Internal Comms Is About More Than Cheerleading
Fri, May 3, 2024
By Gary F. Grates
Internal communications is the information portal through which content, context and knowledge is shared via dialogue, discussion, and debate. Done right, and strategically, it's a differentiator in competitive advantage.

Most company leaders feel that they’re doing a good job when it comes to internal comms, according to communications management platform Axios HQ. Employees, however, aren’t quite so sure.
More than a third of small-business owners continue to work with their most problematic clients, according to a recent report.
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Without financial transparency about both salaries and profits, there will always be a degree of suspicion as to where all the profits go, as well as resentment from the staff for the strict code of secrecy about agency finances in general.
WPP’s Mark Read has hired Jacqui Canney, executive VP-chief people officer at Wal-Mart Inc., to oversee talent management, leadership development, rewards and recruiting activities of the ad/PR combine.
A recent report suggests that many North American companies treat internal communications functions as a distant priority when compared to their external efforts.
Building trust within an organization and keeping employees engaged begins with effective, regular communication from the C-suite all the way down to anyone in a management function.
Attracting, retaining and energizing employees was cited as a vital ingredient for global companies’ success in 2018, according to a Worldcom Public Relations Group survey of C-Level executives.
A research report commissioned by Padilla suggests that where an employee finds him/herself in the course of their career may be a far more accurate indicator in determining what engages them at the job, as opposed to age or even title.
Two DAS Group of Companies management consultancies, Ketchum Change and Daggerwing Group, will merge at the beginning of next year.
W2O Group has launched a new executive development service titled Connect, which aims to improve executives’ communications and leadership capabilities.
Chicago's Gagen MacDonald has elevated Sherry Scott to president to take the reins from Maril Gagen MacDonald, who remains founder and CEO of the 18-year-old firm.




















