Month: October 2015

Asking for feedback is easy – acknowledging, accepting and making concrete steps to act and communicate changes within the organization is tougher. As organizations try to stay ahead of the employee engagement conundrum and gauge perspectives  real-time, taking periodic feedback is a reality. This also has downsides – if you are taking feedback you also […]

Often the words ‘offsite’, ‘away-day’ and ‘team building exercise’ bring imagery of leaders sunning their toes in exotic locales on company funded jamborees and discussing strategic decisions that impact employees.  Offsites cost organizations millions and there are recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of these meets. However well coined the term – employees watch […]

At most interactions with CSR and communication professionals I often hear this remark – ‘we do so much yet our leaders and employees don’t seem to care about Corporate Social Responsibility. How do we get them involved and excited?’ To begin, accept that CSR won’t appeal to everyone in your organization and that every employee […]

Vanessa is very disappointed.  Her manager had just completed a meeting where she was told that despite her best effort in getting a campaign over the line, her inability to transcend the role and partner effectively was creating friction in the team. Her communication team was tasked with launching a CEO Forum across its 6 […]