by PoliteMail Software | Dec 6, 2018 | employee engagement, human resources, remote workforce, team building
If you’ve ever spent a chunk of time working from home, you know that while there are plenty of upsides (No commute!), there are some lonely downsides, too. One of those downsides can be a persistent feeling of being disconnected from co-workers and the organization...
by PoliteMail Software | Aug 29, 2018 | email, email tracking, employee engagement, hr, human resources, internal communications, newsletters
Often articles and how-to guides about internal communications will offer a piece of advice like “identify the KPIs that work best for your organization,” but don’t specify exactly what those KPIs or metrics should be. There’s a good reason for that: Different types...
by PoliteMail Software | Aug 15, 2018 | branding, company culture, corporate communications, employee engagement, team building
Cultural fit is so important to Zappos, the company pays employees $4,000 to quit during primary training. Likewise, Amazon employees are offered $2,000-$5,000 to quit each year. ‘Cultural fit’ and ‘employee engagement’ might seem like overused phrases, but these...
by PoliteMail Software | Jun 6, 2018 | corporate communications, employee engagement, internal communications
“I didn’t get that email.”. As a communications professional, you’ve likely heard employees say this more than once. You know the email went out, so why do employees think they didn’t receive it? These are the most likely causes: A) The employee routinely ignores the...
by PoliteMail Software | Apr 5, 2018 | analytics, employee engagement, strategic communications
Measurement isn’t worth anything if you’re doing it for it’s own sake. It must tie into your organization’s overarching goals. As Rachel Miller puts it in an article on All Things IC: Too often I see communications teams working in complete isolation from the rest of...