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 […]
Tag: change
Get Buy-In Before Launching Your Change Agenda
Vinod is obviously disconnected with reality. While he does know what he wants to do he doesn’t know how to go about getting everyone aligned. Kamal, his internal communicator also seems quite aloof. I received a couple of good responses on Linkedin when I posted this dialogue on change management. One reader mentioned a flaw […]
Why Can’t My Staff See What I am Seeing?
Getting staff aligned on strategy and where the company is headed isn’t a cakewalk as leaders realize today. Vinod, 55, a seasoned leader and CEO of Value Ltd discovered during the ‘All Hands’ he ran across his offices in the country. Value Ltd, in the business of supplying gar boxes to leading automobile manufacturers in […]
Register Now! Internal Communications 201 – Driving Change and Elevating Your Presence | July 7, 2012
Book Your Seat Today! Presenting a full-day, hands-on workshop: Internal Communications 201 – Driving Change and Elevating Your Presence on July 7, 2012 at Bangalore. This is a follow-up to the Internal Communications 101 workshop held last year. Interested in elevating your internal communications team’s presence? Struggling with managing change in your initiatives? Unable to get your […]
‘Zero E-mail’ and Change Management: An Internal Communication Opportunity?
There are reports of Atos, a French organization planning to do away with e-mail in the near future. That near future is around the corner. The CEO has stated that after 2014 none of their 80000 employees will be exchanging e-mails. Ambitious? Crazy? Impossible? Intriguing? I have been thinking about what this change means for […]
Are you Embracing ‘Employee-Led’ CSR and Communication?
‘A small favor’ said the subject line. An e-mail winged in from a motivated employee calling interested individuals to chip in aid of the victims of the worst floods South India has seen in decades. The mail goes on to articulate the project, the effort, the expectation, the plan and people involved. Right down to […]
Adapatability – key to evolving role of internal communicators
How does one describe the role of internal communicators? Strategic? Tactical? Complex? People oriented? Results focussed? An executive administrator from a leading organization who was keen to join the ranks of an internal communications team got cold feet when she dived headlong into projects. “I am better off with what I am doing today if […]
Meeting Generation Next
On Saturday, April 26, 2008, I had an opportunity to meet an enthusiastic bunch of students while conducting a half-day workshop on corporate etiquette and networking. These students are working towards a 15 month MBA from a B-School in Bangalore. Â Quite the Generation Next of India, I figured! Articulate, respectful, knowledgeable, willing to challenge […]