Ways to improve your IC skills
As a communication community there is a lot of discussion around skills, expertise and professionalism. These are really important themes for us, especially now as we aim to raise the profile of internal communication (IC), and its value to organisations. A number of people have asked me about improving their skills and moving their career […]
Being Brave
When people would hear that I had left family and friends in Jamaica to move back to London (ages ago), they would say how brave that was. I’ve never really looked at it that way and at various points along the way I would have called it something else. At the forefront of my mind, […]
Connections can be powerful
Connecting with people is powerful. Real connection is something we can easily neglect as we get involved in our busy lives, work and our general obsession with social media and online interfaces. It happens to me all the time, but despite the annoying reminder from my iPhone on the amount of time I’ve spent online […]
Integrated communication achieves better results – a case study
Building and embedding the brand from the inside out is something I feel strongly about. Engaged employees who have been inspired and experience the vision, values and mission will then be strong advocates as they work and become involved in the brand themselves. They can then demonstrate a level of commitment that cannot be paid […]
Can you be trusted?
Recently I met with a couple of my peers and friends – we were talking about communication (as usual). When we get together it always leads to a conversation about putting the world to rights and how we plan to make an impact as we run our businesses. If someone were to listen in we […]
