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Avoiding Assumptions in Employee Communications

PRSay

Visit the April 2022 issue of Strategies & Tactics for more insights on employee communications. It is the responsibility of every employee communicator to deliver messages free from assumptions. Employee communicators often have context that their audiences don’t. What do I need employees to do? Adopt a new process?

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Unlocking the strategic potential of internal communications

Wadds Inc.

As organisations manage a complex business landscape, the internal communications function can demonstrate its value as a strategic management function. My focus as a public relations practitioner and management researcher is on elevating the internal communications function's role in management.

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Why Pros Should Consider Employee Engagement and Burnout in Crisis Plans

Institute for Public Relations

This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center based on the original study. Dr. Laura Lemon and Dr. Matthew VanDyke examined how employees at research-intensive universities used communication to make sense of their engagement experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Want the Fastest Growth in Business? Take Care of Your Employees First, Study Says

Sword and the Script

Brands that emphasize employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX) achieve business growth nearly 2x faster If you take care of your employees, they’ll take care of your customers, and everything else will fall in place. The study suggests this viewpoint was even higher among sales and marketing types. “The

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The developing case for internal comms in management

Wadds Inc.

The 2023 Gallagher report reveals the increasing value of internal communications in areas such as culture, strategy, and measurement and persistent challenges for the function to achieve greater management influence. I may be on to something with my PhD studies). There's a lot to unpack in the 40+ page report.

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Employees Concerned About Job Creation and Well-being

Institute for Public Relations

My agency conducts the Integral Employee Activation Index study annually with The Harris Poll to understand employee mindset and behaviors. Employees’ expectations about the issues their employer takes a stand on changed drastically. We just did a pulse check and the results stunned me.

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Internal communication critical to business transformation

Stephen Waddington

New research supports the assertion that internal communication has been critical to helping organisations transform during the COVID-19 pandemic. Internal communication and how organisations engage employees is a critical factor in successful transformation projects. It has been at the core of organisational change.