Tag: India IC

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 […]

Often recognizing staff is confused with promotions and pay. Furthermore, when the focus of the organization is in only achieving business results without a consideration for employee effort, it can lead to staff demoralized and undervalued. Not surprisingly, the 2012 Kelly Global Workforce Index indicates that only about 44% employees feel valued by their employers. […]

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 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 blogged about teams wanting ‘internal visibility’ a while ago.  Often requests for internal branding do come to internal communicators and unless you tread carefully these requests can snowball into an unmanageable mess. Rita, the internal communicator got into one such situation and this blog post seeks solutions to help her mitigate the crisis.  Here […]

 “My students are obedient”, explained the Director of a well-known B-school that I recently visited for a campus recruitment initiative. She spoke in the context of students living up to the expectations of the industry by doing what is expected of them. It sounded strange to me and indicated a widening gap in what the […]

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 […]

Tanmay, the Internal Communicator is facing a dilemma. Anita, the IT Division Head invited him for a discussion to build visibility for her team with a newsletter and it stumped him. If he agreed to her request it would trigger similar requests from other internal teams. If he disregarded the request he will be perceived […]

Adding a new person to your Internal Communications Team?  Integrating a new member right helps the individual and your team put their best feet forward. I have been inducted into a few organizations and noticed that those teams which invest less time to integrate newcomers often end up alienating people in the long run.  Very often […]

…when companies want to let their staff have fun and let their hair down. It is also that time of the year when communication winds down and employees are asked to rejuvenate and come back energized. I wanted to reflect on how organizations can ensure staff continues to be informed, engaged and recognized as the […]