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Feathers are soft; communication is a hard core management skill

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Interested in internal communications and storytelling? Discuss issues, find answers and challenge thoughts...all are welcome!

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Welcome!

I have created this Network to provide people with an interest in internal communications (and you can define that pretty much as you like) and corporate storytelling to share ideas and stories, raise issues, seek advice and explore!

I opened our doors so to speak on February 29, 2008 - a big leap for leap year....

The network is open to all - regardless of your role at work and I am hopeful we get a great mix of people representing communications, HR, managers and leaders, employees young and old and ...well, you get the point!

Welcome aboard...and spread the word!

Cheers, Ken

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Engagement in Tough Economic Times PLUS over 300 engagement tips

Ken Milloy, President of Strateegic Connections Inc. was featured last week on The Gary Doyle Show, Radio 570 News and in the Saturday January 31, 2009 New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal Business Journal. The recording from the radio program is available for listening on the Strategic Connections Inc website (follow this link) and the NBJ-T article is available on line here.

Follow the link at the end of this note to download a PDF copy of the Keys of Employee Engagement: 12 Authors and 300 Ideas Embedded in Their Employee Engagement Alphabets. The contributors to this 39 page E-book from the Employee Engagement Network were: Tim Wright, Terrence Seamon, Steve Roesler, Lisa Forsyth, Raven Young, Robert Morris, David Zinger, Stephen McPherson, George Reavis, Ian Buckingham, and myself. This unique eBook was the brainchild of David Zinger......

Employee Engagement Keys in ABCs.pdf

Now also available!

A number of the ABC's of Employee Engagement contributions have been included in Lisa Orerell's latest book Millennials Incorporated. The book is an excellent resource that is a must read for communications and organizational effectiveness people. Check it out!

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The Economy and Employee Engagement

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Check it out! SW Airlines employee - gets the job done his way.

Posted by Nicky Fried on July 3, 2009 at 3:30pm

Ten most common mistakes CEOs make in communicating strategy

It’s been six months of hard work, time and energy, the results are outstanding and you and your executive are looking forward to seeing your strategic plan implemented. Nine months down the road you are disappointed and frustrated. The new plan is not having the results you would like to see. Employees don’t seem to understand or care. It’s a great plan but it’s not getting any traction.

You are not alone. Seventy percent of change plans fail, not because they aren’t good, but because the peop… Continue

Posted by Nicky Fried on July 3, 2009 at 10:15am

Peter Gruber on sharing stories to engage and communicate effectively

Here’s a great interview on storytelling with one of the masters, Peter Gruber, chairman of the Mandalay Entertainment Group.

Gruber maintains that we are all wired to tell stories.

Language is an organizing principle for human cultures and allows us to communicate values. We are not wired to remember information; only when it is embedded in story does it become memorable and actionable.

According to Gruber every grea… Continue

Posted by Nicky Fried on June 25, 2009 at 11:36am

Feathers are soft; communication is a hard core management skill

Recently I came across Ten Tips on how to help employees manage change in uncertain times from Towers Perrin. It’s good sensible advice like, have a strategy for uncertain times and communicate your strategy effectively. And, help employees understand the context they function within, let them know they area valued and give them an oppor… Continue

Posted by Nicky Fried on June 24, 2009 at 12:09pm

People are more precious then machines

I had the pleasure of hearing Paul Herr speak today. His book Primal Management was published last month.

Paul’s focus is natural management. This is a management strategy that respects human nature and strives to align the workplace with the motivational survival-mechanism nature built into each of our brains.

I’d like to share with you one of Paul’s analogies - I found it quite powerful.

If you purchased a $5 million piece of equipment for your… Continue

Posted by Nicky Fried on June 17, 2009 at 3:16pm

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