Hammering out employee communications with tools like Yammer
How can companies embed these tools into the greater organizational dialogue?
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Internal Communications
One of the biggest problems preventing businesses from reaching their potential
Some miscommunication is so ludicrous, you would think the mix-up would be impossible until you see otherwise.
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Why you should beta test your communications
Whether you’re communicating a new company program or marketing a new product, someone from your target audience can provide invaluable feedback before they see the final email or the shiny new brochure along with everyone else.
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Target and Breastfeeding: How to Communicate a PR Problem Internally
Get the word out to your employees quickly.
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Internal Communications: It Shouldn’t Be A One-Night Stand
Then I realize, she’s looking for the one night-stand approach to communications. Collateral candy.
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Internal Communications: Are You Cheating On Your Logo?
It happened on a day like any other. I was at my last corporate job reading emails when I received a meeting invite to help with a project. But this wasn’t just any project. It had a name and a logo that was not the company logo. It might as well have been a project
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Your screaming turns me off
An HR manager in a satellite office sends an email to employees about changes in building security stemming from a corporate office mandate. The tone of her email is hostile and employees feel like children being chided by a teacher. They didn’t do anything wrong but the email makes them feel that way by including
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Making Employees Feel Part of the Team
I was walking with a co-worker when she acknowledged she should be back at her desk meeting a fast approaching deadline. She asked me why she didn’t care. I knew why. Shareholders and highly compensated executives whose holidays include potential bonuses are obvious stakeholders in a company’s success. But employees standing further down the corporate
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Don’t Do The Lingo
I call it The Flip Side because I offer both external and internal communications. My writing typically spotlights one or the other. But here’s an opportunity to kill two blogs with one subject. Keith and I were exchanging emails with someone about the possibility of refinancing. We’ve known her for years. She is very nice. Most importantly, we
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Death, Taxes and Open Enrollment
Now that benefits open enrollment is coming up, benefits communications are top-of-mind for lots of companies. But communicating about benefits shouldn’t be a once a year deal. Too often, companies treat benefits like a dirty little secret. It’s an icky topic that no one dares talk about because let’s face it. Benefits can be complicated
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