‘Zero E-mail’ and Change Management: An Internal Communication Opportunity?

There are reports of Atos, a French organization planning to do away with e-mail in the near future. That near future is around the corner. The CEO has stated that after 2014 none of their 80000 employees will be exchanging e-mails. Ambitious? Crazy? Impossible? Intriguing? I have been thinking about what this change means for [...]

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The Visibility Factor: How to Turn Around the Conversation | Final Part

In Part 1, I shared the story of Tanmay the Internal Communicator who engaged Anita in a discussion on a newsletter and wasn’t able to provide tangible direction. I loved the feedback to help Tanmay make definite progress. Thank you Mark, Adam, Sushma and Advita for taking time to raise the conversation to a new high. For example, Adam [...]

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“My Team Isn’t Getting Visibility. Let us do a Newsletter!”

Tanmay, the Internal Communicator is facing a dilemma. Anita, the IT Division Head invited him for a discussion to build visibility for her team with a newsletter and it stumped him. If he agreed to her request it would trigger similar requests from other internal teams. If he disregarded the request he will be perceived [...]

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Making Your Internal Communication New Hire’s Integration Easy

Adding a new person to your Internal Communications Team?  Integrating a new member right helps the individual and your team put their best feet forward. I have been inducted into a few organizations and noticed that those teams which invest less time to integrate newcomers often end up alienating people in the long run.  Very often [...]

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