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Episodes
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
Combatting Workplace Rumors with Good Communications
EPISODE 73 | Guest: Andrew Brown, co-founder of the Academy of Business Communications
Water cooler talk has moved online, so the number, spread and speed of workplace rumors is growing every day. Ignoring rumors or putting out bad messaging to combat them can do more damage than the original rumor itself. Organizations have to understand the reasons why employees might create or spread rumors, how their communications and culture might be contributing to the rumor mill, and how to take a proactive approach to combat them.
Andrew Brown walks us through the conditions that create fertile ground for rumors, the very human and social reasons behind them, and some real-world stories and advice for how organizations should and should not try to manage rumors in the workplace.
- Understand three levels where rumors take hold
- Learn about the three conditions that allow rumors to rise and spread
- Hear four common but ineffective approaches that organizations often take
- Discover the traps that organizations often fall into when addressing rumors
- Get three tips for things an organization can do to combat rumors
- Explore how the hybrid office, technology and different generations play into it
See the full transcript HERE
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Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Employee Engagement Trends in 2021
EPISODE 59 | Guest: Debbie DeWitt, marketing & communications manager for Visix, Inc.
Employee engagement has been greatly affected by the upheavals of 2020. Internal Communications, Human Resources, the C-suite, managers and workers are all adjusting to the new work-from-home culture, the technology that makes it possible and the challenges of communicating remotely.
In this episode, we discuss employee engagement trends highlighted in a new Gallup report. We cover where organizations are doing better than before, and where there’s still work to be done, and take a look at some of the reasons why the numbers are what they are.
- Hear the latest stats for engaged and unengaged employees
- Discover how HR and IC are adapting to the new normal
- Understand the risks of disengagement and burnout
- Learn why meaningful feedback and wellbeing are top priorities
- Explore how the C-suite and managers fit into engagement
See the full transcript HERE
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Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Work From Home: Tech, Trends & Benefits
EPISODE 57 | Guest: Jonathan Blackwood, editorial director of Commercial Integrator and editor-in-chief of My TechDecisions
How we work is changing, partly because of circumstance and partly due to technology. The pandemic has forced us to conduct the largest workplace experiment in history, but work from home was already a strong movement in the labor market, and has shown positive results for both organizations and their employees. Now that we’ve been forced to adapt, things will never be the same again.
Jonathan Blackwood shares some insights into what will change, what won’t, and even more importantly, why. He also talks about how productivity, health and safety and education are all being affected.
Remote working and learning technology are certainly at the forefront of these changes, but it’s also affecting everything from how managers approach goal setting to talent attraction and retention, to scheduling and collaboration, to space configuration and management.
- Learn about business agility and why it’s key for today’s workplace
- Discover how work-life balance benefits both employer and employees
- Hear how flexibility and hybrid schedules are increasing productivity
- Explore how to leverage in-office and out-of-office technologies
- Consider how digital signage fits into the new, emerging workplace
- Understand why surveys are essential to successfully adopt WFH practices
See the full transcript HERE
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