Management jargon should be banned
The new Chief Executive of a large County Council was in the news this week. She’s posted three videos on YouTube where she talks to the staff about her future plans for the organisation. She’s also using them as a way to generate input and ideas from the floor.
I applaud her for using an innovative approach to communicating with staff. However, I do feel that she might have rather missed the mark, as she’s committed that ‘senior management’ faux pas of using too much management jargon and therefore risks alienating the very people she wants to engage.
My advice is always keep the language simple, so that all staff can understand what you are saying.
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Business podcast show goes from strength to strength
Some of you I know, regularly listen to Business Ears one of the podcast series that we produce here at Prized People.
The show profiles inspirational business people from across the North West region and was launched in the summer of 2007. In six months, we’ve published sixteen shows and have a rapidly expanding audience that stretches from Preston to Delhi, Auckland and Los Angeles!
The latest show profiles the UK’s hottest young entrepreneur, Matthew Riley, founder and CEO of Lancashire-based telecoms firm Daisy Communications, who recently won both the Bank of Scotland Corporate’s inaugural Entrepreneur Challenge and Ernst & Young’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2007.
All you budding entrepreneurs will find the interview with Matthew fascinating – enjoy it!
To listen and subscribe to the show visit www.businessears.co.uk
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Poor employee inductions can seriously damage an organisation
An article in yesterday’s Sunday Times caught my eye, entitled ‘Hot new recruits feel abandoned’ Basically, it’s all about how organisations go to great efforts to recruit the right executives and then demoralise them by doing nothing to help them fit into their new role.
‘Onboarding’ as the article refers to the process of inducting new employees, is something that many organisations still fail to get right and must take more seriously if they want to protect their employer brand and continue to attract and retain the best talent.
The opportunity costs of demotivating a new employee can also be significant, since you’re likely to miss out on ‘referrals’ from the new employee to potential other new recruits in their network – which is widely recognised as a really cost effective way of recruiting good quality talent.
The lesson to be learned, don’t underestimate the importance of a good induction – ensure that what and how you communicate are congruent along the whole recruitment and induction process…and that way you’ll keep your new starters motivated beyond their first day!
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Useful tips on CEO blogging…
Blogs have many uses and guises, ranging from online diarists who talk about anything and everything that interests them, to more business oriented applications such as CEO Blogs.
I came across a very interesting blog post recently Open Letter to CEO Bloggers, it’s written by PR and social media expert Todd Defren who gives some very good advice to CEO’s who blog without much response, or those thinking about starting their own blog. I thought it might interest you – it’s certainly worth taking the time to read.
If you’re thinking of starting your own blog or you’d like some help with an exisiting one, then give me – Karen Wormwell a call on 01254 389838 , or drop me a line at karen.wormwell@prizedpeople.co.uk I’d be glad to help.
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