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Thoughts on communications, change, engagement, leadership or pretty much anything else of interest or note that I pick up around the place. A place to relax, think, write and muse a little...

Keeping Culture Strong in a Hybrid Working Environment

Sinéad Egan

Feb 203 min read

Keeping Culture Strong in a Hybrid Working Environment

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, hybrid work environments are the new norm for many organisations. While the flexibility and...

Why Culture Change Initiatives Often Fail & How To Prevent It

Sinéad Egan

Nov 20, 20233 min read

Why Culture Change Initiatives Often Fail & How To Prevent It

Introduction Your organisational culture, along with your operating model and strategy, is critical to high performance. The alignment of...

When A Payments Scandal Is The Tip Of The Culture Iceberg

Sinéad Egan

Aug 22, 20233 min read

When A Payments Scandal Is The Tip Of The Culture Iceberg

Our national broadcaster, RTÉ (Raidió Teilifís Éireann), is deeply embedded in the nation's cultural fabric. Over the years, RTÉ has...

How to Connect Your Employees to Your Strategy

Sinéad Egan

Dec 21, 20224 min read

How to Connect Your Employees to Your Strategy

How can you get your employees to care about your organisational strategy? (because right now, they probably don't). It is not what any...

The Role of Senior Leaders in Creating Values-led Organisations

Sinéad Egan

Oct 27, 20223 min read

The Role of Senior Leaders in Creating Values-led Organisations

What are organisational values, and where do they come from? Organisational values tell us what is important within an organisation, just...

Align Recognition Programs to Organisational Culture

Sinéad Egan

Jul 25, 20223 min read

Align Recognition Programs to Organisational Culture

Question: Is Your recognition programme aligned with the culture you want to have? When recognition is discussed in the same breath as...

Sarah Cameron

May 17, 20223 min read

Future World of Work

It's been a year since we talked about the future world of work. In Episode 61 of Building Better Cultures, Kevin Empey of Dublin-based...

Customer Experience Impacts Employee Experience

Sarah Cameron

May 5, 20223 min read

Customer Experience Impacts Employee Experience

Organisations have many different stakeholders – two of the most important groups are customers and employees. The ideals of Customer...

Sarah Cameron

Apr 12, 20223 min read

Creating Psychological Safety At Work

If there's one thing the last two years have told us, it's that the employees have renewed yearning for trust and openness. Equally, the...

Sarah Cameron

Mar 29, 20223 min read

Hiring for Culture Fit or Values Fit

Often touted as the next generation of recruitment, values-based hiring seeks to attract those who align with an organisations values or...

Scott McInnes

Feb 28, 20223 min read

Companies Don't Change - People Do

It's getting ever more challenging to keep on top of changing customer needs. To add to the fun, the needs of employees are changing too....

Scott McInnes

Feb 1, 20223 min read

Connection Is King

For many people, it’s easy to think of hybrid working like hybrid cars – we know they’re out there, we know they’re a good thing, but...

Scott McInnes

Jan 20, 20224 min read

How to Build Successful Remote Cultures

In episode 85 of Building Better Cultures podcast, Scott spoke to Camila Boyer, Head of Internal Communications and Culture at Hopin,...

Building Better Cultures Podcast - Top 10 in 2021

Scott McInnes

Dec 21, 20213 min read

Building Better Cultures Podcast - Top 10 in 2021

Hello everyone, It’s almost the end of another year - and what a year it has been. With lockdowns, vaccine rollouts, remote + hybrid...

Scott McInnes

Apr 29, 20202 min read

79 | Don't Check Up, Check In

Remote working is increasing, in our Covid-19 world. With that, internal communications and employee engagement is critical to keep our team

Scott McInnes

Jan 20, 20203 min read

69 | Driving ownership of your values

Learn 5 actionable steps you can implement that will bring your orgainsations purpose and values to life!