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IoIC and Gatehouse launch new training course
We are excited to officially announce that we have joined forces with the Institute of Internal Communication to launch a new training initiative that targets the strategic performance of internal communicators. As internal communicators move on in their careers, what makes them stand out from the c
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Rock Star Joins Gatehouse
In exciting news, Gatehouse has acquired RockstarComms – the publisher of the Journal of Internal Communication and the popular RockstarComms blog. As part of the deal, founder Ian Harris, has joined us as Head of Content to oversee the launch of a number of innovative products and content platfor
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Gearing up for growth
Nick Wright has joined us this week to lead our design and digital teams and drive the growth of our creative services business. Nick joins following a period of rapid expansion for us, including winning a raft of new creative projects with big name clients including Coca Cola, DENSO, Ernst & Y
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Pain Management
Take a look at your iPhone or Android, now apart from the odd signal issue, most of us would admit to being amazed and perhaps intimidated by how quickly technology has developed over the past ten years. Yet we need to realise that it is in fact the worst piece of technology that you will ever own.
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Creativity in Motion
The reoccurring problems that we encounter as internal communicators naturally lead to some obvious remedies, and, although there is more than one way to skin a cat, once you’ve skinned it several ways you tend to find the way that works best (I’m assuming this as I’ve never actually skinned a
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Keep Calm and Remember: You’re an Event Manager
With the much anticipated 2012 Olympics almost upon us, some may feel that organising and running an employee event could be classed as an Olympic event in itself, without the gold medal to show for it. So why should we bother in the first place? Well, beyond the hysteria of an early finish and a fr
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Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, it’s Off to Work We Don’t Go
Yesterday’s budget initially provoked a sobering reminder that most people of a similar age to me (in their twenties), wont be at a pensionable age until we’re at least 70 years old, a reality of a country laden with debt and an ageing population. It got me thinking about what work will be like
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Death By PowerPoint
Ahh PowerPoint, how I loathe you! You know how it goes, the first few general housekeeping slides are bearable… introduction, objectives, what we’re going to cover in this presentation…Ok fair enough. Then comes the inevitable… a never ending onslaught of Times New Roman, point 9 text, with
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Started Monday. Hated Tuesday. Left Wednesday.
Hemmingway once wrote a story in just six words – “For sale: baby shoes, never worn” surprisingly, he described this as his best work, giving hope to all the budding authors out there. However, you’re unlikely to get a publishing deal on the back of six words, perhaps a new business discount
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The Only Way is Essex for Gatehouse
In early January, Gatehouse will be expanding with the opening of a new creative centre and the appointment of a number of additional designers for 2012. The new developments come on the back of an extremely busy 12 months for the team which has seen a sustained demand for creative content from many
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K.I.S.S and Wake Up. Keep it Simple, Stupid
Ideas that have value are important for the progression of any organisation. As a result, an emphasis on the perceived ability of the communicator to generate winning ideas is becoming commonplace. However, you may feel that you aren’t naturally creative and struggle to think of ideas that carry m
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How to Respond R.A.P.I.Dly to Workplace Bullying
After reading this week’s ShortList article, written by Jimi Famurewa, on bullying in the workplace, I cant say that I’m shocked or surprised by it. Bullying is rife in every walk of life and is just as prominent in the workplace now as it ever was, only carried out in different ways. Ph
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Social Media – A Double Edged Sword
Having heavily researched the use of social media within internal communications the benefits of it are apparent and wonderfully abundant, from getting your message heard quickly, gaining instant feedback from staff, communicating effectively with Gen Y, through to organising social events…it is c
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Perhaps we could learn a little from the Romanians…
Trawling through my morning Google alerts, I came across the following link from an online publication called ‘Business Review’: http://business-review.ro/talent/internal-communication-contributes-to-certainty-in-organizations/12634/ “Internal Communication contributes to certainty
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Why The Gatehouse Penguins?
We are often asked by clients “what’s with the penguins on the website and marketing material?” So we’ve decided to put all the rumours to bed and reveal the real reasons for their inclusion… Not only are penguins intelligent, smart and attractive but they are also highly accomplished comm
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Gatehouse Makes TV Debut
The State of the Sector research reports which are produced annually by ourselves, in conjunction with the IoIC, continue to be extremely popular both within the industry and outside of it, with the latest report gaining a steady stream of media attention. So much so that last week we made our very
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SCM article on leadership communication
The latest issue of Melcrum’s Strategic Communication Management journal includes an article in which Gatehouse co-founder Lee Smith discusses the challenges of working with senior leaders and understanding their communication styles. Here’s a copy of the article: SCM article – lea
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Two new BiteSize ‘core skills’ modules launched
Gatehouse’s specialist training arm, Gatehouse Academy, has this month added two new ‘core skills’ modules to its popular range of 90 minute BiteSize learning and development sessions for in-house communication teams. The Fundamentals of Change Communication is designed to provide an introduct
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Growing the Gatehouse Team
As we prepare to celebrate five successful years in business next month, the Gatehouse team is expanding with the addition of Mark Ford as a graduate consultant. Mark joins us after completing an MSc in International Public Relations at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he undertook research
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Google’s perfect boss
I was interested to read today (Evening Standard, 21 March 2011) that the HR team at Google have been data crunching to identify the characteristics of great managers. An internal programme called Project Oxygen set out to identify the traits of engaging managers, with a view to raising the bar for
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