Insider News: Employee Communications

Using Humor to Keep Employees Connected and Engaged

Posted by Spitfire Communications on Mar 23, 2022 10:00:00 AM

During a time when many employees are over-stressed, overwhelmed with change and burnt out by their jobs, humor is a tool that can be used to increase employee engagement and make work a whole lot more fun. 

Since keeping employees happy is a winning way to ensure job satisfaction, what can employers specifically do to boost employee morale? 

While there isn’t a catch-all answer to that question, making people laugh and smile tends to be synonymous with happiness in the moment. And, when employees laugh and smile at work, it can increase their feelings of loyalty, improve retention and enhance overall wellness in the workplace. 

 

So, how do you infuse humor into your employee communications? Keep reading.

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Tags: Employee Communications, HR Communications, Employee Engagement, Open Enrollment, Human Resources, internal communications, communication strategy, Employee Marketing, total compensation, total rewards, 2022

A Guide to Strategic Employee Communications: Best Practices

Posted by Spitfire Communications on Feb 14, 2022 11:00:00 AM

For an employee communications strategy to be successful, it should be inextricably linked to company culture, employee engagement and goals.

 

One-way organizational communication is a thing of the past. Instead, employees expect to be educated, informed, motivated and, above all else, listened to. 

 

In part one of this Guide to Strategic Employee Communications, we broke down why metrics are so vital to strategic employee communications and how to measure your effectiveness for actionable results. 

 

In part two below, we’ll highlight six best practices for employee communications that help you continuously improve your current strategy and ensure you’re using each channel to your advantage. 

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Tags: Employee Communications, HR Communications, Employee Engagement, Open Enrollment, Human Resources, internal communications, communication strategy, Employee Marketing, total compensation, total rewards, 2022

A Guide to Strategic Employee Communications: How to Measure Employee Communications 

Posted by Spitfire Communications on Feb 7, 2022 10:15:00 AM

Many organizations are so busy planning out their marketing and public relations communications, they neglect to apply the same principles to their internal communications. 

 

If you’re not paying attention to how people are communicating across the company and integrating it on a strategic level, you’re missing an opportunity to align your organizational goals with the metrics and KPIs that can help you achieve them. 

 

Strategic employee internal communications take into account the totality of your company’s actions, messages and images. They work together to cohesively build your employer brand and enhance your company culture. And their success is tied directly to how they’re measured. 

 

In part one of this blog post to strategic employee communications, we’ll go over why the right metrics make a difference and how to effectively measure your employee communications. 

 

In part two, you’ll learn the best practices to help you succeed in strategic employee communications. 

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Tags: Employee Communications, HR Communications, Employee Engagement, Open Enrollment, Human Resources, internal communications, communication strategy, Employee Marketing, total compensation, total rewards, 2022

Total Compensation Statements – Best Practices

Posted by Spitfire Communications on Jan 20, 2022 10:00:00 AM

Organizations who are committed to staying competitive in today’s talent market should consider a compensation communication strategies in 2022.

And while HR has been busy with a bottomless list of issues the last two years, compensation strategy is surging in importance for most employers — as they determine how to compete for and retain top talent in the current and future economy. 

Implementing a winning total compensation strategy starts with clear, concise employee communications. Keep reading to learn the best practices for communicating your total compensation statements to your employees. 

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Tags: Employee Communications, HR Communications, Employee Engagement, Open Enrollment, Human Resources, internal communications, communication strategy, Employee Marketing, total compensation, total rewards, wellness, 2022

Communicating Value

Posted by Jessica Palazzo on Dec 21, 2017 2:24:00 PM

"Our employees just don’t understand the value of their benefits," this is a common complaint from employers and those tagged with managing benefits. This is scary since benefits make up approximately 30% - 40% of an average employee’s compensation. 

There are many great ways to promote your benefits program and increase employee engagement. But, total compensation, or total reward statements may be at the top of our list when it comes to educating employees about their  compensation above and beyond their base salary.

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