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Karian and Box have published iC Survey 2008, the follow-up report to the benchmark internal communication research conducted in 2006.
Two years ago, when the benchmark iC Survey study was conducted, the world and the UK were still enjoying the afterglow of one of the longest periods of economic growth in the last 100 years.
Fast forward to the credit crunch, organisational cost-cutting, a housing market in freefall, the spectre of higher unemployment on the horizon, public sector spending in retrenchment; this is the environment facing communicators today.
The results of iC Survey 2008, the most comprehensive study of internal communications in the UK in the last 2 years have been collated from the views of over 500 communication and HR professionals and provide a clear picture of an industry in flux. Topics covered in the report include the changing role of internal communicators, how well organisations communicate business strategy and priorities, and industry expectations for the future.
Click here to download your copy of the iC Survey 2008 report
(Due to the size of the report, 4.2mb, downloading it make take a few minutes - depending on your connection speed.)
Crisis Communications
A crisis could hit your organisation at any point, with far reaching effects, and that is what makes them so destructive. It’s not just what happens immediately after one, it’s the long term effect on your reputation, your staff morale and ultimately your bottom line.
Click here to read about how you can plan for a crisis in our latest thinkBox article
Getting to grips with the employer brand
What does it mean? How useful is it? Is it just a new term for an old and intuitive concept? And, critically, how do you establish, build, shape or change it?
These are the questions that we answer in the latest thinkBox paper on best practice employee engagement. Click here to view the employer branding thinkBox.
Taking the pulse of your employees
Communications is, in short, about changing or re-inforcing thinking and behaviour. How do you know whether your communications have had an impact on your target audiences?
That's the challenge most communicators face...Click here to find out more about how some organisations are applying best practice in measuring the awareness, understanding and opinions of their employee.
The LG07 Study, launched at the LGComms conference in May 2007, was supported by the Department for Communities and Local Government and VMA Group, the leading search and selection agency.
LG07 has received widespread media coverage and support from the sector. It provides comprehensive and timely insight into the issues and challenges facing council communicators. LG07 also provides a series of recommendations on what communicators and council leaderships can do to improve their communications.