Friday, October 17, 2008

Internal Communicator ? - Are you lucky ?

After my session on ‘Internal Communications’ at Ad Club of Madras, one of the students raised an interesting question: how will I break the mindset of the senior management about the importance of internal communications?

Good question… here is my take…

Consider yourself lucky if the senior leaders in your organization view internal communications as important and central to everything that happens inside the organization. Be it celebrations or stick and carrot or polished cane or even hygiene messages.

But on the other hand, if the senior leaders view internal communications as an ‘optional tool’ or ‘gimmick tool’, then you have a bigger task at hand. Break that mindset. Create a space for yourself in the boardroom first or in the CEO’s cubicle. So how do you do this – be extremely proactive, be courageous, be curious about everything in the organization and your line of business.

Tie everything you do with tangible results. Keep proving.


~ Satish Chathanath
Call : 9884011654
Mail : csadhy@yahoo.co.in

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