Once regarded as a specialism, having the skills to support change initiatives is now arguably a pre-requisite for our everyday toolkit as communicators! With the help of a little Slido interaction, Phil and Lou really brought the conversation to life and it was great to hear so much discussion around the topic. Here are their top tips for making sure your change comms hit the mark:

We were delighted to get together with some of our network last week for a breakfast session on the role of IC professionals in supporting ESG. Huge thanks to our client, Hyve for hosting us in their fabulous Paddington offices!

It was a real treat today to be back face-to-face at one of our breakfast sessions after more than two years of running them virtually. It was a reminder to everyone just how important it is to meet ‘IRL’ (in real life) and was a living example of the benefits of face-to-face communication!

Here at HK ‘Workshop Day’ always brings great excitement – and last week’s was no exception. We were particularly pleased to be able to share a joint case study with our client Susan Quain, Associate Director of Global Digital Channels at Fidelity International. During last year and despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, Susan and her boss joined forces with our Associate Director Chris Crofts and HK Partner James Harkness to deliver a bespoke training programme to build a world class communications team.

We were delighted to meet with fellow communicators yesterday for another online networking session. This one was a bit different, welcoming a senior communicator and the leader of her business region to share perspectives on partnering to drive growth. Helen Baldwin is Head of Employee Communications, EMEA and Frederik Maris is VP, EMEA for Splunk, a fast growing US software company employing more than 6,000 people in 27 offices worldwide.

As professional communicators dyslexia is something we should all be taking into consideration, especially as it affects at least 1 in 10 people. Dyslexia is a recognised disability, and can affect organisational skills, the ability to and speed of processing instructions, directionality (for example, clumsiness and mixing up lefts and rights), visual processing and visual stress as well as fluency of reading.

We were privileged to be joined by Johanna Lavender, Head of Communications for functions at bp, and Richard Walden, Head of Communications at Heathrow, who shared with us their organisation’s ‘Covid Journey’ and what they have learnt from it.