You’re a recruiter, you do this day in, day out. You know what a good candidate experience looks like, you know what needs to happen to catch the best talent, you know what a fair hiring process looks like. Your hiring manager doesn’t. Your hiring manager has one hundred other things on their mind; they […]

Imagine being handed the keys to a car but told you can only drive it on one road, at one speed, and only during daylight hours. It’s still driving, but you’re restricted by so many rules that the freedom doesn’t feel quite so… free.   The reality is, this is what work can feel like […]

Communication is a balancing act. With every transmission, communicators are often balancing several, sometimes conflicting, factors at once. At any given time, communicators are talking directly to people with vastly different sensibilities, priorities, and even job roles, finding the throughline that connects them all is always a give and take. This is most strongly felt […]

The leaves are turning, jumpers are out, and hot teas and coffees were essential at our latest IC Leaders’ Breakfast. Hosted at our offices in Southwark, we brought together internal communicators from across sector (and geographies!) to discuss the hot topics and pressing challenges in IC. Our theme was ‘Developing a culture for success’ – […]

Change management has been of the main issues of this year and something that all manner of organisations need to know how to navigate. No company goes through major change without its perennial challenges. Luckily, Poppulo took on the subject and shared a refreshing perspective with their webinar on EVP Misalignment on Change & How […]

Borrowing from Frankie Goes To Hollywood, when two tribes go to war merge, it often turns into point scoring, resistance, obstruction and sometimes all-out war. Leaders can be vying for power; managers may hunker down and keep themselves protected; colleagues can get anxious or take flight. And if there’s a vacuum of communication or simply […]

Ah, marketing. The art of persuasion melded with the science of analysis. It’s come a long way over the past century, with countless gurus finding new and innovative ways to communicate and sell a message, a brand, a product… Wait – did I say communicate? Marketers have mastered the art of grabbing attention, keeping people […]

Last week, 106 were invited to Communicate Magazine’s Employer Brand Management Live event for 2024, bringing together the latest and greatest in the employer branding sector. We take any opportunity to see how people are moving the needle in creating vibrant company cultures and this event was no different. Hosted masterfully by Andrew Thomas, we […]

An under-discussed aspect of working for a global company is knowing the nuances and habits of different cultures’ working environments. Luckily, last Thursday afternoon, Simply presents had an online webinar about just that and the work that Medtronic had conducted in building cross-cultural awareness for a more inclusive workspace. Logging on with a cup of […]