with Chris Crofts Doing twice the work in half the time. Something I'm sure sounds appealing to us all. But is it achievable? By the end of this learning and development event you WILL have done … Read more about Doing twice the work in half the time – with Agile. EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL 2021
Resilience and You: virtual event
Comma will hold its first virtual get-together on 16 July at 4.30 for around 45 mins – 60 mins. Entitled: Resilience and You, the session is tailored for interims who are currently between assignments … Read more about Resilience and You: virtual event
How the Fenwick’s internal communications team responded to the pandemic
We know the impact on retail was dramatic during Covid. In Virginia’s interview with Donna Reeves, Fenwick’s Head of Communication and Engagement, hear how this famous family business supported their … Read more about How the Fenwick’s internal communications team responded to the pandemic
How Bupa’s communications team adapted during the pandemic
What was it like inside the healthcare business during Covid and how did the communications team adapt to support employees during the last 15 months? Join Virginia Hicks in her recent conversation … Read more about How Bupa’s communications team adapted during the pandemic
How good leaders made the difference during the pandemic
Virginia Hicks talks to OD consultant, Marcus Powell, about what good leadership looks like in his experience. The video also refers to Marcus’s blog which can be found … Read more about How good leaders made the difference during the pandemic
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 HR and Internal Communicators together can improve the employee experience
Virginia Hicks asks Sarah McPake about her observations moving from Internal Communications to HR … Read more about How HR and Internal Communicators together can improve the employee experience
How Internal Communication Specialists can help line managers become better communicators
Virginia Hicks talks to David Gallagher about how internal communicators can help line managers become better communicators. … Read more about How Internal Communication Specialists can help line managers become better communicators
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
Coaching to confidence
Has your confidence taken a knock during the COVID pandemic? If not, consider yourself fortunate. Research from multiple sources report that dwindling confidence levels and self-belief are … Read more about Coaching to confidence