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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 …
The building blocks of a successful f2f strategy
Facilitating and improving face-to-face (f2f) communication is arguably the single most important aspect of what we do as internal communication professionals. Study after study shows that face-to-face is the communication channel most preferred by employees for certain types of information. It is t…
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Absence, stress & depression in the workplace – line managers may hold the key
A recent study from NICE, the National Institute of Health & Clinical Excellence, caught my eye. Reported on the Management Today website, it suggests that poor line management is responsible for rising levels of stress in the workplace. NICE reckons the total cost to the UK economy …
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Playing to your leader’s style
There was an interesting article in PR Week last week, on the subject of leadership communication. Entitled ‘Get the best out of your boss’ it outlines six of the most common leadership styles and suggests how communicators can best play to the personalities of their leaders. It’s a nice remin…
CIPR Inside leadership comms event this Thursday – new speakers just added
We have just confirmed two great new additions to the panel of business leaders and communicators lined up for the CIPR Inside leadership communication event taking place in London this Thursday (22 January). In addition to the excellent speakers already confirmed (see below) we will now be jo…
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CIPR Inside event: Leadership Communication & Authenticity – London, January 22
Do leaders really understand internal communication? Do internal communication practitioners really understand the challenges that leaders face? Do we even speak the same language? As we face a dramatic economic downturn – with many organisations restructuring, consolidating their operations and l…
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The Authentic Enterprise – free report/white paper
Here, courtesy of Simply Communicate, is an excellent free report from the Arthur W.Page Society on authenticity in leadership and corporate communications. It’s a substantial document, but well worth a read as it reaches some interesting conclusions about the role of communication professiona…
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Leader as weather man?
I came across a lovely example of leadership communication today… Apparently every morning a member of the senior leadership team at the Met Office stands up in the atrium at its Exeter HQ and shares the weather forecast for the day with the gathered employees. I don’t know whether…