When Employee Communications Has No Budget - a podcast by Andrew Brown and Elizabeth Williams

Supervisor: “Congratulations on becoming our Senior Manager in charge of employee communications. We know communicating well with employees is vital to the continued success of our organization. So, we’re expecting great things from you.” 

Communications Professional: “Sounds great. I’m confident that we can leverage employee communications to move the needle on some of the organization’s top priorities. What’s the current budget for employee communications?”

Supervisor: “Employee communications budget? We don’t have one.”

If this scenario sounds familiar to you, don’t panic. You’re far from being alone and this situation need not be hopeless. There are tangible things you can do to successfully address the absence of an employee communications budget in your organization.

In this fast-paced episode of The Swear Jar, Elizabeth Williams and I provide you with tips for understanding/addressing the following:

• Why there is no employee communications budget
• The consequences of having no budget for employee communications
• Securing an employee communications budget                      

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• And, win a free copy of one of Paul Smith’s books (“The 10 Great Stories Leaders Tell” or “Selling with Stories”) by sending an email to info@AcademyofBusinessCommunications.com with a note telling us your story about dealing with no or little employee communications budget. We’ll choose winners from the notes sent to us and highlight your in an upcoming episode of The Swear Jar podcast.

 

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