How well does your company handle internal and external corporate communications? Are company town halls a nightmare? How should you engage with them and how can the company manage them better?

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INTERNAL, EXTERNAL AND TEAM COMMUNICATIONS - COULD IT BE BETTER HANDLED?

• Most internal corporate communications are bland—full of platitudes, at best boring, and at worst, demotivating. How can this be changed? Is any company doing this well?
• What’s the best way to deliver internal communications? AI-generated emails? Short videos? Live all-hands webinars? Smaller in-person meetings? Does any of this actually work?
• Southwest’s decision to end free checked bags is yet another example of corporate communication gone wrong.The CEO’s comments seem out of touch—maybe saying less is sometimes more? If you make an unpopular decision, should you avoid compounding the problem with excessive justification?
• How do you personally process internal communications? Do you listen to all-hands meetings while walking the dog? Limit your consumption? Read summaries? Meditate afterward? What hacks or best practices work?
• Are executive town halls doomed to fail? Leaders often seem to hold them out of obligation rather than genuine interest. Are we asking too much? Town halls aren’t great for deep discussions, but empty platitudes ring hollow. Is there a better way?

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