By Nicole Garrison A few years ago, virtual team meetings were common only for IT firms and startups. But COVID-19 has changed our world, and today most businesses choose to hold virtual meetings instead of face-to-face ones. The problem is that not all employers have adapted to the changes and have become accustomed to managing virtual teams. ...
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[Framing of concepts is vital to successful leadership communication. Frames provide people with a quick and easy way to process information. They are cognitive shortcuts we use to help make sense of complex information, enabling us to interpret the world around us and represent that world to others. Through framing, complex phenomena can be organized into coherent, ...
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Guest post by Haley Lyles [During these uncertain times caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have lost their employment through no fault of their own, which comes on top of usual changes in employment. This post by Haley Lyles explains how to best approach the problem of clarifying gap/s in your employment record to a potential ...
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Guest post By Caitlin Goodwin, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. It’s critical to support your mental health and improve your resilience during this worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Here are practical ways to deal with related anxiety apparent in insomnia, symptoms of depression, and anxiety: Check your sources Reading inaccurate information is an effective way to cause anxiety! Check the ...
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"Middle managers play essential, if unheralded, roles in an organization. If senior leaders set aspirations and strategy, middle managers translate the strategy into concrete business plans, communicate with employees, and manage the business – and most of the people within the business," according to the Boston Consulting Group. Consulting professor Behnam Tabrizi from Stanford University put it ...
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Alarmed by greater stress in your work and personal life? Working in professional communication is already very stressful – and now we are facing demanding and drawn-out COVID-19 issues as well. This era of the COVID-19 pandemic only increases everyone’s stress. Our stressful lives are enduring more strain caused by the pandemic. Up to 80% of people ...
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As a communication profession, we can’t have it both ways. On one hand we want to be represented and respected at the highest levels in our organization. But on the other hand, the PR activities that 82% of senior operatives say they most commonly undertake include copywriting and editing, which is at the same rate undertaken by ...
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Why plan? Why spend time and effort on planning? As communicators, we always have so much to do, so why not just get on with it? However, planning is essential to achieve better results. The most valuable aspect of planning is that you control activity based on the plan. There are several other good reasons for committing ...
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Developing an annual communication plan is a complex task. You need to gather information from a range of sources about organizational activities that need a communication program to make them more effective. Then you use your professional judgment to prioritize the activities, checking that they support the achievement of your organization’s corporate and business unit goals. Finally, ...
Read ArticleBy Nicole Garrison A few years ago, virtual team meetings were common only for IT firms and startups. But COVID-19
[Framing of concepts is vital to successful leadership communication. Frames provide people with a quick and easy way to process
Guest post by Haley Lyles [During these uncertain times caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have lost their employment
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