In the April 2024 issue of Voice, we look at the history, evolution and future of internal communication in celebration of the IoIC's 75th anniversary.
Suzanne Peck, IoIC president and managing director of Sequel Group, shares her journey from aspiring spy to internal comms expert, revealing the importance of curiosity, storytelling and evidence-based content in shaping the future of workplace communication.
In our third and final authentic leadership insight column, Andrew Cannon, CEO of social care provider Voyage Care for the past eight years, says he believes authentic leadership is critical to delivering the organisation’s purpose.
For 15 years, internal communication professional Frank Dias worked in the financial services industry – and now he’s in the movie business. Here, he shares his takeaways from his first 90 days working for award-winning visual effects studio Framestore as its first internal comms hire.
Looking back to the late 19th century, the Institutional History of Internal Communication in the UK project has been studying technology’s role in how organisations connect with their employees. Here we take a step back in time to see what lessons can be learned from the past about adapting to change.
Historically, business leaders were a mystery: rarely seen, occasionally swooping in to deliver a carefully scripted speech that disguised any flaws in their powers, skills or invincibility. The past few years have highlighted that employees engage best when the mask slips and leaders show they are honest, vulnerable and emotional.
Capturing your audience’s attention and maintaining a sensitive approach are key in internal comms. Through their project, Loneliness Lies Beneath, Limehouse and Lloyds Banking Group showcase how those two concepts go hand in hand.
Suzanne Peck, IoIC president and managing director of Sequel Group, shares her journey from aspiring spy to internal comms expert, revealing the importance of curiosity, storytelling and evidence-based content in shaping the future of workplace communication.
In our third and final authentic leadership insight column, Andrew Cannon, CEO of social care provider Voyage Care for the past eight years, says he believes authentic leadership is critical to delivering the organisation’s purpose.
For 15 years, internal communication professional Frank Dias worked in the financial services industry – and now he’s in the movie business. Here, he shares his takeaways from his first 90 days working for award-winning visual effects studio Framestore as its first internal comms hire.
Looking back to the late 19th century, the Institutional History of Internal Communication in the UK project has been studying technology’s role in how organisations connect with their employees. Here we take a step back in time to see what lessons can be learned from the past about adapting to change.
Historically, business leaders were a mystery: rarely seen, occasionally swooping in to deliver a carefully scripted speech that disguised any flaws in their powers, skills or invincibility. The past few years have highlighted that employees engage best when the mask slips and leaders show they are honest, vulnerable and emotional.
Capturing your audience’s attention and maintaining a sensitive approach are key in internal comms. Through their project, Loneliness Lies Beneath, Limehouse and Lloyds Banking Group showcase how those two concepts go hand in hand.
In the past four years, creative agency H&H has almost doubled its employee headcount. Managing director Cathy Phillips shares ten tips for agencies preparing to scale up.
The terminology around climate sustainability is enough to confuse anyone without a scientific degree. But sustainability is about more than environmental challenges – and IC professionals need to study and understand the science behind it and then translate it for employees.
Katie Colombus, director of marketing and communications at end of life charity Marie Curie, says empathy, honesty and moral responsibility are critical to authentic leadership comms.
Recruiting ex-offenders makes sense for your business and for society. Here, Paul Cowley MBE, director of rehabilitation at Iceland, explains the supermarket chain’s Second Chance programme.