Team Building Skills: How to Build and Maintain Team Spirit During a National Pandemic

It's interesting that they are many leaders and business owners who still think that keeping up their team's morale is little more than a hobby. But if you lead any group of employees in an organization, you should know that maintaining their confidence and team spirit is a non-negotiable responsibility. Having these relevant team-building skills i...

COVID-19 has completely rewritten the script of daily life both in the short- and long-term. In the present, companies must discover how to successfully conduct business throughout the rest of 2020. However, they must balance dealing with these immediate pressures with addressing long-term uncertainty as well. One of the areas where both current pr...

The return to the workplace may be a strange and concerning one for many employees. As internal comms leaders, you have a responsibility to prepare people for the return in a way that not only reassures them, but also empowers them to take control of their own care in the workplace. Organisations need to provide confidence that premises aren't just...

The Beginning It is fair to say the role of IC has had to adapt rapidly to the unfolding events of the last six months; a situation that has shaken the core of every business up and down the country. Put simply, the world has changed and so has the landscape of business. The need of good internal communication has never been so critical in the work...

Overnight, businesses across the UK had to send their workforces home when the government enforced lockdown. The past five months have brought highs and lows, challenges and learnings – but this period will likely change the way many of us work forever. One thing that we have all missed is human contact – interactions with colleagues, friends, exte...

After months of experimenting with the "work-from-home" approach, our attention now turns to how we will thrive in the post pandemic workplace or, as I call it, "the future normal". This phase presents an opportunity for internal communicators to rethink the employee experience in ways that respect individual differences – home lives, skills and ca...

New Zealand is the envy of the world having near-eradicated Covid-19. Our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, has received worldwide praise on her 'go hard, go early' policy and distinctive communication skills. Consistent language such as 'our team of five million, and 'be strong, be kind and unite' has undoubtedly won the hearts and minds of her fell...