Communications

Written by Incentive Internal communication has never been the easiest of feats. Even if all your employees are on-site, miscommunications happen. It’s like a gigantic game of telephone – what you originally said is not what the employee at the end of the line hears. Miscommunication is only one pain point found inside the workplace. Others include productivity, efficiency, flexibility

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Written by Inward Strategic Consulting Program Manager, Matt Manning, originally published on Linkedin’s blog Pulse on November 15, 2016. In today’s constantly changing global environment, companies that anticipate these shifts have a distinct advantage over competitors. For instance, dietary preferences have shifted away from processed fast foods towards organic and locally sourced options. Big box retailers have seen their shoppers

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Is our strange fascination for mobile games and augmented reality something we are authentically pursuing as disciplined consumers — or are we actually being consumed? We like to think we’re disciplined consumers but if we don’t find time to unplug and look around, we may wake up and realize we’ve become victims of an extremely addictive and lucrative game. Pokémon GO has

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Written by Molly Kittle, Vice President, Strategic Services, Bunchball The 5 Key Intrinsic Motivators of Employee Engagement from Bunchball   Every manager craves a highly committed, motivated workforce. When workers are engaged, business performance is better, customer satisfaction scores rise and ultimately, revenues increase. But keeping employees engaged isn’t easy – particularly in today’s distracted and fragmented workplace. Boilerplate training

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Written by Molly Anglin | February 04, 2016 | Enterprise Strategy , Enterprise Industry and Trends Digital transformation is more than just technology – it’s a culture. And when it comes to tools, these nine traits have emerged as fundamental to the digitally transformed workplace arsenal: It’s hard to put your finger on. What is digital transformation… really? We’ve suggested

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Written by: Stacy Wilson, Owner & President, Eloquor Consulting, Inc I’m not sure what started my fascination with health care, but it started early. Perhaps it was that my father was an exercise physiologist. Perhaps it was my early job at an association for medical group managers (way before “managed care” was common). It might have been the time I

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We recently conducted an online survey of communicators in the healthcare industry and found that 63% of those that responded named reaching non-desk employees and volunteers as their biggest challenge. If you work in the healthcare industry I’m sure that this isn’t a surprise. From nurses and laboratory technicians to emergency medical technicians and surgical technicians, healthcare audiences are some

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Written by: Jacqueline Strayer, New York University “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” – John F. Kennedy. When lecturing to my graduate students about crisis I use this quote to launch discussion of the subject. Why? Because we often focus on that first Chinese character only…

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On April 28, IC Kollectif posted the following question to communication professionals via its Twitter account: “Who are the IC thought leaders you are reading or listening to these days ?” We were curious to hear from our followers who they consider to be the consultants and practitioners who actively share their insights with the larger profession and who are

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The nature of work changes with advances. Some people get that change and others don’t. Those who don’t get left behind. Geoff Colvin explains this in his recent book Humans are Underrated. He also talks about what skills will be most important in the future work environment: “…employers’ top priorities include relationship building, teaming, co-creativity, brainstorming, cultural sensitivity, and the

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