Get staff blogging to improve internal communications

March 17, 2008

I’ve just read an article about a new scheme that McDonalds are doing in the USA and Canada. ‘Station M’, a new internal blog was launched to help internal communications between workers at nearly 15,000 restaurants. The blog allows employees to post their thoughts and questions on work and non-work related areas, and to interact with each other, which the company is hoping will lead to improved knowledge and service levels across the company.

I think this is a great idea and something loads of companies could copy. As well as sharing valuable knowledge within the company without having to spend a lot, it’s a good way for managers and HR professionals to do some investigating into the current satisfaction levels of staff, what their development needs might be and also what new ideas might be out there. Also – if so many hours are being wasted by workers on sites like Facebook, then this might provide an alternative that also benefits the company!

Things to consider:
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Posted by hrgirl | Filed Under Employee Relations, News/General, Policies and Procedures 

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3 Responses to “Get staff blogging to improve internal communications”

  1. JamesW on March 17th, 2008 11:13 am

    Who’d have thought that getting staff to blog would improve morale, skillsets and improve time they would have normally be wasting?

    Whoever thought of that should be commended…

  2. SirBigWig on March 17th, 2008 11:44 am

    Could become an open forum for mud slinging. Can imagine many staff at McDonalds being pretty low on morale.

  3. admin on March 17th, 2008 11:47 am

    I agree, whoever thought of getting staff to blog should be commended… wonder who it was?

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