Tag: internal communications

With the current economic climate and the change in sentiment towards working, like many other companies we have felt that there has been a reduction in the number of available good talent in the Atlanta market.

When you look at financial services firms, the first thing that comes to mind is accounting, financial planning, legal and management consulting firms. Although the breadth of professional services firms is much greater than that and includes marketing and recruitment, it’s our financial and legal counterparts that really struggle to stand out from the crowd.

An effective internal communications strategy facilitates important conversations with your employees and other internal stakeholders within your team. It is critical to have a strategy in place to enhance the overall performance of your business. Prioritizing internal communications will help your business not only perform better but give your team a heighten sense of being integral to the businesses goals.

An internal communications strategy dictates how we communicate with our internal stakeholders and an effective one, will promote employee engagement, strengthen company culture, and builds trust. It’s a no-brainer for companies that are seeking to strengthen their team and improve company culture.

Humbled by an employee discussion in our Atlanta office, I was pleasantly surprised that given the hypothetical situation of winning the lotto, all employees said that after a brief holiday, they would want to come back to work at Marketing Eye.

The engagement level on a day-to-day basis in our Atlanta office is very high – not to say, other offices are not the same. Company culture is everything and there are many reasons why it has a direct impact on bottom line.

There are a number of lessons learned from having a start-up in Atlanta that is inherently different from other offices we have.

The first being that all employees have chosen each other

Usually, a senior manager or myself makes the ultimate choice on who is going to join the team and in what capacity. Instead, in Atlanta, I have been over-ruled twice, and both times, I had to put my hand up and say that my choice would have been wrong for the team.