Latest news and blogs from Bob Haywardhttp://www.bobhayward.com/blog Copyright 2012 Bob Hayward 60 en-gb Sun, 20 May 2012 3:26:48 /images/logos/. http://www.bobhayward.com/ http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/who-to-employ-the-answer-is-in-the-sandwich/ A comment on the findings that certain types of people tend to enjoy the same kind of lunch time snack Tue, 6 Dec 2011 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/are-your-staff-too-tired-to-work/ A outline of some of the research on workplace tiredness and the implications on productivity. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/is-your-glass-half-full-or-half-empty/ The reason most of us see the glass as half full along with the benefits and dangers for those managing a business, project or team. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/nudge-nudge-wink-wink-say-no-more/ A discussion of nudge theory and some of the business applications Mon, 14 Nov 2011 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/bottoms-up-more-reverse-options/ Four practical ways to create involvement and communication from the bottom of an organisation to it's head... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/bottoms-up-engage-reverse-gear/ Some practical ideas to use standard corporate communication activities to reverse the flow of communication and create a bottom up approach... Tue, 12 Jul 2011 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/bottoms-up-lets-get-social/ Exploring to possible benefits of including social media channels at work to support internal communication, productivity and employee engagement Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:02:09 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/bottoms-up-let-us-have-a-chat/ Defining communication can reframe our whole approach to communication for the better Tue, 28 Jun 2011 9:44:26 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/introducing-swindon-restore/ Foodbank has a little sister charity that could become it's big brother... Thu, 23 Jun 2011 9:32:05 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/bottoms-up-its-a-question-of-trust/ A review of the need for trust as a prerequisite for bottom up communication Tue, 3 May 2011 14:49:17 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/is-your-business-a-talent-show/ An introduction to some recent research into talent management Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:37:31 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/on-the-ball-to-help-swindon-foodbank/ Bob Hayward and his company Be More Effective Ltd continue to support this great local charity and fight local poverty Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:46:05 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/do-you-listen-to-your-bottom-or-your-front/ An insight into the challenges and problems around upward communication Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:02:02 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/are-you-a-paxman-a-henry-a-kelly-or-a-madonna/ An interesting way of working out how to deal with people by categorising them into ‘celebrity types’. Thu, 3 Feb 2011 21:17:14 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/who-is-who/ A lighthearted look at personality with a serious message on effectiveness Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:28:53 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/it-s-snow-joke/ A Computer that writes Christmas Cracker Jokes - no joking... Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:05:28 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/the-iphone-app-and-the-wandering-mind/ A review of research on the wandering mind and it's relationship to presenteeism Tue, 14 Dec 2010 9:50:20 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/and-we-all-got-on-our-bikes/ The last time I blogged I was about to embark on a 102-mile charity cycle ride. That was in July and I promise it’s not taken me that long to complete the course... Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:01:29 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/coast-to-coast-cycle-ride-for-foodbank/ A promotional overview of a fund raising cycle ride for Foodbank Sat, 17 Jul 2010 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/not-the-change-curve-again/ An insight into the change curve and its application to internal communication Mon, 5 Jul 2010 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/how-do-you-handle-criticism/ Three ways to handle criticism Fri, 2 Jul 2010 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/banana-tree/ ...true my wife had designs on some new curtains for our bedroom but I needed the banana tree to support my new healthy eating whilst in the office. Fri, 4 Jun 2010 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/two-things-most-of-us-hate-about-sales-people/ A discussion about listening and it's value when influencing others Mon, 17 Aug 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/to-retain-talent-or-not--is-that-the-question/ A question about talent - recruitment and retention and it's value Thu, 6 Aug 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/does-communication-travel/ An explorative article on the complex nature of cross cultural communication Tue, 4 Aug 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/how-do-you-engage-talent/ A question about engaging talent Thu, 30 Jul 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/everything-new-replaces-something/ A discussion about the need for a simple approach to key messages Tue, 28 Jul 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/a-fuzzy-nicety-or-the-life-blood-of-an-organisatio/ An overview of the need for internal communication Thu, 23 Jul 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/consultancy-is-purely-holding-a-mirror/ A brief discussion about the meaning of consultancy Tue, 21 Jul 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/logistics-or-semiotics/ A discussion about two major theories of internal communication Fri, 17 Jul 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/test-your-message-against-reality/ A brief discussion on testing messages Wed, 15 Jul 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/how-does-internal-communication-support-major-chan/ A discussion about intertnal communication of change programmes Thu, 9 Jul 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/are-branding-and-positioning-inter-changeable/ A question about Branding and Positioning Mon, 6 Jul 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/cracking-the-knowledge-management-code/ A discussion on knowledge management Thu, 2 Jul 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/what-is-critical-mass/ An insight into what critical mass means, it's value and importance Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/how-to-set-ground-rules-for-meetings/ An insight into setting ground rules to ensure a more effective well run meetings Tue, 23 Jun 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/alternative-dispute-resolution/ An overview of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mon, 