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…
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How ‘presearch’ helps ensure the relevance and reach of your conference messages Achieving a balance between what senior leaders want to talk about and what their people want to find…
Involving informal influencers in shaping and sharing your company’s stories, can be transformational. With the Winter Olympics drawing to a close it has been a great few weeks for stories….
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…
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…
Now there’s an affordable, pocket-sized way to help equip your managers with the leadership communication skills they need to deliver success. It’s widely held that leaders are – or at…
How to ensure your opinions don’t add colour to black and white facts. We’ve all got opinions. Some things you are asked to communicate you’ll like, others you don’t; indeed…
How you can have the best of both worlds Great conference facilitation can make or break your event. But who should it be: an independent, seasoned facilitator hired in for…
Communication isn’t an optional extra Managers are in privileged positions to influence others and make big differences to the performance of your organisation. However, automatic engagement with their teams is…
How to be a better communicator… Time and time again, employees say their line manager is their most trusted source of information, their communication channel of choice. But do the…
