Tag: branding

In a hyper-connected world your employees’ time and attention are at a premium and yet internal communicators can’t afford not to communicate enough. Keeping employees informed, engaged and aligned to the organization’s goals continue to be a priority. Your workforce is expected to deliver results in an agile and flexible manner – at the office, […]

A few weeks ago, I shared a conversation between Vikram and Hanna about creativity and templates – “Why Do We Have Templates? They Limit My Creativity!” To begin, everyone is creative. A designation or a role doesn’t limit your imagination or how you can convey a message. Look around you. Life is often about templates. You […]

Carving a niche and being your best in an evolving world can be challenging. Without a clear purpose and strategy for your personal branding journey you can lose your way very quickly. Moreover, there are several myths about personal branding that cloud how people approach this topic. Many go about building reputation and credibility assuming […]

Zain is a good performer at his company – Opinion Limited, a media publishing house and is doing well at work. Over the last couple of years he has grown in his role and been lauded for remarkable initiatives he led. However in the last few months he has been dropping the ball on initiatives […]

A few days ago I received an e-mail from a person seeking advice on switching careers. This individual serves as a journalist with a leading publication in the city and is keen to move into corporate and internal communications. She asked me for recommendations to change tracks and if certain qualifications such as an MBA […]

Change is inevitable and yet when communicating change within an organization we often can end up missing key communication aspects that help employees feel respected and the organization being viewed as a sensitive employer. Be it a change in a team, a structure, the executive members or a process employees have a right to know […]

Inviting employee communication practitioners and leaders to take the 2015 APAC and India Internal Communications Survey! The Survey aims to gauge the progress, maturity and impact of internal communications in the region. This is the fifth edition of the survey and meant to be completed by professionals who work or have worked for organizations either in the capacity […]

Research studies have reported that an individual’s willingness to buy, recommend, work for, and invest in a company is directly related to the organization’s reputation – which incidentally is significantly influenced by the corporate social responsibility (CSR) actions taken by the firm. According to theRepTrak™ Pulse which measures corporate reputation of organizations three of the […]

Asking for feedback is easy – acknowledging, accepting and making concrete steps to act and communicate changes within the organization is tougher. As organizations try to stay ahead of the employee engagement conundrum and gauge perspectives  real-time, taking periodic feedback is a reality. This also has downsides – if you are taking feedback you also […]