When working with a facilitator take every opportunity to check in with them, during breaks, lunch, even during exercises. Share your insights on how the event is going; you are…
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Get as many people involved in shaping your approach to employee engagement as possible. They’ll help you ensure your activities are properly grounded, meet the needs of their peers, and…
Use a truly representative selection of employees to hone your messages. Create a truly diverse ‘Sounding Board’ – made up of new starters, experienced colleagues, rising talent, positive and indeed…
Use workshops to get quick results from participants. To get your people actively involved in delivering your change and quickly, run workshops featuring the question: ‘what could possibly go wrong?’…
Accentuate the positives to motivate your people. Many people feel their bosses only ever comment on what they are getting wrong. So make a conscious effort to make someone’s day,…
To help tailor your message, invest in ‘presearch’ before your event. Before your next conference, check in with participants to find out what their teams want to hear about. Then…
Harness the power of your informal influencers. In all organisations, you’ll find informal influencers whose voice carries further than the organisational chart would ever suggest. Partnering with these people can…
Drive up ownership of the key messages, and improve the quality of cascade briefings. Use this simple tip to ensure ownership of the key messages, and improve the quality of…
Ever run a meeting where you ask for questions but get total silence? Or the usual people dominate and no-one else gets a word in? One of the best ways to…
Use these three steps to communicate your change strategy. Before you get all creative with a magical metaphor to communicate your strategy or other major change, think about the three…
Keep talking during a time of change to reinforce the reasons for change and to celebrate progress. Often, during times of change, leaders make the mistake of thinking ‘there is…
How to ensure your messages really hit home. Simply spouting off your key strategic messages without considering the context in which they will land with your target audiences is doomed…
