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Frontline workers on site, representing sustainability communications reaching a mixed-access workforce

Sustainability communications: reaching the workforce that delivers the targets

Sustainability communications usually stop at head office. How to design an internal programme that reaches frontline teams, and what to measure.

Mining supervisor briefing frontline workers on ESG community engagement in mining projects on site

ESG community engagement in mining starts with the workforce

ESG community engagement in mining often fails on visibility, not investment. Why the workforce is the fastest route to community awareness.

Notice board and shift information in an industrial break room, showing employer brand for frontline workers in practice

Employer brand for frontline workers: what it looks like from the shop floor

Employer brand for frontline workers is built from the induction pack, the rota board and the payslip – not the careers site. How to audit what people actually see.

Communications team reviewing a draft notice as part of internal communications content governance and rights sign-off

Internal communications content governance: rights and wrongs

Internal communications content governance covers who owns the material, who consents to appear in it and who signs it off. A rights and approvals guide.

Communications templates and brand files organised on screen, illustrating internal communications asset management and version control

Internal communications asset management: version control and brand libraries

Internal communications asset management fails on findability, not discipline. How to build a brand library with version control, owners and recorded rights.

Multilingual Internal Communications represented by two people speaking with a graphic background showing different languages

Multilingual internal communications for distributed workforces

Multilingual internal communications fail at layout, not translation. How to plan language, glossaries and local adaptation for a distributed workforce.

a female brand manager look at swatches for colour in internal communications

Colour in internal communications: what it signals on site

Colour in internal communications competes with safety signage people already read as instruction. How to decide which colours are reserved and which are free.

Site signage and wayfinding reviewed during a brand audit for frontline workforces

What a brand audit for frontline workforces reveals

A brand audit for frontline workforces looks past the logo – at signage, uniforms, site channels and what people believe. Here is what an audit finds.

a businessman looking pensively at his article about AI discernment in business communications

AI discernment in business communications: AI gives you options, expertise makes the decisions

AI discernment in business communications is what separates authoritative brands from average ones. Here is how to use AI without becoming generic.

Frontline worker wearing PPE, sitting in the cab of a truck, reading about the hidden costs of poor internal communication

The 5 hidden costs of poor internal communication

The hidden costs of poor internal communication never reach the comms budget. They show up as rework, incidents and turnover. Here’s how to find them.

Integrated internal communications campaigns concept shown as puzzle pieces

Integrated internal communications campaigns for mixed-access workforces

Integrated internal communications campaigns work when the map comes before the creative. How to design one message for every access level.

30-60-90 day onboarding plan article from CommsKit

The 30-60-90 Day Onboarding Plan: A practical framework for large organisations

A practical 30-60-90 day onboarding plan for large organisations, with adaptations for frontline and mixed-access workforces.

illustration of a hand placing a ballot in a voting box for a commskit article about how internal communications strategy is not a democracy by Louise Cunningham

Internal communications strategy is not a democracy

Too many cooks spoil the internal communications strategy. When everyone gets a say, comms turns into watered-down corporate jargon. The best approach is a smaller, empowered team.

Female frontline worker holding an HSE communication plan

HSE communication plan: how to plan a year of safety campaigns

Build an HSE communication plan that works: a year of safety campaigns so every message reaches frontline and deskless workers.

Two frontline workers wearing safety PPE, seen from a top view as an article header for HSE campaign ideas

HSE campaign ideas: 25 impactful themes to run this year

HSE campaign ideas for large, frontline workforces: 25 health, safety and environment campaign themes, with how to run each one and reach every worker.

Group of managers in an office discussing brand strategy vs internal comms strategy

How internal comms strategy differs from brand and marketing strategy

Brand strategy vs internal comms strategy: brand sets what is true, internal comms makes it land with people who cannot opt out. How they differ.

Internal communications team reviewing frontline worker reviewing materials – a blank canvas problem internal communications

The blank canvas problem: why internal comms keeps starting from scratch

Most internal comms problems recur because the system was never built to handle them. Here is why starting from scratch costs more than it should.

Comms Kit vs CommsKit graphic

Comms Kit vs CommsKit – What’s the difference?

A comms kit is a DIY toolkit; CommsKit is a managed internal comms service for large, distributed workforces. Here is how they compare and which is best for you.

group of frontline workers attending an employee onboarding workshop with CommsKit

What good employee onboarding actually looks like (and why most falls short)

What good employee onboarding looks like in large organisations – the six things a properly designed programme does, and why most fall short.

Female internal communications professional in front of her computer at an office, planning an AI workflow for internal comms

How to build an effective AI workflow for internal comms

Figuring out how to build an effective AI workflow for internal comms is daunting. Here we’ll outline 4 simple steps that you can start today.

Halo Media becomes CommsKit™

Halo Media is now CommsKit

Eighteen years of internal communications delivery, now under one name. A managed system built for large, complex workforces – with the structure of software and the accountability of a service.

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