If you look back on your working life, what memories stand out? Chances are you’ll remember specific moments that have come to define how you feel about a particular role or organisation. We remember these moments so vividly because of what psychologists call the peak-end rule. When we review an experience after the event,
That old adage, “Do as I say and not as I do” doesn’t work on wayward teenagers, and it’s equally as ineffective in your workplace. Employee engagement begins at the executive level and trickles down through members of management. If the upper echelon is not committed to the cause, don’t expect hourly employees to take
Two worlds live inside corporations today. At one end of the spectrum you have workers who are almost entirely disconnected from their organizations. They represent the estimated 80 percent of the global workforce who aren’t sitting at computers all day. They have a challenge knowing what’s happening at their company. They feel left out. Then
One of the world’s largest digital industrial companies, this global brand has hundreds of thousands of employees in multiple business units, spread across countless countries. Keeping their employees connected and engaged is incredibly challenging. Lack of Connection with Employees The company had numerous siloed business units with different internal communication strategies and tactics. The
Written by Jessica Brook, SocialChorus Mentioning the title of SocialChorus’ ebook, 6 Ways to Attract And Keep Your Employees’ Attention, is probably a good way to attract any communicator’s attention. Who in the employee communications world hasn’t struggled, at one point or another, to hold the concentration of a group of employees? In the following
Written by Georgina Bromwich Sometimes I wonder what language my clients are talking in. It sounds like English. And there are plenty of filler words that make sense. But then they throw in an abstract name for an internal project, a nifty abbreviation, or a lofty saying that sums up their brand’s essence. And when
Written by Chuck Gose, SocialChorus We know that it is important to get leaders involved in communication, but it can be a challenge for some. Either leaders are apprehensive to share bits of themselves, are timid in front of a camera or simply do not make the time. It’s a struggle. Because when communicators find
Written by Pete Fritz – Solution Architect, Unily Follow the story of one global business who transitioned over 33,000 files, documents and sites from Jive to Office 365 and Unily. Why did they make the move? How did they do it? And has it been a success? Jive Software is justifiably proud of its intranet
We spend a lot of time thinking about employee newsletters. After all, they are the backbone of internal email–which, if you haven’t noticed, is our jam. So needless to say, we’ve done our research. And we thought that we had seen it all. That was until we discovered a newsletter that shook up our perspective
NEW YORK, NY – October 24, 2017 – Generation Z (Gen Z) is being met with a high-level of apprehension and doubt as they begin to graduate from college and enter the workforce for the first time. According to a national survey of workplace managers released today by APPrise Mobile, a mobile employee communications and engagement