Managers are the first stop for every question employees have. What does this change mean for my team? Why are we doing this? Is my job safe? They’re expected to translate strategy, deliver hard news and keep daily work moving, usually with no training and no time to prepare. In this workshop, practitioners and manager … Manager Communications Workshop
This 3-part, basic-level series addresses what compassionate, empathetic layoff comms look like in practice. Beginning with a look at crafting clear comms, the series then explores how to apply them as part of a larger integrated strategy that considers internal and external stakeholders—then position your messaging to safeguard for long-term, positive impact on your organization.
This 3-part, basic-level series from Professor Cat Colella-Graham explores how employee recognition is the bedrock of effective manager communications and a larger employee comms strategy. Beginning with a look at the principles of employee recognition, this series offers an introduction to how managers can deploy recognition to function as change champions during periods of uncertainty — and ladder back to a stronger organizational culture in the process.
While burnout gets the headlines, resilience is what determines if your workforce can absorb change, adapt and keep performing under pressure or following a crisis. Join this session to learn how a trauma-informed approach can reduce overload in high-change workplaces and help you build a workplace focused on mental well-being. Learning why and how stressed … Building a Resilient Workforce: How to Help Employees Change and Adapt Under Pressure
Employee experience breaks down when onboarding, change rollouts, manager comms or culture initiatives get handed off across HR, comms and business teams with fuzzy ownership and competing priorities. Here’s how other leaders successfully aligned stakeholders before launch, coordinated execution and kept momentum going. You’ll learn how to: Align Around Key Moments: How to get HR, … Cross-Functional Collaboration: How to Align, Launch and Keep Momentum
AI rollouts can stall when employees are skeptical, managers aren’t ready and leaders treat AI like just another IT launch instead of a behavior shift. That’s why scaling AI is really a change comms leadership opportunity. Learn how to introduce AI workflows, in-house LLMs and new systems in ways that reduce fear, clarify value and … Implementing AI Workflows at Scale: How to Drive Adoption That Sticks
Today’s AI revolution feels unprecedented, but the human challenge is an old one. In every era of disruption, people move through the same passage: the fear of what happens to their work, the harder question of who they are without it, and the slow return to contribution. The skills that carry them through, resilience, communication, … Resilience Through Disruption: The Human Skills That Matter in the AI Era
A new CEO can cause uncertainty, internal turmoil and confusion across an organization. Employees, board members and key stakeholders all need reassurance that the organization’s mission and strategy would feel consistent during the change. This case study shares the coordinated communications roadmap that welcomed a new CEO after thirty years. You’ll learn about: Cross-Departmental Coordination: … The 100-Day Roadmap for CEO Transitions