In business, the topic of “communication” comes up a lot, especially when we talk about ways to effectively communicate information about products and services to our customers. But what are you doing to communicate better with your employees? And, if you are making internal communications a priority in your business, what are you doing to maximize your efforts?
On this episode of unsuitable, we’re talking to Abigail Cugini. Abby has previous experience implementing communications strategy at the corporate level and, since joining the firm, she has used her expertise to help us with internal communication opportunities. She shares the three primary objectives of internal communications, then offers a few tips to help us implement a solid strategy that will achieve maximum results. Each of the three primary objectives of internal communication – to inform, to educate, and to engage employees – is vital to creating a strategic and impactful communications plan. Informing leads to educating, educating leads to engaging, and engagement leads to growth.
Listen to learn more about why you should and how you can implement the three primary objectives of any internal communications strategy. If you want to improve your internal communications, you will be interested in these other topics discussed in this episode:
- Establish one internal communication source, which distributes every message to everyone in the company.
- Why employees want to feel like they’re in the loop and can be recognized for their accomplishments at the workplace.
- Communicating the fun stuff can be a great way to boost morale.
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