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Talk about pressure.

Our guest this month, Jeff Herrington, has written two murder mystery books, conducted countless writing workshops and served as a consultant for 20+ years to companies worldwide. Plus, he’s a good friend, a writing coach and a current coworker. So I wanted to get this podcast right.

Fortunately, Jeff and I had a great conversation about upcoming trends that communicators should either watch – or watch out for – in 2018. These include:

• How the #metoo movement will expand into emotional harassment and affect our workspace and communications
• Why “how to” videos will become the norm
• The possible emergence of alternative employee communications sites on social media (Yikes!)

Jeff has a wealth of information and insights to share, so I hope you’ll listen in.

Links we reference:

• Home Depot’s how-to videos
• Jeff’s recommended book, iGen, by Jean Twenge
• How you can reach Jeff — at his site, Jeff Herrington Communications

PS: Sharon Phillips was traveling during this recording, but she’ll be back next month. We missed you, SJP!

About Sharon McIntosh

Sharon is president of And Then Communications. With more than two decades of communications experience, she has a passion for creating and executing new ideas to drive employee engagement at companies both large and small. Most recently Sharon served as PepsiCo’s vice president of Global Internal Communications, overseeing the company’s efforts to connect with its more than 274,000 employees worldwide.

About Sharon Phillips

Sharon Phillips is principal of Sharon Phillips Communications, which focuses on employee engagement and corporate communications strategy and support. Prior to relaunching her consultancy in 2014, she served as director of Global Internal Communications at PepsiCo.