Christmas in July
BY ERICA TWIGT
Christmas in July
BY ERICA TWIGT
Christmas in July
BY ERICA TWIGT
Top internal communication planning tips
1.
Start the season with a celebration of success for the year so far. Get everyone in a positive frame of mind.
2.
Remind your teams who your customers are and what their needs are during November and December.
3.
Have a small number of most important priorities. Examples: availability, no queues, promotion launches on time – and the role everyone has to play to deliver these.
4.
5.
Share the likely shape of trading; when will the peaks be and will things be different as we emerge from Covid?
6.
Empower teams with product/service knowledge. Example: The top ten gift ideas this season. Include what are good alternatives for most wanted gifts that may sell out.
7.
Can teams play a role with the marketing/advertising theme?
8.
9.
Identify any training and communication for the increasing role of Omni-channel orders eg: Click and Collect.
10.
Incentivise and publish the best Visual Merchandising eg Windows, displays. Use your internal platform to publish the best.
11.
Encourage positive acts of kindness: share a compliment, praise a colleague or give a thank-you.
12.
Provide examples of how teams can internally share images of fun and success.
Life is likely to still be disrupted because of Covid this Christmas. What we can do to ensure store teams have a rewarding work experience and customers get great service, is inspire and empower.
Good luck with your Christmas planning.
Erica Twigt / Content strategist at Keephub
Share the knowledge.
Top internal communication planning tips
1.
Start the season with a celebration of success for the year so far. Get everyone in a positive frame of mind.
2.
Remind your teams who your customers are and what their needs are during November and December.
3.
Have a small number of most important priorities. Examples: availability, no queues, promotion launches on time – and the role everyone has to play to deliver these.
4.
5.
Share the likely shape of trading; when will the peaks be and will things be different as we emerge from Covid?
6.
Empower teams with product/service knowledge. Example: The top ten gift ideas this season. Include what are good alternatives for most wanted gifts that may sell out.
7.
Can teams play a role with the marketing/advertising theme?
8.
9.
Identify any training and communication for the increasing role of Omni-channel orders eg: Click and Collect.
10.
Incentivise and publish the best Visual Merchandising eg Windows, displays. Use your internal platform to publish the best.
11.
Encourage positive acts of kindness: share a compliment, praise a colleague or give a thank-you.
12.
Provide examples of how teams can internally share images of fun and success.
Life is likely to still be disrupted because of Covid this Christmas. What we can do to ensure store teams have a rewarding work experience and customers get great service, is inspire and empower.
Good luck with your Christmas planning.
Erica Twigt / Content strategist at Keephub
Share the knowledge.
Top internal communication planning tips
1.
Start the season with a celebration of success for the year so far. Get everyone in a positive frame of mind.
2.
Remind your teams who your customers are and what their needs are during November and December.
3.
Have a small number of most important priorities. Examples: availability, no queues, promotion launches on time – and the role everyone has to play to deliver these.
4.
5.
Share the likely shape of trading; when will the peaks be and will things be different as we emerge from Covid?
6.
Empower teams with product/service knowledge. Example: The top ten gift ideas this season. Include what are good alternatives for most wanted gifts that may sell out.
7.
Can teams play a role with the marketing/advertising theme?
8.
9.
Identify any training and communication for the increasing role of Omni-channel orders eg: Click and Collect.
10.
Incentivise and publish the best Visual Merchandising eg Windows, displays. Use your internal platform to publish the best.
11.
Encourage positive acts of kindness: share a compliment, praise a colleague or give a thank-you.
12.
Provide examples of how teams can internally share images of fun and success.
Life is likely to still be disrupted because of Covid this Christmas. What we can do to ensure store teams have a rewarding work experience and customers get great service, is inspire and empower.
Good luck with your Christmas planning.
Erica Twigt / Content strategist at Keephub