than 25 years.

We work for a wide variety of clients: national and international, large and small, companies and institutions, in the finance, IT, tourism, healthcare and fast-moving consumer goods sectors. They all have one thing in common: they appreciate commitment, flexibility, a sparring partner, and trustworthiness.

Take a closer look at the Spirit of Skills: our beliefs, our tools, our competences and examples of our work.

Welcome to The Skills Group!

Stefan Bachleitner, Juergen H. Gangoly, Edward Strasser, Jörg Wollmann
Managing Partners