It is that time of the year when most organizations look to celebrate their successes and engage staff in year-end parties and communication. It is also that time of the year when internal communicators are hard pressed to deliver high quality content and communication even as work winds down! However, in the frenzy to get […]
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Keep the Faith – Build Your Skills and Learn From Every Experience
I loved Lisa’s response to my post on managers and culture and honestly couldn’t have summarized it like her. Very pragmatic and direct. It is well documented that managers influence work climate and success and is it also known that staff leave organizations due to their managers. Nothing can save an organization that looks the […]
Own Your Internal Communications Growth and Future
It is interesting to note that while a few readers had opinions about this post they preferred writing back to my e-mail ID with their thoughts instead of sharing it on my blog. When I probed, one reader felt he ‘wasn’t an expert’ and therefore didn’t want his thoughts viewed online.  Culture playing a role […]
The joy of partnering with a leader blogger who ‘gets’ it
As an internal communication professional nothing can come close to working for an internal client who just ‘gets’ it! I wanted to write this post to share insights from an ongoing partnership that I am beginning to enjoy. Also, share some ideas to make your internal leader’s blog leap ahead. Two reasons that make it […]
Empowering Non Profits with Social Media and Communication
NASSCOM Foundation invited me to speak on ‘Leveling Web 2.0 for social causes’ at their Connect IT forum at Bangalore today. The other panelists in my session were Sachin Malhan, CEO, Inclusive Planet (who did a great job of moderating the session) and Anu Unnikrishnan, Marketing Consultant, for Jaago Re a popular campaign by Tata […]
Internal Communications Lessons from a Flight That Never Was
I am penning this blog note to share internal communications lessons I learn from a recent travel ordeal. This isn’t an attempt to grind my axe with Air France which gave me grief although my dissatisfaction with how I was treated led me to vent with many more people than I thought I would.  After […]
Does Culture play a role in Social Media adoption in India Internal Communications?
We are in the midst of unprecedented opportunities in social media and India is just about getting started. As communicators and professionals putting plans and initiatives in place for engaging employees the options are more than one could ask for. But then why is social media not making enough inroads when it comes to internal […]
Lessons from Launching and Reviewing an Internal Leadership Blog
After over a year, the leadership blog (internal corporate blog) aimed at employees is gaining momentum at my organization. I wanted to share insights on how we began, progress we made and personal learning. In case you are planning to champion a blog in your organization (training, business, engagement, CSR among others), I hope these insights […]
leadership blog launch and tips
I recently learnt a few things while supporting a leadership blog launch. Start with an objective in mind –Â do you want to connect people, build visibility for the leader, improve hits to the portal among others. Mastering the tool/software is essential – before you can guide the leader on using the blog, do your […]