Weekly Roundup: Prime Inside Communication Developments For 2021, Science Of Altering Habits, Greatest Insights For 2020, Good Issues First, How To Be A Cautious Communicator
Welcome to my weekly roundup of the best of the latest leadership and communication blog posts I've seen in the past few weeks. Given the current business situation today and how much has changed as a result COVID-19 I continue to advocate racial justice and continue to use the weekly round-up as a place to share some of the best resources I see to help leaders and communicators overcome these challenges with their teams.
This week's roundup of this week's leadership and communication blogs:
- Top internal communication trends, challenges and opportunities for 2021
By Tim Vaughn on Poppulo (@PoppuloSays)
What lessons did you learn in 2020 and what are the challenges and opportunities for 2021? Over a dozen in-house communications experts weigh in."A year later, as we know too well, everything has changed. Last but not least, the world of work and how employee communication has proven to be an invaluable creator of trust and a business-critical function in the last 10 months during a traumatic pandemic… "
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- The science of sticking to New Year's resolutions and really changing your habits
By Ryan Prior (@r_prior via @CNN), CNN Health
Research by University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School PhD student Erika Kirgios has found a whole host of ways science can improve your solution this year. So go ahead."Next year will be a pivotal year for Erika Kirgios as she works to complete her PhD, publish academic papers, and try to get a faculty job at a university. Unsurprisingly, one of her New Year's resolutions is to focus on her career. To enjoy long nights of working alone, she applies her research in the science of behavior change to combining meticulous work – writing research articles – with a decadent temptation – in her case, a specific candle and mug Tea … "
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- How executives can put good first
By S. Chris Edmonds (@scedmonds via @SmartBrief and @SBLeaders), SmartBrief
To be competitive in the future of work, tomorrow's best leaders must do these five things to ensure that the good for their people comes first."If you are like many leaders, the pandemic has weighed on your company, your employees, and your customers. An opportunity lies ahead. After an era of selfish leaders, lies, misinformation, and divisions at the highest levels, employees now expect respect from every interaction their managers and their peers … "
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- 4 ways to be a more careful and considerate communicator
By Robby Brumberg (@robbybrumberg via @RaganComms), Ragan Communications
The last thing communicators want right now is to cause confusion, harm, or distraction through careless formulation or inept formulation. Keep these ideas in mind to be a more careful communicator."Communicators tend to carry more corporate load and persuasiveness in times of crisis. However, with this increased responsibility (and visibility) comes increased scrutiny. Mistakes are amplified; Bug snowball. Good intentions are misunderstood… ”
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What were some of the best resources you read this week?
– –David Grossman
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