Effective communication

New and updated

• Communicating with your team

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Updated to include information for line managers on communicating with employees during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

• Coronavirus and your workforce podcast: Engaging with employees

  Date:

  10 June 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Victoria Lewis, chief executive at byrne-dean, talks employee engagement during the coronavirus pandemic, with all the challenges that it brings with it. She takes us through the steps that HR can take to ensure engagement among employees, many of whom will be facing unprecedented challenges.

• Podcast: Handling difficult conversations

  Date:

  6 August 2019

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Gary Bates and Sarah-Jane Georges, both account directors at behaviour change company Steps, discuss the best ways to develop line manager confidence and competence in having difficult conversations.

• How Creed Foodservice improved engagement through its employee recognition scheme

  Date:

  12 December 2018

  Type:

  Case studies

  Creed Foodservice talks to XpertHR about introducing an employee recognition scheme and the subsequent impact on areas such as staff turnover and recruitment and the organisation's Best Companies results.

• How Aegon Asset Management increased employee buy-in to its new business strategy

  Date:

  12 December 2018

  Type:

  Case studies

  Aegon Asset Management talks to XpertHR about the tactics - including a video sharing scheme - that it used to increase understanding of and engagement with its new business strategy and the behaviours necessary to embed it.

• Communicating with your team quiz

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on communicating with employees.

• How to communicate with employees on pay and benefits

  Type:

  How to

  Practical guidance on how to communicate with employees on pay and benefits as part of the organisation's reward strategy.

• Giving and receiving feedback

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Line manager briefing looking at how to give and receive feedback, including day-to-day and formal praise and constructive feedback.

• Handling difficult conversations quiz

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on handling difficult conversations.

• Handling difficult conversations

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Line manager briefing providing guidance on conducting difficult conversations, to give line managers the confidence to tackle difficult issues and to ensure the success of the conversation.