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In our April 2018 EE Voice podcast, Sharon and I asked our listeners: Are you ready for the employee activist?

Because if you weren’t prepared last year, you better brace yourself for what’s coming. In the last year, we’ve seen #GoogleWalkout,  #WayfairWalkout and most recently, #AmazonWalkout.

In this episode of EE Voice, we dive back into the fascinating topic of employee activism with two comms experts:

•  Terry Hart, a corporate comms expert in B2B marketing, corporate communications and change management and
• Mike Klein, principal of Changing the Terms and a well-known voice on employee communications based in the Netherlands.

Tune in to hear our discussion on:

• What’s driving renewed activism – and how this differs from past periods
• The role of the employee communicator in employee activism (hint: it’s a new comptency we’ll all need to hone)
• How international activism differs from what we see in the U.S.
• Views on the recent #WayfairWalkout
• And if we’ll see a new type of union in our future workforces.

It’s not too late. Now’s the time to discuss your employee activism strategy – and Mike and Terry offer some intriguing insights and practical advice for employee communicators.

Take a listen and then tell us what you think.

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.