"Rubbish!" shouted the large Wholesale Jodie Meeks Jersey , aggressive man in the red-striped shirt (we had to pay attention to him because he owned the company).
"The staff don't need to be told anything. When we've sorted out all the details and have the adverts ready to run, then we'll tell them. They don't need to know beforehand, it'll only stop them working" he went on to loudly proclaim.
It's hard to ignore the wishes of your client, especially when he's paying you so well and has browbeaten every other consultant, as well as his management team Wholesale Tim Frazier Jersey , into submission.
Yet my experience, again and again, is this:
If you don't tell them what's going on, they'll make it up anyway. Employees not present at strategic planning offsite meetings aren't dumb; they're just not present. They know you're away (they think probably planning the future of the company, their jobs and their salary cuts) Wholesale Ian Mahinmi Jersey , so they will gossip and rumour-monger to their heart's discontent while you are not 'minding the store'.
So planning your internal communication is an essential prerequisite to effective and committed implementation of any business strategy. It also goes a long way towards problem minimisation.
In order to minimise the internal and external risks of gossip and rumours, therefore, you should have it very firmly set in your mind that a communication outlining the outcome of the planning should arrive with all due speed, consistency and completeness.
The following guidelines have been tested by experience and found useful:
1. Design and agree The communication strategy should be designed and agreed by all as part of the planning process, not an adjunct activity delegated to a junior manager who Wholesale Otto Porter Jersey , in all probability, wasn't even at the planning meeting.
2. Tell everyone ASAP Feedback to all those affected should take place at the earliest possible opportunity?preferably first thing next morning, before the rumour mill has had too much time to gear up. A useful strategy is to have planning meetings on weekends, with the staff briefing occuring first thing Monday morning.
3. One meeting to bind them all Aim for one single briefing or feedback session, rather than multiple sessions where watering down or distortion of the original message might occur. Thankfully Wholesale Jason Smith Jersey , technology largely allows such a single session to occur, even across multiple timezones. In such an instance, scripting of the communication would prove a valuable tool to consistency, especially where the text of the session will appear on a company intranet.
4. Follow up and re-purpose A follow-up message (via audio, video or even simple written) to all from the CEO Wholesale Marcin Gortat Jersey , emphasing the key points, is very useful. It too can be re-purposed to appear on the company intranet, or as a briefing to investors and the marketplace.
All of this might seem like overkill, a tremendous amount of effort for very little gain. But such a view must be evaluated against the fact that the long-term strategic plan will drive the company for anything from the next five to fifteen years.
Investing time at the beginning to 'get it right' will pay massive dividends over the longer term.
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