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Welcome to the 21st edition of Intraskope’s Spotlight Series featuring Paul Matthews, a speaker, mentor and coach. Paul has authored SWITCH: From Telling to Trusting, a top ten bestseller and helps people leaders inspire and unite the workforce. We discussed the value of trust in workplace communication and what it means for organizations to involve […]
We have always looked at employees as an audience to communication ‘to’. However, the world has moved further on and there is a need to consider them as partners more than ever, and therefore to communicate ‘with’. Employees are the foremost communicators for organizations, are more inclined to do more if we tap their potential, […]
Listening isn’t about the run-of-the-mill surveys and polls to understand what employees think and say. It goes beyond. To truly listen, means to go to the trenches and get the ‘real’ information that leaders often fail to get or avoid wanting to hear. Not just once, but continually. Considering the changes taking place around us […]
Presenting the 57th edition of Intraskope’s Spotlight on Internal Communication Series featuring Agata Mazepus, Communication Specialist – Brand, Marketing and Communications and Supervising Associate: BMC Leader for Talent in the Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia (CESA) Region. Agata is a communications professional, based in Poland, with many years of experience in internal and external communication, event […]
Pleased to share that I am speaking with Krakow Business School alumni on the topic ‘The Next Frontier – Employees as Communication Partners’. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mba-it-ksb-uek_drogi-studencie-droga-studentko-zapraszamy-activity-6904712303950802944-imDo Here is a gist of what I will cover: Over decades the role of employee communication has evolved from informing to engagement; from listening to influencing outcomes. Today, there is increased […]
Multinationals when influenced by geo-political perspectives, are often faced with hard choices while communicating actions for their global offices and workforces. Timing matters. Yet organizations need to balance actions with tact and empathy considering their choices impact staff, customers, partners and prospective hires. Especially, when organizations have global business operations, engage with customers or staff […]
How did communicators manage through the crisis? What worked and what could have been done better? what kind of approaches, content messages and channels were used? How did they measure the effectiveness of the communications? Read all this and more in this interview with Sevashree Mohapatra who headed Communications for a leading global water, sanitation, […]
How much global capability centers or business service entities consider their communication priorities? What must communications teams focus on and in which ways do they serve as partners to the business? Below is my recent contribution to the Shared Services & Outsourcing Network. https://www.ssonetwork.com/global-business-services/columns/roadmapping-global-capability-centers-communication-priorities-and-progression Other articles in case you missed them are here: https://www.ssonetwork.com/talent-management-leadership-and-culture/columns/integrating-a-new-global-capability-center-4-communication-strategies-to-make-the-change-effective https://www.ssonetwork.com/talent-management-leadership-and-culture/columns/the-6-ps-of-differentiating-your-global-capability-center-1 […]
Recently, a message on Linkedin on information sufficiency piqued my interest and made me probe how much we value the most used channel in employee communications – email. The question of communications sufficiency plagues communicators and leaders. Overcommunicating can lead to information overload and communicating less can result in lack of clarity and probably the […]
What are some of the trends shaping our work and workplaces? How can internal communicators, leaders and human resource professionals stay ahead of the curve while addressing significant changes to workforce mindsets and opportunities beyond the workplace? Sharing my most recent article for the Institute for Public Relations, a nonprofit founded in 1956 in the […]