Here’s the thing: Your employees are your most important audience. If you want a message to stick — whether it’s a new strategy, a shift in direction or a cultural change — you need to sell it.

Here’s a hard truth: Most employee experience problems aren’t about broken systems. They’re about broken leadership — and bad coaching is often part of the problem.

Yes, change is hard. Also, the sky is blue, and I want a side of ranch with my pizza. Now, what are you going to do to make this change easier?

The best insights don’t always come from the top; they come from the people living the change every day. Your boots-on-the-ground contributors? They’re not obstacles. They’re advisors.

Your employees are tired of surveys. We’re talking full-on feedback fatigue. Because too many companies treat surveys as checkboxes — not a meaningful part of their employee engagement strategy.

The more I think about it, the more ridiculous this phrase sounds. You might as well say, “I’m in front of you, existing.” Of course you hear them — you don’t really have a choice if you’re within earshot.