Hands up if you think your company is doing a great job of communicating with you. I don’t mean the daily nasty-gram about the security training; I mean the whole enchilada about mission, vision, values, goals, changes, culture and, yes, compliance training. Here’s why most organizations suck at employee communications: it’s nobody’s job. Not really. […]
Five Reasons Your Employee Town Halls Suck
Here comes the end of the year and with it countless executive road shows criss-crossing the country to get in front of the employees. You’ll stuff them all in a lunchroom or a foyer, maybe a sad hotel meeting room or a drafty church basement. The chairs will be a bit too close, the room […]
Five Reasons to Invest in Supervisor Communications Training
My friend Laurel is not having a nice time at work. Fresh off an eight-city, 14-site tour with the executive team, she’s exhausted and frustrated about the lackluster attendance and engagement in her town hall meetings. “I don’t get it,” she said, opening a second fizzy vodka drink. “We prepped everyone right down to our […]