The Curious Case of Employee Voice

The recent announcement by Infosys to set up an internal portal (similar to Facebook) to give  employees a ‘voice’ intrigued me. According to the news report, the intranet called the ‘Infy Bubble’ is supposedly a platform for disgruntled Infoscions to vent on.  Is the assumption that employees don’t have a voice? I would disagree. The [...]

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Tackling ‘Payback Time’ With Effective Internal Communication

“It is payback time!” said one comment and “never treat professionals as commodities” voiced another as a reaction to the recent independently administered Regus survey which covered 15,000 business respondents from their global contacts database between February and March 2010. Dearth of promotions, lack of communication and involvement in decision making and little or no [...]

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Lead From the Front to Build Leadership Credibility

It isn’t easy these days being a leader. With trust, confidence levels and credibility dropping rapidly among employees leaders face an uphill task to rally staff, convey messages and move forward on the organization’s goals. Trust in Leaders is Eroding The usual grouse is that leaders don’t show up, are not putting value on communication, [...]

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Thinking of a Career in Internal Communications?

I wanted to pen down my thoughts on the evolving internal communications function based on numerous queries that have come my way from students, practicing professionals and educationists. This post also articulates the role of the internal communicator, key skills and competencies needed to excel in this field and the various career opportunities that exist.  Internal [...]

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The Power of Feedback in Evaluating Internal Communication Work

Nothing compares to the power of feedback and networking. I recently witnessed its influence while shaping a set of internal communication posters we created for a milestone event. The posters were an element of a larger campaign to get employees excited about the organization’s history, progress, people, culture and talent. When we began the campaign [...]

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Do you partner with or play watchdog over your employees?

How many times have you avoided your supervisor who tries to pry into your personal life? How often have you cringed when your organization encroaches on your life outside of work by calling you to work on weekends or conduct events? There are differing viewpoints about the level of interventions organizations can play in their [...]

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Effective Employee Communication Key In Rallying Workforce around Company Goals

Yet another survey on the economic environment! This one gives a sense of how leaders perceive the slowdown and its impact Mercer – AIMA pulse survey report on the implications of economic environment on talent management was conducted on April 2009 with C-suite and key decision makers. Six questions ranging from hiring, M&A, compensation and [...]

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