by Jim Herkert | Sep 12, 2024 | Employee Benefits, Human Resources, Internal Communications
Enhance the way you communicate employee benefits information with these seven best practices for your communication strategy. Key takeaways: Define clear goals using the SMART tool. Personalize your strategy to your audiences Choose the right training methods Get the...
by Andrew Herkert | Aug 23, 2022 | Content Trends, Human Resources, Internal Communications, Training & Development
A siloed work experience is a problematic one. This is well-acknowledged throughout the business world, and yet reversing the trend remains harder than spotting it. Let’s take a look at what it means to be siloed, how businesses can best approach breaking...
by Andrew Herkert | Jun 2, 2022 | Content Trends, Human Resources, Internal Communications, Visual Storytelling
If you’ve never heard of the phrase “the zeal of the convert,” I strongly recommend clicking that hyperlink and exploring the idea. In essence, it’s the phenomenon of “fierce devotion of someone whose belief system has changed because of personal experience or...
by Andrew Herkert | May 31, 2022 | Content Trends, Human Resources, Internal Communications, Visual Storytelling
Don’t let the name fool you—dark social doesn’t refer to bad press on social media, or to some kind of Stranger Things/Upside Down version of the channels you know and love. Dark social is traffic and sharing that occurs via direct or private connections. Think...
by Andrew Herkert | Apr 26, 2022 | Content Trends, Creativity in Business, Human Resources, Training & Development
Creativity in business drives innovation, sharpens your competitive edge, and much, much more. Understanding this, you’ll naturally be inclined to hire some creatives to bolster your team’s success—but what traits should you look for in an applicant when...
by Andrew Herkert | Apr 19, 2022 | Content Trends, Human Resources, Internal Communications, Training & Development
When we think of employee engagement, we need to forget some of the more common uses of the word. If a song or film is “engaging”, we can reasonably substitute the word for “enjoyable” or “compelling”—a substitution that doesn’t apply to the...
