Internal Communications

Engaging Financial Communications: Include Employees in the Story

How do we get employees engaged in corporate earnings announcements? The quarterly hand-wringing is loud enough to be heard outside just about every Fortune 500 company. Short of learning if they’re more likely to get a bonus or get laid...

by Steve Baskin|01 September 201604 October 2018|Employee Engagement, Good Tips, Internal Communications, Post Category, Vision and Values

Balancing Collaboration and Efficiency

A premium is placed on collaboration in many, if not most, large companies. As knowledge and expertise become increasingly specialized, collaboration across functional areas becomes even more critical for successful business results. At the same time, efficiency is also a priority....

by Elizabeth Baskin|30 August 201604 October 2018|Collaboration, Culture, Employee Engagement, Internal Branding, Internal Communications, Post Category

Intranets, Magazines and Emails are Only Envelopes

The medium, in fact, is not the message. (Apologies to Marshall McLuhan, the man who coined that phrase back in the 1960s.) Although we now have more possible internal communications channels than ever before, each channel is nothing more than an...

by Elizabeth Baskin|22 August 201604 October 2018|Channels, Employee Engagement, Internal Communications, Post Category

Writing for internal comms: Three ways to look like an amateur

This is how my great aunt would do internal communications The field of internal communications has come a long way. As more companies have recognized the business advantages of communicating with employees, investment in internal online, digital and print communications...

by Elizabeth Baskin|26 July 201604 October 2018|Employee Engagement, Good Tips, Internal Branding, Internal Communications, Post Category

Authentic CEO Communications That Are Super Easy On the CEO’s Calendar

CEOs are busy. They don't always have the time, or the inclination, to pen their own material for employee communications. Having a leadership blog or letter to employees ghost-written by someone else, whether an internal communications professional or an agency,...

by Elizabeth Baskin|19 July 201604 October 2018|Culture, Employee Engagement, Internal Communications, Post Category, Vision and Values

Internal Communications: The 9 to 5 and what’s next

Back in the early 1900s, Economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that by 2030, most of the workforce would be clocking less than 15 hours a week. We are still a long way from such efficient standards, but 100 years ago,...

by Tribe|14 July 201604 October 2018|Channels, Employee Engagement, Generations, Internal Communications, Post Category

Managers Want Tools to Help Cascade Communications

Do you use direct managers as a communication channel for non-desk employees? The default method for reaching employees on the production line, in the distribution centers and on the sales floor is usually to depend on their managers to communicate what...

by Elizabeth Baskin|11 July 201604 October 2018|Change Management, Channels, Internal Communications, Non-Desk Employees, Post Category

3 Tips to Avoid Overloading Employees With Emails

When someone talks too much, people tend to tune them out. By the same token, if you’re constantly emailing employees, they may not be paying attention to those messages. Employees already get too many emails. Some of those emails are urgent; others are things they...

by Elizabeth Baskin|05 July 201604 October 2018|Channels, Email Overload, Employee Engagement, Internal Communications, Post Category

Fire Hose Communications? A Smarter Approach to Internal Communications

Just to be clear, the fire hose approach isn’t working. Let’s stop with that nonsense. People go to work to do a job. This job tends to make them quite busy. This limits our ability to communicate with these people....

by Steve Baskin|16 June 201604 October 2018|communicating culture recruiting, Culture, Employee Engagement, Good Tips, Internal Communications, Post Category, Training and Development

Insider Tips: How To Get Your Agency’s Best Work

Whether you're talking advertising, digital marketing or internal communications, partnering with an agency can be a powerful way to make things happen. There's nothing quite like having a team of talented professionals with relevant expertise on your side. But how...

by Elizabeth Baskin|14 June 201604 October 2018|Employee Engagement, Internal Communications, Post Category

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