Author: Jenni Field
Mental health – the topic we love to talk about but hate to deal with
Mental well-being is a topic that more and more people are talking about as our society continues to evolve at pace with pressures from all ...
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Be strategic with the tactical, and do an Adobe course if it’s where your passion lies
This week a question was asked to the IC Crowd about skills required for jobs in internal communications. The specifics were around recruiters telling someone ...
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Leaders are not transformers
I have read many books about leadership, teams and motivation. Alongside these there are many books about change and the impact it has on an ...
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How can I help?
Last month I started watching New Amsterdam on Amazon Prime. For those unfamiliar it’s about a guy taking over a hospital in the USA and ...
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The purpose and the how
Over the years the importance of purpose, both individually and for an organisation, has risen on the agenda. There are books and TED talks that ...
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Is authenticity dead?
For years we have heard about the importance of authenticity in leadership. I have worked in organisations where I have been told I’m too authentic ...
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Don’t invade the canteen!
Communicating to remote or deskless workers has been one of the biggest challenges for organisations for years. Professional communicators have talked about this barrier, but ...
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How do you achieve great communication in a multi-site organisation?
Last year Lee Sheldon, founder of Mastering Multi-Units (MMU) invited me onto his podcast to talk about my experience in supporting organisations communicate with a ...
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Time for business leaders to step into the void
Trust at work – something we can take for granted and something that needs to be the core focus for organisations according to the latest ...
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The missing skills of managers
Since launching the business in the summer of 2017, I have been lucky enough to discuss the importance of communication with a variety of individuals. ...
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What’s the rush?
I have a passion for understanding organisations. Getting underneath the strategy, financial goals and organisational charts to really understand how it works is probably the ...
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The importance of communication in your organisation
Earlier this month I hosted a workshop with Neil Tomalin to discuss the importance of communication inside organisations. As a roundtable discussion we wanted to ...
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Why the new labour policy won’t help the employee voice
This week the Labour party announced plans to bring the employee voice into the Boardroom. Under Labour’s plans, all companies with a workforce of 250 ...
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Getting Chartered – why I did it and what I will takeaway
On 10 September I finally got my Chartered Practitioner status. I set myself a goal at the start of 2018 to do it but I ...
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The art of science and engagement in internal communication
We know that internal communicators are struggling to influence at the top, finding digital adoption hard across organisations and working with limited budgets. Some of ...
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From informing to engaging: the role of IC in driving engaging and authentic leadership communications
This morning CIPR Inside and Luminous hosted an Ask the Guru event all about the shift from informing to engaging audiences inside organisations. As the ...
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Why internal communication is the key to brand authenticity
This morning I attended a breakfast event hosted by VMA Group on the topic of authenticity. The session was led by Matt Hampshire from MK ...
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Employee engagement isn’t about happiness, it’s about outcomes
Is employee engagement still on your agenda? A few weeks I blogged on AB thinks (for my client AB) about employee engagement and employee experience ...
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Tips for communicating with volunteers
Last week I was asked for some insight into volunteer communication on the back of my involvement with the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR). ...
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What I heard at the National Housing Federation Comms Event 2018
Yesterday I was invited to speak at the National Housing Federation Comms Event in London to talk about how you can demonstrate impact and value ...
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Four things I heard at the Employee Engagement Awards Conference
Last week I attended my first Employee Engagement Awards Conference – hosted by Ruth Dance and organised by Matt Manners and the team behind the ...
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What is the state of the sector in 2018?
Last week I attended the Gatehouse (Gallagher Communications) State of the Sector research*. It was an insightful morning with some good debate in the room ...
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