In just four short years, Johnston Human Resources Consulting has served:

• 32 employers/plan sponsors
• Nine consulting firms
• Four insurance carriers/brokers

Clients turn to Dave when they need a communication consultant with deep technical knowledge and expertise. Assignments range from giving over-the-shoulder strategic advice to writing and editing to total project design, management, and implementation.

Since 1979, David R. Johnston has handled communication assignments ranging from summary plan descriptions to international flex and equity incentive plans to large-scale corporate changes. In 2004, he founded Johnston HR Consulting in the Atlanta, Georgia, area.  

A graduate of Iowa State University in Journalism and Mass Communication, Dave first worked in broadcasting. After holding several marketing communication positions at The Principal Financial Group, Dave began a career in HR consulting that includes local and regional leadership positions at Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt, and Aon Consulting. While at Watson Wyatt, he led the firm’s Human Capital Communication practices in both the Southeastern US and Western Europe.

Dave frequently speaks to professional communication and human resources organizations, addressing audiences in the US, England, Ireland, Spain, and The Netherlands. Topics of his presentations include communicating pay, implementing employee stock ownership plans, HR outsourcing, employee communication theory and strategy, and project management. He recently joined the faculty of WorldatWork, teaching the Strategic Communication in Total Rewards course.