Flexibility isn’t just for office-based jobs: how internal comms can help businesses improve their offering for frontline workers
Kate explores how IC teams can help businesses embrace flexible working for frontline workers - ensuring they have the tools, knowledge, and support to make it work beyond office-based roles.
Enough with the 'trends' - let’s talk about what really matters
Kate dives straight in to her thinking around trends and why IC trends are not actually trends!
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Measuring the impact of internal comms on employee wellbeing
Kate talks about employee wellbeing and how internal comms can really make a difference.
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Resilience at work: why it’s not about the individual but the team
Kate talks about a brilliant Company Doctor podcast she listened to all about resilience and thinks about how to build it in the workplace.
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Employee generated content: eight tips to make sure you get it right
Kate shares tips and tricks on how to produce great employee generasted content.
Staying productive during the summer slump: six tips for Internal Comms
Summer juggle, summer slump - whatever you want to call it there’s something about summer when you’re working!
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Work meets wanderlust – my remote summer adventure
Kate shares a blog today from France - fulling embracing the flexi-work approach while sailing with her family this summer!
Should you invest in an employee communications app?
Kate talks through the pros and cons of a new employee app - what appears to be an internal comms must have in 2024.
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Why two-way communication is non-negotiable for the modern workforce
Kate talks about the importance of two-way dialogue in a business and shares advice on culture and comms channels.
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Celebrating six years of Cosy Meerkat!
Kate writes about the highs and lows of running Cosy Meerkat, as it hits its 6 year milestone!
How to turn a reluctant communicator into an inspiring leader
Sophie shares ways to help relunctant communicators on the leadership team become inspiring ones.
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Helping our accidental managers become effective communicators – why internal comms needs to do more
We’ve long talked about accidental managers and the lack of support so many of them have from their organisations, now it’s time for internal comms to throw a lifeline and help.
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How to encourage collaboration in your organisation
This week we’re thinking about collaboration and all the positives that collaborating better brings. Kats also shares her tips for encouraging collaboration if you’re struggling in your business.
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Internal comms best practice: the nine things you need to be doing
Kate talks about IC best practice - the 9 things you should be doing!
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A week in the life of an agency head
Kate shares her movements over a week in this ‘week in the life of an internal communications agency head’.
Internal Comms: what difference does it really make to business performance?
Kate talking about what Internal Comms does for business performance.
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No, we don’t do PR: defining what Internal Comms really does
Kate writes about what IC isn’t - and what it is, and how to set people straight when they make assumptions!
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Get up from that desk: why we should always prioritise the human touch
Kate talks about the human touch, and how it continues to be so important - even in this digital, automated world! She also shares tips and advice on supporting line managers in their comms efforts.
Powering purpose: how it can revolutionise the workforce
Kate writes about the human need for purpose, and why it’s more important than ever at work.
How to make AI work for you in 2024
Kate thinks about the benenfits that AI can bring to Internal Comms and how we’ll be using it (and helping to shape it) this year.
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