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COMMUNICATIONS AUDITS FOR VISION AND VALUES

A communications audit is a time-consuming but powerful step for aligning employees with leadership’s vision and the values of the organization. A typical audit for our clients begins with a data dump existing material, from vision statements and corporate values...

by Cara Laurie|16 June 202216 June 2022|Post Category

SERVE UP CHANGE COMMUNICATIONS IN BITE-SIZE PORTIONS

Most major change initiatives involve multiple steps and complex context. Although we advocate giving employees all the information you can about an upcoming change, we don't advise telling them everything, all at once. That can be an overwhelming amount of...

by Elizabeth Baskin|02 June 202202 June 2022|Change Management, Post Category

Knowing Your Audience

It's important to know your audience. Different employees have different wants and needs regarding how they’re communicated to. This may be due to personalities and preferences – some respond to long, dense paragraphs while others just want a short video....

by Steve Baskin|19 May 202219 May 2022|Employee Audience, Engagement, Internal Communications, Post Category

LET EMPLOYEES COMMUNICATE THE VALUES

Having clearly defined company values can help guide your employees in their day-to-day actions and decisions. But beyond listing the values—on your website and intranet, on breakroom posters and digital signage or wherever you display them—it’s important to give employees...

by Elizabeth Baskin|12 May 202212 May 2022|Post Category, Vision and Values

EAT OR EATEN: M&A AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

How mergers and acquisitions change the internal communications strategy Fast growth brings great change to organizational cultures, and it generally puts pressure on effective internal communications. And when the growth comes through mergers, acquisition or being acquired by a larger...

by Steve Baskin|23 March 202126 March 2021|Corporate Communications, Culture, Employee Engagement, Internal Communications, Leadership Comms, Post Category

HOW MANY COMMUNICATION TOOLS ARE TOO MANY?

Too many communication tools may be plaguing your workforce with Notification Fatigue. Slack, Teams, Sharepoint, text, email, newsletters, Zoom calls, phone calls (does anyone still do these?), town halls-- the list of communication tools and solutions in 2021 is bigger and...

by Caroline Pitts|04 March 202104 March 2021|Corporate Communications, Email Overload, Employee Experience, Engagement, Post Category, Remote work

EMPLOYEE PHOTOGRAPHY Q&A

Using stock photos to portray employees is a common mistake that many companies make when sharing their communications. Employees immediately recognize that the people in those photos are professional models, not colleagues. This undermines the authenticity of your internal communications. Why...

by Jeff Smith|03 September 202003 September 2020|Employee Photography, Post Category

Group of Millennials communicating in the office.

COMMUNICATING TO MILLENNIALS IN THE WORKPLACE

Chances are, if you looked around your office, you'd see a bunch of Millennials. According to the Pew Research Center, Millennials are the largest generation in our country's workforce. Although many people think of Millennials as entry level employees, some...

by Jeff Smith|05 March 202010 July 2020|Generations, Internal Communications, Millennials, Post Category

DO EMPLOYEES DREAD CHANGE — OR DRIVE IT?

Communicating change can be scary. In Tribe’s research with employees of large employers, 84% said that communicating change was handled poorly in their companies. Many HR and communications teams seem to approach major change management initiatives with trepidation. They worry...

by Elizabeth Baskin|06 February 202006 February 2020|Change Management, Post Category

HOW TO USE AN INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS CALENDAR

If you know how to use an internal communications calendar, it can be an extremely powerful tool by improving the quality, efficiency and consistency of communications. However, if it is half-heartedly created or a rarely opened file, then you’re no...

by Amanda McClay|14 November 201914 November 2019|Internal Communications, Post Category