I recently had occasion to have not one, but two MRIs in the space of about five days (nothing serious; just proof you can hurt yourself golfing). In case you haven’t had the pleasure, those are the ones where they stick you in a tube for anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes and tell you […]
Preventing Terrible CEO Blogs
Last time we discussed the reasons it’s probably a good idea to talk your CEO out of starting their own blog. A lack of resources, a tendency to be pretty pointless and the proven habit of running out of ideas fairly quickly are all good reasons to keep them away from blogging. But let’s not forget […]
Your CEO Doesn’t Need a Blog. Seriously.
It’s conference season, and for communicators that means two things: 1. They (I hope) will be settling into a bum-numbing chair for some inspiration and possibly a well-earned nap. 2. Their CEO will be calling them from her leadership conference to announce she is starting a blog. You were warned. Intranets across the land are […]
Can Marketing Help Employee Communications to Not Suck?
A lot of my work, lately, has focused on helping to rescue sucky internal communications programs. The general reasons for the almost perpetual suckiness of internal communications is the abject neglect of most of the programs. This can take the form of budgetary neglect: just because you hired someone to manage it, doesn’t mean it’s […]
Five Ways to Screw Up Change Communication
Organizational change is inevitable but lousy communication should not be. Here are five common (and avoidable) change communications mistakes.
