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Discover the 7-step process for implementing an internal comms plan that will transform your organization’s productivity.
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Get your internal communications strategy wrong and your entire organization will be fighting an uphill battle to turn a profit.
Get it right and you can transform your business’s fortunes overnight.
Read on to learn the simple seven-step process for implementing an internal communication plan tailored to your organization’s exact needs.
An internal communication strategy is a blueprint for what information you want to communicate to your employees – and how you’re going to communicate it.
An effective internal communication plan helps ensure all your employees are up to date on what’s going on within your organization, from changes in policy to new product releases.
Developing an internal communications strategy that keeps your people informed about the workings of your business is particularly important for large organizations and fast-growing businesses going through a lot of change.
An effective internal communication strategy and action plan can transform your business’s fortunes.
Don’t believe us?
Here’s a quick look at a few research-backed benefits that come with following internal communications best practices:
The typical knowledge worker spends a massive 20% of every working week looking for information they need to complete their daily tasks.
Which means that if you make good use of modern internal communication tools, you can save each of your employees an entire working day per week.
Employees of companies with higher turnover rates are 65% more likely to state that it could be "very difficult" or "nearly impossible" to "get the information needed to do my job well."
A well-thought-out internal communications plan will ensure the information your people need is always at their fingertips, removing that frustration – and reducing staff turnover.
86% of people say ineffective collaboration and communication is the main cause of workplace failures.
Improve internal communication across your organization and you’re a lot more likely to bring projects in on time and within budget.
60% of workers find it “difficult”, “very difficult”, or “nearly impossible” to obtain information vital to their job from their colleagues.
The best internal communications strategies address this problem directly by ensuring all your organization’s important information, guidelines, and processes are close to hand for every employee, so they always have access to the information they need to do their job.
The very best internal communication strategies have a huge impact on their business’ bottom line.
In fact, companies with around 1,000 employees could save a massive $2.7 million every year by improving their internal communications.
Want to start reaping all the benefits that come from improving internal communication in an organization?
Follow this seven step process for creating an internal corporate communication strategy that suits your company’s exact needs:
Take a one-size-fits-all approach to internal and external communication across your organization and you’re setting yourself up to fail.
Every business is different, and the most effective internal communication strategies are tailored to your company’s exact needs.
The first step in refining your communications plan is to review how information is currently distributed around your company – and taking an honest look at what is and isn’t working.
Don’t have a current internal communications plan in place to be able to review? You’re not alone. A massive 60% of companies don’t have a long-term internal communication strategy.
If your organization is part of that 60% without a comms strategy in place then don’t worry. Follow the next six steps to implement one that suits your organization’s exact needs.
The most effective internal communications strategies start by thinking about what information needs to be shared – and how that can be communicated most effectively.
A company-wide executive announcement requires a different approach to recognizing an employee for their hard work or sharing an employee benefits survey.
The most effective comms strategy breaks down detailed processes for staff to follow for all the types of internal communication your company regularly shares.
Each of your internal communications will be a lot more effective if they’re tailored to the exact audience they're intended for.
So, be sure to think about:
Think carefully about what your end goal is with any message you send out.
Do you just want to inform the recipients about something, or do you want them to take action?
A message you’re hoping leads to the recipients taking action requires a totally different approach – and different internal communication channels – than one that’s just keeping them informed.
Whatever the intention of your message is, make sure it's loud and clear. It's sometimes hard to see whether that’s the case if you’ve been working closely on a project, so get a second opinion from another internal communications specialist in your company before hitting send on important messages.
If you can’t articulate the purpose of an internal message, it’s a sign you might need to go back to the drawing board about what exactly it is you’re trying to communicate.
Once you know what a message is, who it’s for, and what you want it to achieve, you can pinpoint the best internal communication tools for the job.
Modern internal communication software has a whole host of tools and templates that make it as easy as possible to get the right message across to your people as effectively as possible.
For example:
Picking the right internal communication channels for each message you’re looking to get to your team will do wonders for how well they’re received.
No matter what message you're looking to get out – and what internal communications software you’re using to spread it – you’ll have the best chances of success if you stick to a few communications best practices.
These include:
Last but not least, you need to measure the impact of the changes you’ve made to your internal comms strategy to see what you need to tweak.
The best internal communication platforms help here through intuitive analytics dashboards that make measuring how much engagement each of your messages gets easy. This lets you trace the impact of the changes you make to your comms strategy so you can ditch what isn’t working and double down on what is.
Stick to the seven steps we’ve laid out here to implement an internal communications strategy that will increase your company’s productivity, improve staff retention, foster collaboration – and ultimately boost your bottom line.
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All customers can open an Assembly account for free and get started without a credit card. Then you can change plans as necessary.
At the time of redemption (when your employees exchange their points for a paid reward) you'll pay face value. If a reward is a $10 Amazon gift card, your cost will be $10. All paid rewards are billed for on a monthly basis.
The good news is that you don't have to pay for rewards upfront because we only charge you when points are redeemed, not when they're earned.
We offer discounts or educational or charitable organizations. In order to secure a discount, you'll first need to book a demo with a customer support specialist.
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While we recommend a peer to peer set up where anyone in your organization can give or receive recognition, you can set up Assembly however you want. If you need to limit the people who can give or receive recognition, that's perfectly fine and can be done from your Admin, here.
Assembly connects to the tools your employees use every day to offer an easy, seamless experience with minimal change management.
Assembly has integrations with HCM/HRIS systems like ADP, Google, Office 365, and Slack. We also integrate with communication tools like Slack and Teams so you and your employees can access Assembly wherever they work now.
That depends on the company's permissions set up. That said, over 90% of the employees on Assembly's platform are recognized on a monthly basis. That means nearly every employee across all of our customers are receiving regular recognition from their peers, managers, or leadership. We're extremely proud of this.
They are not required. You can use Assembly without having rewards set up. However, we don't recommend it if you intend to have a high adoption and usage rate. You can always keep the costs down by offering internal culture rewards that are fulfilled by you internally.
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