Communications articles
An organisation’s employment brand, vision, strategy and goals are often communicated through a mix of different channels. Our communication experts provide insights to help ensure consistent messaging.
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The human resources manager needs to have a strong commercial understanding to be as effective as possible. That means seeing the business through the eyes of his and her business colleagues. But how can HR view the business in a commercial light while still adding value?
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Imagine a conflict between two entities.One is small but demanding: it has an amazing ability to reproduce, adapt to new environments and multiply itself, so far without limits. It has a voracious appetite for a particular resource. The other is fairly static, finds it hard to change behaviour and has a very limited supply of that resource. Which o...
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There was a great episode of BBC’s Money Programme a few weeks ago. It was an episode that focused on email and the stress it causes in offices.
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Effectively managing cultural change is critical to operating and growing effectively in today’s global marketplace. Collaboration technology is helping Cundall to recreate the same dynamism, interactivity and productivity that are generated from face-to-face meetings, uniting employees wherever they are in the world.
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SMEs can gain a competitive edge by working their employees smarter, not harder, focusing on innovation as well as productivity. Real-time collaboration tools can help foster a more open and flexible approach to work
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The future of the face to face business meetings.
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Employer branding, employee branding, brand engagement – call it what you will - but companies and organisations have decided that they need to do something to “sell” themselves to their workforce. In my experience much of this interest and activity is in response to the much discussed “war for talent”.
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How can employers raise their game? Perhaps the question should be why employers are investing so much time and resource in building their internal brand. At Grasshopper, we’re a small digital agency of about 20 people but even we find it hard to find the right talent. It’s a competitive market out there.
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Party. Let’s savour that word… ‘party’… mmm! However, how many times have you been to a party that failed to live up the seductive promise that the word ‘party’ presents? Let’s dig deeper.
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Much has been made of videoconferencing technology used for international meetings between senior executives but little has been said about human resources professionals using conferencing services to facilitate communications within their organisations. In fact, HR pioneers in some enterprises are exploiting videoconferencing to drive efficiency a...