On Friday, July 23 I attended the Great Place To Work Conference at Bangalore and I wanted to share my key take-aways and recommendations that you can take forward within your organizations, irrespective of the industry and size. To begin, best workplaces had nothing to do with size or number of employees. The theme of […]
Tag: culture
Reigniting the Culture Conversation – Internal Communications and Storytelling
‘Culture alignment is what makes organizations successful’. This message stuck to my mind like never before! I attended one of the best sessions ever on a topic often considered to be ‘esoteric’ and ‘abstract’ – culture. This post is to share my personal take-aways. Conducted by a senior leader this session had no presentation slides […]
Thinking of a Career in Internal Communications?
I wanted to pen down my thoughts on the evolving internal communications function based on numerous queries that have come my way from students, practicing professionals and educationists. This post also articulates the role of the internal communicator, key skills and competencies needed to excel in this field and the various career opportunities that exist. Internal […]
The Power of Feedback in Evaluating Internal Communication Work
Nothing compares to the power of feedback and networking. I recently witnessed its influence while shaping a set of internal communication posters we created for a milestone event. The posters were an element of a larger campaign to get employees excited about the organization’s history, progress, people, culture and talent. When we began the campaign […]
Internal Communicators as the Company’s Historians
About 8 years ago my supervisor at a previous employer handed me a list stating my roles and responsibilities as an internal communication professional. In that, I recollect was a line which read ‘the company’s historian’. Then, as a junior member of a growing communications team it only meant ‘collating and updating’ company news. The […]
Are You ‘Tunnel Visioning’ Your Employees?
With internal communicators struggling today to reduce information overload and help employees ‘get what they need’ there is a contrarian view at play! That of making information ‘self discovery’ a joy for your staff. This thought was further cemented when I read an argument by a leading educationist fighting against the spread of ‘coaching institutes’ […]
Culture Deep Dives and Focus Group Facilitation Ideas
I recently sat in on a focus group session on ‘culture’ that sought employees’ perspectives on the organization’s traits and thoughts on how to retain or strengthen the organization’s DNA. The forums held across the organization are an attempt to gauge the role ‘culture’ plays on engagement and align employees based on an action plan. […]
Communicators as Coaches to Build Your Organization’s Culture
“Coaching is for professionals”, “I am not qualified to coach”, “So much work – who has the time to coach?”, “I rather tell my team what to do rather than do this time consuming coaching bit”. Heard these before? Sounds familiar? The Times of India Ascent (September 2, 2009) front page story on mentorship and […]