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Internal Communications and Employee Engagement
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Carolyn Ray Mar 19.
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Hi everyone, Just wanted to let you know about an IABC International Conference on Employee Communications in Toronto Oct 22-23. I'm co-presenting about dialogue, social media and internal communications with Jennifer Rock from Best Buy (US) who i...
Hi everyone, Just wanted to let you know about an IABC International Conference on Employee Communications in Toronto Oct 22-23. I'm co-presenting about dialogue, social media and internal communications with Jennifer Rock from Best Buy (US) who i...
Hi everyone, we just released our study results today about internal communications and dialogue - visit www.national.ca/startthedialogue - would love your thoughts and feedback!
Hi there fellow Canadians! My firm is doing a small study on internal communications and engagement with a focus on the economy - I wondered if anyone in this group might like to participate. It's a fairly quick 30 minute telephone interview. I'm ...
has anyone ever seen any good, relevant articles written for a CEO/Leadership audience about how internal communications can help improve productivity, morale, commitment etc?
You've heard the hype, but how useful is social media really? Share your experiences, comments and questions.
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 5:27pm on January 28, 2009,
Bill Hogg PerformanceExcelerator said…
- Did you ever do anything about meeting with people local to Toronto. I didn't hear anything back from your originsal post.
- At 7:27pm on September 16, 2008,
David Zinger said… - Carolyn
Welcome to the employee engagement network. Always good to welcome another Canadian. I hope communication and pride are good sources of engagement.
David
Profile Information
- Who are you?
- I've been in communications for the past 18 years and most recently led Interbrand's global internal brand engagement practice; now I'm working with Canada's largest PR firm, NATIONAL, to help our clients engage their employees. I believe that effective communications is a huge opportunity for collaboration between HR, Marketing and Communications and a great way to connect employees to the business strategy, customer experience and brand.See our recent study at www.national.ca/startthedialogue.
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- I'm a professional communicator who works with organizations to help optimize employee engagement
- Where are you located?
- Toronto - and on twitter at dialoguedivaray
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21% Canadian workforce engaged? Yikes!
I attended a Gallup breakfast in Toronto last week where - for the first time - I saw Canadian statistics citing 21% engaged; 61% not engaged and 18% actively disengaged, which is even more daunting than the US numbers. Although we didn't have much discussion at the session, I was fairly surprised by this and wonder what the implications are in the face of recent economic uncertainty. What are people's thoughts on this? Are Canadian organizations doing enough to engage and communicate with emplo… Continue
Posted on October 21, 2008 at 9:23am — 7 Comments
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I think recognising your staff becomes all the more important in today's climate of budget cuts, pressures and downsizing. We all want to feel valued, both as employees and human beings, and to have someone else say 'thank you, your continued supp...
Hi Leigh
I am an Employee Engagement Specialist in the department of Organizational Effectiveness. I work for a company about the size that you are looking for. We began kicking off employee engagement surveys last April. As of now we have a year...
... master the art of asking questions!
Teach your employees how to Manage Up: Some people think this is brown nosing, but it's really about helping your boss understand who you are.
Angela,
I think recognition is always essential but we have to look at the deeper reason why. Reward and recognition confirms value. Every human being wants to know, "Does my life matter?" This is the questions we help answer when we reward and re...
Be real, don't use jargon, and be honest. If something is going to hurt people would rather be prepared!
Strive to engender trust by doing what you say and say what you do.
Leigh,
Comments work and I will see what I can do for this Thursday.
David
though published earlier, I found it quite relevant relating innovation and engagement
Remember that employees are human first; seek to build what matters the most to humans - personal relationships.
Communicating "what" is not enough. Explain the "why" behind everything.
Thanks Ben. Look forward to checking out these articles.
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