Planning Templates: Creating a Comprehensive Employee Communications Strategy

All businesses have faced unprecedented challenges as a result of changes brought on by the pandemic. Between health and safety concerns, a shift toward remote and hybrid work, pressure to keep up with innovation and modern trends, and a generally uncertain outlook for many industries, companies have had to adopt new technology and business strategies to remain successful. With many employees working remotely at least one day per week—if not full-time—face-to-face interactions in the workplace have become a rarity, and companies have had to change the way they communicate to connect with their workforce, promote collaboration, retain talent, and drive productivity.

Many of these challenges can be addressed through a well-planned employee communications strategy—one that’s designed to reach the right audience with the right information, when and where they need it.

The included templates are designed to help you develop an effective, comprehensive, and actionable communications strategy based on the challenges and priorities of your business.

Use these templates to identify your communications pain points and challenges, determine how those challenges align with your top priorities, and rank your priorities to help form an action plan.