Internal Communications
March 21, 2014
Social media- you love it, hate it, obsess over it, or could care less about it. Either way, it continues to rapidly change and become increasingly embedded in most media we consume.
January 28, 2014
This past week I attended The Advanced Learning Institute’s Strategic Internal Communications Conference in sunny San Francisco. I loved talking shop with a bunch of new people and chatting about what we’re working on and challenges we face in our roles.
December 17, 2013
I was on jury duty last week. Apart from it being an interesting experience as a new citizen, it was a great lesson in the importance of how we choose to communicate and which stories we choose to tell.
November 18, 2013
Ok, so doing these seven things will result in some pretty poor employee experiences, but do some of these ring true with communication you've seen or maybe even written? Use language such as: the best, earth-shattering, life-changing in every email Write rambling sentences that don't convey messages Be uninspiring Never share the company strategy, corporate or financial issues Don't connect the dots between employee work and company strategy Have managers communicate only when they are giving bad news Discourage employees from participating in social media We've found in The Employee Experience Survey that employees need and value clear communications about what their companies are doing and the decisions that are being made, all of which strengthens their feelings of engagement.
October 15, 2013
Ricky Gervais may not be the first person you'd think of to glean valuable advice about how to communicate authentically. But a recent video interview with the comedian courtesy of Fast Company highlights some valuable lessons on how to write and communicate in meaningful ways.
October 1, 2013
Communication is one of those business areas that gets a lot of attention often after-the-fact of a disaster with comparatively little forward-momentum. Here are 5 changes that you can quickly and easily execute on.
June 25, 2013
We’re excited to have a guest blogger featured on the Brilliant Blog this week. For more than 17 years, Angee Linsey has worked closely with company leaders to recruit exceptional team members and implement solid recruitment strategies.
June 13, 2013
We're going low-tech on the Brilliant Blog to revisit a simple rule of employee communications: Just because you build it and launch it doesn't mean your employees will use it. I'm reminded of this when conversations with clients turn to the use of internal social media (ISM).
