Intraskope – Internal Communication Perspectives
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Personal branding is about reputation and fulfilling your purpose. It isn’t easy building a personal brand and it can’t be built overnight. What are the risks and opportunities one encounters while creating a personal brand? How does one establish a reputation that stands the test of time? I am honored to share this interview with […]
Josh is not alone in this world facing comparisons – refer to my case study shared last week. These types of scenarios often play out at the workplace and elsewhere. When a new hire joins, the team and stakeholders end up comparing the current incumbent with his or her predecessor: how they worked, the experiences they had or […]
Want to know how to build your personal brand? Keen to understand why it matters to you? Irrespective of whichever walk of life you are in – as a student, a working professional or an entrepreneur – personal branding is crucial for your success. Knowing who you are, what you want to be and how […]
Many of you must have recently either received Whatsapp forwards or viewed the online clips of actions by a few global leaders. From President Macron of France who invited an undocumented immigrant to the presidential Elysee Palace to thank him for his act of bravery in saving a child’s life to the Prime Minister of […]
Consider this scenario. A company rolls out a social media policy, asks leaders to sign-up and they all say they will. A month or two later, while conducting a dipstick to understand the level of acceptance, it is observed that leaders and employees didn’t quite understand the purpose of the policy or its interpretation and aren’t […]
Over the years I have been polling practitioners, leaders and employees about the state of the internal communications function. My study, published in SCMS Journal of Indian Management’s July-September 2017 edition, attempts to fill a gap that exists in internal communication literature on the role, focus, support and future of the function in the region. It recommends […]
If the sign posted by the Pope on his door is any indication of how much complaining that happens in our world, then it is time to do something about it! Heard these statements before? “I was enthusiastic but some people in my team drained my energy” “I hung around with negative people and look what happened […]
How do you ‘upskill’ yourself? You don’t expect such a question to pop up in a Whatsapp group but a post from a communicator piqued my interest. Responses to that post included friendly suggestions to ‘do what it takes’, ‘read and interacting with peers’, ‘do courses online’, ‘write’ and ‘teach’. When I Googled ‘upskill’ the […]