Internal podcasts are a great tool for communications and to engage your employees. It’s like having your very own company culture radio station. The popularity and adoption of podcasting continues to rise. According to Statistica, the number of those who have listened to podcasts over the age of 12, jumped 44% from 2018 to 2019. […]
Email. People hate it. Yet people prefer it because it’s what they know. After a quick Google search of email as an internal communications tool, I found lots of articles about how it should be ditched as a way to engage employees. But upon further reading those same articles, I found the biggest reason they […]
Are you ready to be a better communicator? FYI: As a current or aspiring leader, your answer always needs to be YES. I had the pleasure to speak on the challenges to good communication and tips to improve it at the BIG Ready conference. The BIG Ready, hosted by the Productivityist Mike Vardy, is an […]
A great presentation is an amazing tool in engaging your employees. But, I can’t tell you how often I’ve sat through a presentation that was just a report out in disguise. When asked to do a presentation, make sure that’s what you are actually delivering. Most presentations are far more about reading back information from […]
Words matter. And you have to understand their impact to understand how you are engaging (or not engaging) with your colleagues. Are the words you use to inspire new ideas or to brand new programs, really having the affect you think? The “revenge effect” or “revenge technology” is when a piece of technology performs the […]
