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New Research Indicates a Positive Impact on Employee Engagement and Collaboration During COVID-19 Crisis

PRSay

The COVID-19 pandemic has had positive outcomes on employee engagement and collaboration, but mixed results on productivity, according to a new study focused on internal communication by the Institute for Public Relations and Peppercomm. The importance of engaging employees.

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Rise in Ransomware Attacks Demands Extra Crisis Vigilance

PRSay

Preparing for these increasingly sophisticated threats and containing the damage when attacks occur requires a level of experience and expertise beyond that of a company’s day-to-day crisis team. Build a dedicated cyber-crisis team. Enlist employees. Here are six things to think about: 1. Make key decisions ahead of time.

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Future skills for public relations practitioners - World PR Day

Stephen Waddington

There are several forces in play: Areas of the economy that shut down are reopening and organisations are firmly in recovery-mode The pandemic has created a new set of roles is areas such as employee engagement and sustainability Entry level roles are reopening as organisation begin to figure out the balance between home and office working.

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Muddling through the COVID-19 crisis: celebrating human spirit and ingenuity

Stephen Waddington

I’m muddling through the COVID-19 crisis, just like you, but I am starting to think about what might come next. Is it possible to have a good crisis? It followed support from the Treasury for large employees a week ago. The BBC and NHS have both stepped up to the crisis. At work and home video has become the norm.

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Three Steps to Successful Crisis Communication

Melissa Agnes

Crisis communication is one of the most important aspects of your crisis management. In fact, whom you communicate with in a crisis, along with when and how you communicate with them, can mean the difference between successful crisis management and crisis management failure. Step 1: Identify your stakeholders.

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Book review: Leading the Listening Organisation

Wadds Inc.

A new book Leading the Listening Organisation advocates for organisations to adopt a culture of active, empathetic listening to employees to drive better business outcomes. Listening is linked to commercial benefits, including higher employee engagement, better employee experience, effective change management, innovation, and improved trust.

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Controlled Chaos: 86 Comms Pros Explain How Communications Work Has Changed

Sword and the Script

More crisis work. “A A lot more crisis work in addition to more duties usually shared between departments. The role has required expansion of the previous need to be a generalist who is knowledgeable on business topics, to being one who can effectively take on a business leadership role where needed.”. Crisis after crisis.