Posted on October 5, 2016 11:07 am by Shel Holtz | Audio | Internal | Podcasting | PR
Podcasting is not just red hot, it’s here to stay. Twenty percent of Americans are regular podcast listeners, which interestingly mirrors the 20% of spoken-word audio content that Americans consume. (Eighty percent of the audio Americans consume is music.)
The growth of podcasting has been incremental and steady for over a decade and it shows no signs of abating. Money is pouring into…
Posted on September 28, 2016 10:01 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Ethics | Internal | Transparency | Trust
The current state of employee engagement isn’t pretty. According to Gallup, only 33% of employees are engaged with their jobs (that is, poised to deliver discretionary effort to help the company succeed).
Engagement isn’t everything, of course; other employee-related factors drive business results, from job satisfaction to a sense of purpose. But there’s a problem there, too. Gallup’s research indicates that “just four in 10…
Posted on September 27, 2016 11:47 am by Shel Holtz | Employee Engagement | The Workplace Experience | Crisis Communication | Internal | PR | Social Media
Most crisis communication plans miss a critical element: Employees. Ignored, they can innocently (or maliciously) make your existing problem even bigger. After all, their online friends most likely know where they work and if employees aren’t volunteering information, people in their social networks are soliciting it.
When engaged, employees can become powerful advocates and expand the reach of your messages. In an…
Posted on September 27, 2016 10:57 am by Shel Holtz | Employee Engagement | The Workplace Experience | For Immediate Release | Internal | Intranets
Cross-posted from the FIR Podcast Network
Employee engagement was a constant theme in this week’s conversation with iCology founder Chuck Gose, internal communication measurement thought leader Angela Sinickas, and BBVA’s global head of employee communication, Peter Vogt. (Don’t worry; if you’re not involved with employee communication, there’s plenty to sink your teeth into in this episode for you, too.) Our topics included…
- A Harvard…
Posted on September 22, 2016 11:08 am by Shel Holtz | Employee Engagement | Management | The Workplace Experience | Internal
Beth and Mary have worked for the same company for about the same length of time.
They work at same tier of the company hierarchy. They are paid about the same, have the same benefits, have equally supportive and communicative bosses, and have experienced roughly the same employee journey through their careers. Count Beth and Mary among the company’s engaged employees who are…
Posted on September 14, 2016 8:02 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | Ethics | Internal
I was planning to skip a video this week because I’m on the road, but reading the Wall Street Journal article about Wells Fargo’s CEO throwing his employees under the bus…er…stagecoach led me to produce this quick Shrink-Wrap. Please share your thoughts about what an internal communications department could possibly do under these circumstances.
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