11 ways to botch your company’s internal communications
To ensure failure, send frequent, lengthy messages that have nothing to do with the company’s bottom line. Also, use jargon whenever possible, and neglect the power of great storytelling.
To ensure failure, send frequent, lengthy messages that have nothing to do with the company’s bottom line. Also, use jargon whenever possible, and neglect the power of great storytelling.
To ensure failure, send frequent, lengthy messages that have nothing to do with the company’s bottom line. Also, use jargon whenever possible, and neglect the power of great storytelling.
The how and why of gauging the effectiveness of your messages to employees can be elusive. Here is solid guidance.
Workplace survival requires the precision of a master curler, the nerve of a bobsled pilot and the agility of a slalom skier. Let the messaging games begin.
Going by instinct will get you and your team only so far. Data analysis can help guide your decision-making and give your hard metrics to show your senior leaders.
Make sure your strategy is tied to overall company objectives. Also, back your claims with data, provide clear calls to action, facilitate learning opportunities and act on colleagues’ feedback.
Instead of counting impressions, clicks or content consumption, focus on driving behaviors that lead to substantive business results.
New tools can help you boost collaboration, break down hierarchies and enhance employee engagement.
Educating, informing and engaging your colleagues helps them excel and bolsters the bottom line—not to mention its contributions to staff retention. Try these approaches.
Want to increase collaboration and cut down on email? Try a collaboration platform like Brosix, BaseCamp, Wrike or Redbooth.
Most employees aren’t getting the message, new research finds, but you might buck the tide and succeed if you use popular channels and platforms.
Want to create more appealing, relevant content for your colleagues? Plan your campaigns, segment your audience, use visuals, and streamline the feedback process.
Apps offer great promise for reaching all employees—and keeping them coming back for your messages. Do it right.
What’s in store for the coming year? Focus on video, enterprise social networks and securing more buy-in from leaders and colleagues.
Instead of counting impressions, clicks or content consumption, focus on driving behaviors that lead to substantive business results.