Tag: practices and models

Every organization, big or small, faces the issue of getting employees to understand, appreciate and align with the vision and goals that will drive profitability and success. However, when the message is pitched very high employees don’t get it. If it is ‘dumbed’ down staff feels like they are treated like kids. Pratap, the go-getting […]

While surveys are one among the popular ways to gauge employee sentiment and feedback how we share the results and findings makes the difference between action and apathy. Very often we get caught up with in getting our surveys to be statistically significant by focusing on participation or persuading leaders to up the number of […]

While the nation mourns and comes to terms with the loss of an aspiring medical student to a brutal sexual assault there are many questions left unanswered. What will it take to heal a nation and leaders to confront reality? Will there be a time when women will be treated on par and be safe […]

I just received a WordPress.com 2012 annual report for my blog and wanted to share it with you. You can look up the most popular posts in 2012 and earlier. Thank you for your views, perspectives and insights that fuels my passion for internal communications. I look forward to your continued support  as I aim to […]

I am delighted to share that Kevin Ruck, a respected leader in communications reviewed my book on Simply-Communicate, a leading global community of over 20,000 internal communication professionals. I had the opportunity to also feature on the December edition of the Simply-TV show on Friday, December 7. Kevin is a founding director of PR Academy, […]

Yes, you heard it right – a ‘follow-up’ free culture! I not sure about you but I have certainly encountered cultures in organizations that work only if you ‘chase’ people to do what they are supposed to do or even share basic information that advances the firm’s interest. Recently, an internal communicator mailed me a […]

It seems this post on creating an internal communications plan got a lot of great insights which Rony can use. I checked in with Rony and he seemed delighted to see the quality of inputs that came in. For the benefit of readers I am making an attempt to distill the key points that can […]

Sharing my article titled ‘9 expectations of an internal communicator’ in People Matters which identifies and elaborates the top fundamentals, which every internal communicator needs to have to be effective in the role. About the publication: ion: People Matters is a leading knowledge and media platform in the Human Resources space. It has a specialized […]

I am delighted to announce the launch of my book that features practical advice and resources for results driven communicators and leaders. Visit the Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ICbook2012 Available at:  http://sagepub.in/browse/book.asp?bookid=1770&Subject_Name=&mode=1 (For India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book240430 (Rest of the world) The book which covers among other topics internal communications basics, […]

If internal communicators were to participate in a companywide popularity contest chances are they may end up unsuccessful.  Amy realizes that when Julie wanted her article included in the internal communications newsletter. Read my earlier post on ‘Are Internal Communicators in the Business of Keeping Stakeholders Happy?’. Not because we don’t try hard enough. It […]