Sean Devlin
Employee comms during bankruptcies and restructures
Red Lobster’s bankruptcy declaration offers a chance to look at how communicators deepen trust during major restructures.
Change communications
Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
Deploying purposeful thought leadership during an acquisition
A thoughtful thought leadership strategy can win the hearts and minds of employees during change.
Sean Devlin
Comms lessons from GE’s spin-off into 3 companies
How the gigantic organization embraces thought leadership and brand journalism to communicate its new identities with purpose as a guide.
Sean Devlin
Comms lessons from the recent Stellantis layoffs
It’s not just what you say that matters — how that message is delivered matters, too.
B.J. Talley
Practicing strategic communications as a catalyst for successful M&A transactions
The closing of an M&A transaction may feel like “the end,” but once the funding has changed hands, the detailed process of ensuring post-closing success begins.
Allison Carter
3 ways to prevent ex-employees from seizing control of your layoff narrative
How to respond when individual workers begin to become the story in the wake of layoffs.
Mike Prokopeak
7 tips for partnering with HR on layoff communications
Close partnership with HR is one way to make this rocky road a little smoother.
Sean Devlin
Engaging employees during times of organizational change
Your work goes a long way toward righting the ship.
Allison Carter
How to communicate a strong employer brand amid layoffs
Layoffs are devastating for those who are told they no longer have a job. But they’re no walk in the park for those left behind, either.
Isis Simpson-Mersha
Crafting empathy: Tips for effective layoff communications
Jessica Doyle of Two Creeks Strategies shares the golden rule for communicating layoffs.
Karen Vahouny
Navigating profit, purpose and the political divide
Our crisis management strategies and sentiment monitoring efforts require a widening stakeholder set.
Amanda Ponzar
How communicators are key to combating global misinformation, according to Edelman’s Trust Barometer
Who do people trust to tell the truth?
Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
Communicating during an acquisition
A case study in the fundamentals required to successfully communicate during times of change.
Sean Devlin
Lessons learned from Wayfair’s executive layoff communications
Wayfair cut jobs shortly after the CEO told employees to work harder. Here’s what stuck out.
Allison Carter
A look at recent unionization efforts by the numbers
2023 was a massive year for unions, setting them up for big moves on the labor front in 2024.
