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• Internal Communications Best Practice: 14 Examples of Campaigns that Crushed it
  By Kath McNiff via GreenOrbit (@grnorbit)
  
  These 14 internal communication campaigns might offer you some inspiration for your own.
  
  “You have a job to do. Get your message across and make it stick. Sounds simple enough, right? But of course, it isn't. Crafting a compelling internal communications campaign is tricky, it requires:...”
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• Poor Internal Communication Can Be a Costly Mistake for Businesses
  By Sara Jensen via Workforce Focus (@workforcenews)
  
  Find out what the cost of not improving communication with your employees is and how to avoid 3 internal communication problems most companies face.
  
  “Poor internal communication can have some seriously negative impacts on a company — poor morale, high employee turnover and lower employee productivity, to name a few. Worse yet, these can lead to a lasting effect on a company’s bottom line...”
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• 16 Rules for Effective Decision-Making
  By Michael McKinney (@LeadershipNow), LeadershipNow
  
  Michael McKinney provides an overview of 16 well-researched rules from Pawel Motyl's recent book, Labyrinth: The Art of Decision-Making, where the author examines a "series of decisions that led to some of the modern world’s most dramatic events."
  
  “Where we go in life is determined by the choices we make. How we make those decisions becomes critical. The speed of change, the abundance of choices, the unknown unknowns, and the impact of a connected world, all conspire to make decision-making a labyrinth....”
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• Transforming Line Managers into Ethical Communicators
  By Helen Deverell (@helendeverell via @alivewithideas), Alive With Ideas
  
  Helen Deverell provides some common ethical communication situations that line managers might find themselves in and how to help them.
  
  “But when we talk about equipping line managers with the skills and resources they need to communicate effectively, we rarely go as far as discussing ethics. However, line managers have as much of a responsibility to communicate in an ethical way as we do...”
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• Building a High-Performance Team: A Frontline Festival
  Via Karin Hurt and David Dye (@LetsGrowLeaders and @davidmdye), Let's Grow Leaders
  
  A host of leadership thought leaders share their tips and insights on building a high-performance team, from defining what a high-performance team is to building and leading them.
  
  “Employee recognition can be a powerful tool that can enhance team performance and motivate employees to take their work to the next level. Recognition can take many forms, so start by asking yourself these four questions, and then get the three must-have components to make sure it resonates with your employees....”
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• Google Spent 2 Years Researching What Makes a Great Remote Team. It Came Up With These 3 Things
  By Justin Bariso (@JustinJBariso via @Inc), Inc.
  
  With remote teams comes many challenges and to overcome them requires a unique set of rules. Google recommends three things to making great remote teams.
  
  “In a quest to establish what makes remote teams successful, Google's People Innovation Lab (PiLab) spent the past two years studying more than 5,000 employees. They measured well-being, performance, and connectedness (among other things) and came up with recommendations on how to keep things consistent, even if your team is spread out across the globe...”
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• 6 Key Elements of a Healthy Culture
  By Skip Prichard (@SkipPrichard), Leadership Insights
  
  Find out what the definition of workplace culture is, why it's important, common leadership mistakes when thinking about culture, and steps to take to improve your workplace culture.
  
  “Workplace culture is really about how people behave and interact. This includes how decisions are made, how disagreements are voiced, how conflict is resolved, and how people connect when they pass in the hall...”
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• The Five F's: How Communications Can Alter the Future of Line Managers
  By Ethan McCarty (@ethanmcc via @InstituteForPR), Institute for Public Relations
  
  To enable managers to succeed in their role and to communicate better, communications professionals should capitalize on the "Five F's."
  
  “I know this may come as a surprise to you, but managers are not always hired based on their communications skills. Shocking, I know! But seriously, it’s often expertise in the field/industry that snags a high-performer his or her promotion into management...”
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• 10 Communication Trends Leaders Can't Ignore
  By Valerie Di Maria via LinkedIn (@LinkedIn, @LinkedInEditors)
  
  True to yourself, true to your brand. 10 communication points executives should be focused on.
  
  “There’s never been a more important time for companies to do the right thing. From impassioned employees to socially conscious consumers, internal and external audiences are making their voices heard as never before...”
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• Communication Tips for Introverts and Extroverts
  By Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy (@fosslien and @molliewest via @susancain), Susan Cain
  
  Introverts and extroverts have different needs. Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy provide quick tips you can apply immediately to help introverts and extroverts work together seamlessly.
  
  “I’ll go if I don’t have to talk,” says Elaine when Jerry asks her to join him for coffee on Seinfeld. Some of us need more quiet time than others...”
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