As a leader have you ever been in a meeting where someone says, “Are we all on the same page?” And everyone nods obediently, only to go off and do their own thing? You’re not alone. The alignment between behaviours and purpose is an important part of culture and critical for success. Just as important …
The Communications Network is a US-based community that connects leaders from influential foundations, nonprofits and social sector consultancies worldwide, so it was great to be invited to talk to their network. During the webinar, I discuss best practices when it comes to creating effective internal communication strategies inside organisations. It’s part one of a series …
In this article for Catalyst, the official publication of the IABC, Jenni Field talks about the three key elements of successful change: “When it comes to understanding change and how to really shift and transform organizations, we must focus on people, relationships and alignment.” Jenni believes that alignment is the most important factor in successful …
Since I launched my book Influential Internal Communication just over a year ago, I’ve frequently been asked if it’s available in audio. It was really important for me to make my book as accessible to as many people as possible and, although I share a lot of my thinking in my bite-sized podcast, I wanted to enable …
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In this podcast interview with Entrepreneurs Get Visible, Jenni Field talks to Anna Parker-Naples about how to acknowledge, identify and get to the core of what’s going on behind the scenes in your business that’s holding you back, so that you can propel yourself forward. Jenni discusses, what chaos in a business looks like, how …
I was teaching about change communication recently and the discussion unfolded about campaigns to engage employees in a brand change. It dawned on me that we may have lost, or are losing our creativity… our focus on fun. This must be considered in terms of your culture; what’s happening in your organisation in terms of …
Creative internal communication campaigns – why we need to have more fun! Read More »
Organisational change is something we frequently support clients with and we’re often asked about how best to communicate change effectively and bring people along on the journey. In our recent Reality check research into the issues and chaos affecting organisations and teams, respondents had the opportunity to ask any burning questions. Several of the questions …
How do we communicate and bring senior team leaders along on a journey of change? Read More »
Every day leaders are constantly dealing with challenges, change and an inevitable degree of daily firefighting. Striving to focus on the longer-term goals to survive, thrive and grow, as well as managing and motivating their team. To do this, leaders need to be aligned and aware of what’s truly happening especially if they’re to understand …
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In this blog for Staffbase, Jenni shares how The Field Model™ can be used by internal communicators to understand, diagnose, and fix issues in organisations for the long term. “Though it might seem easier and faster, if you only focus on alleviating symptoms, you won’t be fixing things for the long term. It’s like taking a …
Jenni hosts this discussion on CIPR’s quarterly Engage podcast. Jenni explores the different definitions of hybrid working and highlights the influence of organisational culture in adapting to working life in a post-lockdown world. She is joined by: Kate Shaw – Senior Internal Comms Manager for Nationwide Building Society Martin Flegg – Chair of Inside CIPR committee Sofia Cann – Head of Marketing …
Back in 2019 Ben Reynolds, Managing Director of Gallagher’s Employee Experience and Communication division, engaged Jenni to implement The Field Model™ and explore the reality of the culture and communication inside the organisation. Understand, diagnose and fix The company wanted to address the symptoms they were seeing, such as stress and poor staff retention, and …
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This week I took part in a webinar with Dynamic Signal to talk about how we need to consider the rhythm of work after the crisis. We talked about the need for business as usual, about new ways to use technology, and the fact that this has forced digital transformation upon us. There was lots of great content …
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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 the conversation we need to have are increasingly challenging and opinion or experience might not be enough to win your case. Last week, at the CIPR Northern Conference in Newcastle, …
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