Jo makes a pitch for the Fifth Enabler of Employee Engagement
Woodreed’s MD, Jo opened day one of Engage Employee’s two-day flagship Internal Communications conference in September this year. She began by presenting the case for why investing in employee engagement matters more than ever before. All the data – record vacancy levels of 1 million in the UK and indications that maybe forty percent of... Read More
Charlotte opens part two of this year’s unmissable Internal Comms conference
Charlotte Dahl was the host for the second day of the flagship Internal Communications conference in September this year. To paraphrase Dickens, for Internal Communications, the pandemic was (and arguably still is) ‘perhaps the best of times, it was the worst of times’. We had to become master adapters, changing in response to seemingly endless... Read More
Toxic cultures are making headlines again
The stuff we thought we’d confined to Room 101 for good is still there, lurking just below the surface in our organisations and institutions. Bullying, coverups, ego-driven bulls in china shops of leaders, it’s all there in varying degrees. It needs to stop and it needs to stop now. Major mental and physical impacts of... Read More
Exclusive access to David MacLeod’s keynote opening this year’s Employee Engagement Summit
(and a cracking opening from Jo) David MacLeod OBE, the godfather of modern employee engagement, the co-author of the pioneering 2009 ‘MacLeod Report’ into Employee Engagement, co-founder of the Engage for Success movement, visiting professor Cass Business School (can you tell we rate him?) delivered the keynote at the 2021 Employee Engagement Summit. With Jo... Read More
Guest blog – Inspiring people and workplaces to thrive
Jo’s delighted to take part in the Charity Finance Group Culture and Good Governance event in February. If you’re in the charity sector it’s a great opportunity to touch base and catch up on the vital role of #culture in your organisation https://cfg.org.uk/CultureandGovernance As part of her contribution Jo wrote a guest blog which you... Read More
Get hold of your copy of our first 2021 thought paper
2020 was an extraordinary year full of obstacles and challenges, both personal and professional. As challenging as it was there has been a silver lining for internal communications. And this silver lining is the dawning of a new age for our profession. Leadership teams have realised their organisations simply can’t grow, prosper or even survive... Read More