Here’s a thought experiment for you. Imagine your manager gives you a piece of paper and says, ‘I’d like you to write down an honest opinion you hold of me. It can be anything you like. I’m going to put it in a hat with all your colleagues’ feedback, and pick them out at random,
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By Gregg Apirian, Managing Director at Vignette, a full-service employee experience agency. A little over a year ago I wrote and published an article on Vignette’s blog called Strategy vs. Tactics: Why It’s Important to Distinguish the Difference. To date, it has been one of our most popular posts, read by thousands of HR & communications
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Written by Allan Steinmetz of Inward Strategic Consulting Have you ever wondered what motivates people these days? Bet you thought it was the golden carrot, right? But you are wrong – it’s being appreciated and recognized in a meaningful way If you want to improve your company’s bottom-line results, appreciating your employees is critical. Take
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Written by Allan Steinmetz of Inward Strategic Consulting Do you want to improve internal buy-in for major change initiatives? Start socializing your ideas internally. I often get asked the question, “What is the biggest obstacle for gaining acceptance for internal change?” The answer is simple. Socialize your ideas and let your colleagues contribute to the
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By Casey O’Quinn, Gravity Digital. Social media can be daunting for any business. It’s difficult to keep up with platforms, changes, and best practices. Marketing for doctors and medical practices have the added challenge of Protected Health Information and HIPAA. We see doctors taking all kinds of approaches to addressing social media for their practice.
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By Giuliana LaMantia, HospitalPortal.net. Being able to speak to, listen to, and empathize with others is important in any workplace setting. From communicating with patients, working with those across departments, or simply chatting with those in your own department, there are many things to be mindful of to ensure you are being a well-rounded communicator.
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By Doug Allen, C5 Insight. One of the things that I think most companies struggle with is governance, specifically in context of an intranet. If you read my blog you know I talk about mostly SharePoint, but good governance can and should apply to really to any platform. We previously talked about how to tell
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By Carrie Basham Young, Talk to Me Social. Last week, Workplace by Facebook rolled out the ability for companies to collaborate securely with non-employees inside designated “Multi Company Groups” (MCGs for short), even if the external collaborators don’t have a Workplace account of their own. Collaboration with business partners outside of one’s own company is
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By Talk Social To Me. Organizations considering migrating from Jive to Workplace need to think about some significant differences in the products and account for them prior to making the leap. There is no single collaboration platform that will be all things to all people. There. We said it. Surprised? If you’ve been living and
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By Pinaki Kathiari, CEO, Local Wisdom. Not too long ago, my niece reached out to me for some advice about networking. She’s in her twenties and works in finance, but is realizing it’s not her thing, and is looking to pursue new career options. Making new connections is a powerful way to explore a new
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