Tag: internal communications

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 […]

As organizations came to grips with the most recent strike that paralyzed the country this week I noticed an innocuous post on a Linkedin community from a fellow communicator asking peers if they planned to shut shop, run operations or mitigate risks. I found that post interesting since it came up on the evening before […]

The recent news that Park Chu-Young who plays for Arsenal is dropped from the South Korean team for the upcoming World Cup qualification matches sparked debate about personal commitment and pride in the country and team. With the player delaying compulsory national military training the team’s manager took a firm stand on axing Park. What […]

There has been a lot of media attention to recent salary hikes and freezes at a few IT organizations in India and I wanted to reflect on the issue, the role of leaders and internal communicators in clarifying line of sight. It began with Infosys freezing salaries and cutting back on variable pay for staff […]

I recently wrote an article (published on Simply Communicate) on tips to run a successful internal corporate social responsibility program.  Look up the highlights below. • Set context early: Establish the purpose, goals and outcomes expected before the campaign kicks off. Allow participants to clarify expectations. • Involve staff in the planning phase: Converge a core […]

I had blogged previously on ‘the internal communications career’,  ‘going prepared for an internal communication interview’ and ‘interviewing for an internal communication job’. However when I look back what I covered probably didn’t include the guidelines for internal communication managers to distinguish between a candidate’s ‘potential’ and the expected ‘performance’ so as to avoid a […]

I came across an interesting question on Linkedin by a communication professional in the Russian Federation seeking inputs on how ‘internal communications affects business results (in terms of money)’. He goes on to explain his situation – “IC is a new function in our company. I need to prove expenses to Board Members. I understand […]

Internal communicators may be involved directly or indirectly in organizing and communicating internal leadership forums that connect and energize  the community. It is a crucial activity since a lot hinges on how well the leadership team converge ideas, coalesces as a group and moves the company agenda forward. These forums are coined different names at […]

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 […]

In Part 1, I shared the story of Tanmay the Internal Communicator who engaged Anita in a discussion on a newsletter and wasn’t able to provide tangible direction. I loved the feedback to help Tanmay make definite progress. Thank you Mark, Adam, Sushma and Advita for taking time to raise the conversation to a new high. For example, Adam […]