Beyond Change: Other Employee Communication Roles

While change management and general employee engagement in business priorities are big focus areas for employee communicators, there are several more areas that are increasingly engaging professionals in this space that are explored in Chapter 11. From diversity, equity and inclusion to focused roles with functional areas such as HR, IT and Finance, employee communicators deployed to these areas are driving significant new capabilities. Like change management, HR support-related priorities, including recruiting, onboarding and various process-driven activities, fit into the ecosystem in the areas of communication strategy, planning and plan execution.