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Virginia celebrates success with internal communication peers at the simplys

It's been a while since I've been to an award ceremony but attendance at the simplys last week reminded me how very exciting and rewarding it is to be recognised by your peers. I was delighted to … Read more about Virginia celebrates success with internal communication peers at the simplys

Reflections on 15 years in internal communications and recruitment

This year marks the 15th year of Comma Partners - a good time I think to reflect on the changes I’ve seen in internal communications. As a recruiter, I immediately think of LinkedIn. One … Read more about Reflections on 15 years in internal communications and recruitment

Internal Comms 𝗔dvisor Vacancies

British Multinational looking for 12 advisors Read on to find out about 12 super, permanent, roles we have available. Lead times are short so make your CV update a priority this weekend! Roles … Read more about Internal Comms 𝗔dvisor Vacancies

Virginia Hicks joins panel of judges at Simplys first digital ic awards

Virginia joined the Advisory Committee of Simply in June and will now also be one of the judges at Simplys first ever awards ceremony. All the judges have been selected based on their expertise and … Read more about Virginia Hicks joins panel of judges at Simplys first digital ic awards

Self-employed and contracting with a single company? Read on. IR35 affects you.

The change in IR35 (off-payroll) rules was not welcomed by the communication, engagement and change industry which has long been populated by contractors using their own limited companies to cover … Read more about Self-employed and contracting with a single company? Read on. IR35 affects you.

Leaders as Sense Makers

This week the Comma Exchange heard from Marcus Powell, a former Ashridge HR/Organisational Development Consultant and now independent. Marcus has worked in a variety of businesses from Marks … Read more about Leaders as Sense Makers

How Internal Communications and HR can work more closely together for mutual benefit

At this week’s Comma Exchange meeting we heard from Sarah McPake, Head of Talent, Insights and Inclusion at TSB Bank.  Our invite to Sarah was very purposeful.  For the last four … Read more about How Internal Communications and HR can work more closely together for mutual benefit

The increasing importance of the line manager in communications and engagement

For the last several months we have been running a regular Zoom group called the Comma Exchange, originally set up to help those who were experiencing periods of unemployment during the pandemic and … Read more about The increasing importance of the line manager in communications and engagement

Communicating with hard to reach and virtual employees

We talk to Sam Hodlin, Communications Consultant, about his experiences at D S Smith and Eurostar about the increasing challenges of communicating and engaging with hard to reach and virtual … Read more about Communicating with hard to reach and virtual employees

Communicating with virtual & ‘hard to reach’ employees

Here at Comma we talked with our member network to discover how businesses have been communicating to two key audiences during the COVID pandemic. … Read more about Communicating with virtual & ‘hard to reach’ employees

Coaching Tips and Tricks

Virginia Hicks, Comma's MD, talks to coach, Edith Wilkinson, to understand more about confidence - why it comes and goes - and what we can do to help ourselves. … Read more about Coaching Tips and Tricks

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