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Open Enrollment Facts: Benefits Communications Shape the Tone of Your Employee Conversations

Internal communications play a powerful role in defining the relationship that you have with your employees. Every email you send introduces employees to choices about how far they will trust your words. The tone and style of internal communications shape – or distort – the quality of the relationship between employees and their employers. Employees will most heavily weigh communications that apply to them. So, consider items [...]

By Melinda Staup|2021-08-25T13:28:23-04:00August 25, 2021|benefits, internal communications, manager communications, open enrollment facts|0 Comments

Open Enrollment Facts: An Hour on Benefits Isn’t Enough

For many employers, Open Enrollment is on the near horizon for this coming fall. This year, the season might also introduce complications like return to work or hybrid work initiatives. Either way, you spend a lot of time and invest significant resources to provide good benefits to your employees. [...]

By Melinda Staup|2021-08-17T00:15:11-04:00August 17, 2021|benefits, internal communications, open enrollment facts|0 Comments

Trust and consequences

If you are looking for a way to differentiate your company in a way that competitors will find it hard to emulate, look no further than the level of trust you have with your employees. Imagine two CEOs looking at efforts that will bring significant changes to their employees. [...]

By Kip Soteres|2018-11-08T18:04:50-05:00July 12, 2016|benefits, change management, internal communications|0 Comments