Internal Comms Talk Podcast
Internal Comms Talk, a new podcast with the purpose of improving relationships between leaders and employees by bringing the human element back into internal communication. It’s time to stop talking about internal communications challenges and start focusing on achieving results! For executives, leaders, human resources managers, and communications professionals.
Measuring communication standards
Standardizing internal communication measurements has been a challenge. Internal communicators have to create their own standards and their approach to measure the effectiveness of communications. Our special guest, Sean Williams, Assistant Professor of Media and Communication at Bowling Green State University (https://bit.ly/2DMPidV), shares with us the importance of measuring internal communication. Delphi Study mentioned in podcast (http://bit.ly/Icmeasures)
Best working remote practices
As employees continue to learn how to manage their time and meet deadlines working from a remote office, executives and managers lead the way to keep employees engaged and help them avoid burnout. What are some best practices leaders are using to manage their team and keep up productivity? And what can employees do when working remotely? (See also: Five ways to maintain professional etiquette when video conferencing)
Reaching the unreachable
With a variety of people in the workplace, and the different roles they’re in, all of them are using distinct methods of communications. So how do you reach them all with crucial information? For one global company, getting back to the basics is what works for them. Our special guest, Sunny Yu, Senior Director of Global Communications & Corporate Social Responsibility for Alorica, Inc., joins us for this episode.
Leading productive remote teams
Remote work is a new avenue for many businesses. And a lot of them found themselves in the situation overnight where essentially their employees had to set up home offices rather quickly. These changes have been a shock to employees, to the organizations they work for, and to their supervisors and leaders. Among the many challenges that has surfaced in this new way of working, is micromanaging. This greatly affects productivity, innovation, and morale. We’re going to look at the negative effects of micromanaging, including its damage to trust. We’re going to talk about why micromanaging is unnecessary. And we’re going to explore ways that leaders can be more engaging with their employees and their teams without micromanaging.
Managing remote work
Managing remote workers and the work has become a new challenge for many organizations. With little time to prepare for the sudden change in the work environment, business, operations and employee processes altered. As we move forward and companies review how they will operate both externally and internally, remote work will remain the norm for many. In today’s episode, we’re going to focus on managing the work with two types of employees: self-disciplined and disorganized. What can leaders and organizations do to manage the remote work with their remote workers? And why does micro-managing lead to burnout?
Good leaders listen
To effectively lead teams, leaders need to display compassion and empathy. They also need to be forward thinkers. But none of this is possible without being a good listener. What does being a good listener entail? And why does listening contribute to good leadership?
Leading by being visible
Leaders are the pillars of the organizations they represent. Employees look to them to lead them through challenging times as well as the quieter, creative times. If leaders are not present, employees become lost without direction. To lead a thriving business and teams, leaders need to have a consistent, visible, physical presence to encourage and inspire others.