Communicating & Socialising Strategy
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Don’t boil it down too far – You can’t swim in sea salt
Do you ask your staff to boil down a message? Just give me the one page version” they say. The danger is you can boil down the ocean until there is nothing left but the salt, the sea salt. And you cannot swim in sea salt. Let me explain. I was chatting to a...Socialising Strategy (or Socializing strategy)
Our clients love the idea of socialising strategy, rather than merely communicating their strategy. They understand the distinction between socialising and communicating strategy. When they are socialising their strategy it makes a big difference to how they think...When a strategy announcement puts the organisation in an hypnotic state!
Have you ever noticed that something you may have said in a conversation, may have sent that person’s mind thinking, to the extent that they are no longer listening to you, but are processing their own ideas and thoughts. Moreover you have no idea what they are...Mission statements: A failure to communicate
Mission statements can be fraught with problems but one I came across the other day wins an award for the worst I have ever seen. What sort of organisation do you think this mission statement comes from? Welcome to (Our company) and a team that’s passionate about...Communicating redundancy and bad news
We sometimes have to deliver bad news, communicating redundancy, closures or similar change. Here is practical advice on planning and delivering the messages. Communicating redundancy, closures and other bad news At times you have to make tough decisions: to make...Misuse of Mehrabian statistics
Do not misrepresent and misuse the Mehrabian statistics on non-verbal communication. I would be very surprised if some presenter has not trotted out Mehrabian’s statistics about not verbal communication is only 7% of the communication. 99 times out of a 100,...
