Make it Personal
What if the future is personal? What if the true answer to inclusion, belonging, engagement and productivity was not about treating everyone the same, but in unique ways that matter to each and every one. The last couple of years as we’ve navigated the chaos – the accumulative impacts of the pandemic; the increased focus […]
Progress not Perfect
I often use the phrase, “Progress not Perfect.” It’s my way of saying we don’t need for everything to be perfect in order to step forward and do the right things. I’ve been thinking about these words a lot lately. Especially when there is an effort to move forward, yet we live in a world […]
Making a difference from the Inside Out
I simply believe we can make a bigger difference from the inside out. When I was a Manager of Marketing, Sales and Corporate Communication, I had a lightbulb moment. I wore many hats helping with a business rebranding, managing media and public relations, advising executives, communicating change to the sales floor to help them contribute […]
How to Manage Communication for Results and Value
On Thursday January 20, 2022, Priya Bates, president of Inner Strength Communication was pleased to provide a Canadian, diverse and Internal Communication perspective on a global conversation on How to Manage Communication for Results and Value hosted by Shel Holtz on the FIR Network. Fellow guests included: Stephanie Maria Griffiths is the senior partner of Cohesion, […]
Inner Strength is a CAMSC Certified Supplier
As organizations make strive to progress on their diversity, inclusion and equity plans, many have identified supplier diversity as a priority step. After all, it may take longer to change the diverse make-up of employees, managers and executives than to hire for diversity and benefit from different perspectives sooner. But how do you know that […]
Understanding Your Values
Values are part of who we are. They are things we feel more than things we think. They help us navigate through life and understand how we contribute to the world. Jackie Le Fèvre, director of Magma Effort, spoke with the A Leader Like Me Nest community about the importance of understanding your values. In […]
Top Internal Communication trends, challenges, and opportunities for 2021
Guy Britt, Global Head of Co-Worker Communication, Ingka Group–IKEA Looking ahead to 2021, I believe that one of the biggest issues with many communicators today is that they’ve forgotten about the critical importance of speed, simplicity, and action – and are making what we do unnecessarily complicated and slow. Endless strategizing and alignment-seeking; 10 communicators […]
Diverse perspectives build strength
It’s 2021, and there is a lot of work to do to ‘walk the talk’ when it comes to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Although there was attention paid and much performance in diversity commitments, this is the year to make progress on real action. The truth is that change will not happen overnight and […]
Top Tips on Engaging Employees
What was clear to me, as we wrapped up our inaugural Engaging Employee Conference, was that the conversation on engagement has evolved and is more important than ever in a COVID, remote-workforce world. I wanted to take the time to share my personal highlights. FOCUS ON PURPOSE We started the day talking about PURPOSE with Ayelet Baron, […]
If I can’t see A Leader Like Me, how do I know I belong?
In January of this year, Advita Patel and I starting sharing our stories about growing up brown in two different parts of the world. She, a first generation Brit and me, born in India, but raised in Toronto, Canada since I was three. What amazed me was the similarities of our stories despite an approximately 15-year age […]
Pain and Progress – Black Lives Matter
I have to admit that it’s taken me some time to sit and write down what I am feeling right now, but it’s been a post that has been working its way out these past few weeks inspired by Advita Patel’s recent blog about stepping up and calling out. I will admit there has been a […]
Reflecting on the 5th Annual Strategic Internal Communication Conference
Reflecting on the 5th Annual Strategic Internal Communication Conference As we prepare for our 6th Annual Strategic Internal Communication Conference in Toronto, I wanted to reflect on last year’s event. What did we learn Day 1? Nicholas Wardle from Brand Experiences , “That we are human beings not human resources.” Kerry Gaetano, “We need to […]