15 Jun 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/performance-management-from-roy-braxton/ A brief overview of Roy Braxton's presentation to the Employee Engagement Conference in Ghana May 2009 Sun, 7 Jun 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/what-are-these-turbulent-times-in-ghana/ As part of the opening to the conference in Ghana ~ "Managing employees during turbulent times" it seemed appropriate to define what we meant by "turbulent times" and also "management problems" Thu, 4 Jun 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/employee-engagement-in-accrs--ghana--may-2009/ Sat, 30 May 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/the-company-grapevine-what-how-and-control/ Three questions ~ here are some of my thoughts ~ what are yours? Sat, 25 Apr 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/the-favourite-remains-face-to-face/ Bob Hayward Blog, Internal Communication, Employee Engagement Tue, 10 Mar 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/friends-villagers-lend-me-your-opinion-formers/ One of the seminal works on the communication of change is Diffusion of Innovations by Everett Rogers Sat, 14 Feb 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/airing-laundry-in-public-and-other-engagement-myths/ Bob Hayward Blog, employee engagement, internal communication, company grapevines Tue, 20 Jan 2009 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/principles-and-benefits-of-engagement/ Bob Hayward, Employee Engagement, Internal Communication Fri, 5 Dec 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/getting-the-best-from-consultants/ Bob Hayward Blog, Consultant, procurement, internal communication, employee engagement Sat, 15 Nov 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/at-what-point-do-you-appoint-internal-brand-police/ Bob Hayward Blog, Internal Communication, Brand, Branding, Protecting the Brand, Employee Engagement Thu, 30 Oct 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/who-needs-facilitators/ Back in 1979 the Schnelle brothers recorded a series of meetings to establish the number and pattern of utterances per hour in meetings. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/measuring-the-effectiveness-of-internal-communication/ The 2005 FEIEA (the Federation of Business Communicator Associations in Europe) survey of it’s members in 13 countries across Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/the-dance-of-the-facilitators/ What does dancing have to do with facilitation? Sat, 19 Jul 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/surveys-conducted-into-employees-preferred-mode-of-internal-communication/ Many surveys conducted into employees’ preferred mode of internal communication suggest that the all time favourite remains face to face. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/five-myths-of-employee-engagement/ Discuss the topic of engagement with Senior Managers or Consultants and the following barriers or myths often come up as reasons to be wary of taking employee engagement too far. Fri, 9 May 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/a-study-by-center-jackson/ A study by Center & Jackson carried out on behalf of the International Association of Business Communicators in 1995 came up with the following list of items your people most want to hear about. Sat, 19 Apr 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/effective-internal-communication/ Effective internal communication is an essential part of a smoothly running business organisation. In the modern organisation there will be multi-channel flows of internal communication. Sat, 15 Mar 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/involvement-leads-to-engagement/ What makes some succeed better with implementation of key messages in large organisations than others? Sat, 23 Feb 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/what-happened-to-you-in-2007/ A blog is not much of a blog if no one is adding content, I agree Wed, 30 Jan 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/leeds-or-barcelona/ Given the choice where would you rather spend a couple of days? Wed, 30 Jan 2008 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/do-marketing-campaigns-need-to-start-with-internal-communication/ If people across an organisation are unable or unwilling to support your marketing efforts it can have detrimental results. Mon, 3 Dec 2007 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/is-the-meme-the-basic-cell-of-internal-communication/ Memes are the basic building blocks of our thinking, our conversations, our behaviour and therefore our culture, in the same way that genes are the basic building blocks of biological life and therefore society. Fri, 23 Nov 2007 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/which-tribe-are-you-duck-and-run-or-vomit-and-leave/ I was working, if you can call observing and voting on presentations working, with a Logistics client on Tuesday and we got on to the problem of employees who don't have access to computers yet the company relies on some of the data they collect. Sat, 20 Oct 2007 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/what-are-the-barriers-to-effective-internal-communication/ A consistent complaint in companies across the world is ~ poor internal communication. Sat, 15 Sep 2007 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/coke-to-build-trust/ Communication as part of any relationship, whether one-on-one or one-to-group relies on trust. Tue, 28 Aug 2007 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/talent-retention-or-not-that-is-a-question/ A short discussion on current thinking around talent recruitment and retention Thu, 12 Jul 2007 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/what-is-an-engaged-employee/ An insight into the definition and value of employee engagement Sun, 3 Jun 2007 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/is-employee-engagement-needed/ A discussion of some values and benefits with employee engagmeent Tue, 22 May 2007 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/how-do-you-measure-employee-engagement/ An insight into the options for assessing employee engagement Sun, 15 Apr 2007 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/birthdays--babies-and-ballscores/ A question about the changing themes with internal communication Sat, 17 Mar 2007 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/defining-internal-communication/ An overview of Internal Communication Sat, 3 Feb 2007 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/the-age-of-education-is-dead/ An overview of learning methods Tue, 28 Nov 2006 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/travel-broadens-the-mind/ A discussion about the impact of cross cultural differences on cummunication Sun, 15 Oct 2006 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/if-you-were-asked-to-speak/ A question about what employee engagement topic you might choose to speak about Tue, 5 Sep 2006 0:00:00 http://www.bobhayward.com/blog/pulling-different-disciplines-together/ A question about multi-disciplinary approaches to employee engagement Thu, 3 Aug 2006 0:00:00