When things go wrong at work, what’s your first instinct? To blame your people? To blame your systems and workflows? Or to get curious about what went wrong? Trusting relationships don’t jump to blame when bad things happen. Your employees know that instinctively. If you‘re quick to blame others in a crisis, it can affect teamwork throughout the organization. Now, does that mean you should blindly trust everyone in every situation? Of course not.
Have you ever seen The Office? Manager Michael Scott’s absurd ideas to boost employee engagement range from laughable to cringeworthy, but they all fail for the same reason: He has no idea how to relate to the people he works with. It’s hilarious to watch, but there’s a lesson in it too. If you want to boost employee engagement, activities and gimmicks aren’t enough. You have to start with a foundation of trust, respect, and genuine human caring.
After so many podcasts, it is nice to return home. And by home, we mean back to the Simpplr family. Amanda Berry, Manager of Corporate Brand & Communications at Simpplr, has spoken with a bevy of subject matter experts in the Cohesion Podcast. In the 16th podcast, she was joined by Simpplr’s own Chief Technical officer, Parag Kulkarni.
With the rise of the hybrid and digital workplace, we must rethink the ever-changing workplace norms to foster an innovative and inclusive work environment. However, among new emerging workplace strategies and new technologies, sometimes it is crucial to start with the basics. Although “intranet” and “extranet” sound quite familiar, they both serve a unique purpose in your organization.
TikTok. Jokes written by computers. Empty offices in downtown Denver. What do these things have to do with business communications? Everything. Today’s business communications tools and apps are agile, engaging, and smarter than ever thanks to huge changes in technology and rapidly evolving work trends. How are these new technologies changing the face of business communications? Here are the top 10 business communication trends you don’t want to miss.
We’re excited to share our new Summer ‘22 release, Ida. This release introduces additional Live EX™ functionality, which combines the best of employee communications with the latest in employee experience technology. Here is a quick overview of this release: With this release, we also previewed some future capabilities that are entering an early adopter phase.
One of the biggest complaints from internal communications professionals is that employees don’t read their content. My next question is always, “do you know why?” The resounding answer is that employees are busy and don’t have time to read everything. This especially comes up when discussing an all-employee company newsletter. The average newsletter open rate is approximately 65-68%.
