52 episodes

Engagement Express is a podcast series for HR, engagement and communication professionals. Hosted by Kate Isichei, this podcast provides inspiration and tips on how to build and increase engagement in your organisations. Kate is a global employee engagement and communications professional with over 20 years experience of working in multi national organisations. She has worked in senior roles for AON, Medtronic, Sage, Infosys and other blue chip companies. Her passion for engagement has led her to create a consultancy that offers bespoke solutions to increase trust, build relationships, encourage collaboration and ultimately increase engagement. Her desire to support these ambitions are what drove her to set up this series of podcasts.

Engagement Express Kate Isichei

    • Business
    • 5.0 • 7 Ratings

Engagement Express is a podcast series for HR, engagement and communication professionals. Hosted by Kate Isichei, this podcast provides inspiration and tips on how to build and increase engagement in your organisations. Kate is a global employee engagement and communications professional with over 20 years experience of working in multi national organisations. She has worked in senior roles for AON, Medtronic, Sage, Infosys and other blue chip companies. Her passion for engagement has led her to create a consultancy that offers bespoke solutions to increase trust, build relationships, encourage collaboration and ultimately increase engagement. Her desire to support these ambitions are what drove her to set up this series of podcasts.

    Tailoring Contents

    Tailoring Contents

    Connect with Kate Isichei
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateisichei/
    https://www.wheretolookcomms.co.uk

    • 19 min
    IC as a Shared Service

    IC as a Shared Service

    Connect with Kate Isichei
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateisichei/
    https://www.wheretolookcomms.co.uk

    • 7 min
    How to manage stakeholders

    How to manage stakeholders

    How to manage stakeholders

    Connect with Kate Isichei
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateisichei/
    https://www.wheretolookcomms.co.uk

    • 24 min
    Engagement, EX & IC - What's the difference? Interview with Jenni Field

    Engagement, EX & IC - What's the difference? Interview with Jenni Field

    Engagement, EX & IC - What's the difference? Interview with Jenni Field

    Connect with Kate Isichei
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateisichei/
    https://www.wheretolookcomms.co.uk

    • 29 min
    Too Many Cooks

    Too Many Cooks

    Connect with Kate Isichei
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateisichei/
    https://www.wheretolookcomms.co.uk

    Have you experienced a challenging approval process for internal communications content?  In this episode of Engagement Express podcast I explore the approval process for internal comms.  Sometimes quick and easy.  Sometimes slow and laborious, there are usually (not always) too many cooks trying their utmost to positively influence the flavour of the broth.  This process always begins with good intentions but can quickly deteriorate into a meaningless round robin of tweak after tweak.  In the end, the original message becomes so corrupted that what's left is a mere shadow of the intended message. A hull or husk which is devoid of substance because the approval process killed it!


    How can you avoid this terrible fate?  I suggest the following 5 things:


     Set expectations for approvers so they know what's off limits.Make it clear that word smithing is not the objective.Create an easy-to-read template that presents the proposed content in a professional format.Ensure the message framework is agreed in advance.Specify a mandated deadline for submitting changes.

    • 11 min
    Does DEI = Engagement?

    Does DEI = Engagement?

    Does DEI = Engagement?

    Connect with Kate Isichei
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateisichei/
    https://www.wheretolookcomms.co.uk

    • 8 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
7 Ratings

7 Ratings

Hannah Sally Barlow ,

I learned some new things

Thanks for doing this podcast. So much is happening in how we interact in the work environment. This is a great podcast on how to communicate with employees and I learned some new things. Thanks Kate

Uzma Mohamedali ,

Great resource

Kate’s podcast is a great resource for anyone in the field of corporate communications. I just wish I had this available to me 20 years ago!

G.Hyde ,

Great topics

Kate is a brilliant host, the topics she covers and the issues are new and fresh. I love how she selects her guests and why, and to date I haven’t yet found an episode that didn’t touch on a valuable lesson.

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