
What's inside:

Overview
Streamlining daily operations
Upleveling weekly meetings
Planning monthly check-ins
Setting annual meetings
Considering other stakeholders
Resources we love

4 MIN
Building Your Internal Communications OS
It’s often said that the job of the CEO is to set strategy, put the best team he/she can on the field, and make sure that the company doesn’t run out of cash. I would add that CEOs must communicate their vision, the company‘s strategy, and institute a process for goal setting—all of which boils down to communication.
I believe the three main goals of internal communications can be separated into:
setting context or gaining alignment
setting or tracking goals
recognition or gratitude
As a CEO, it surprised me when a team member would ask about our strategy or how I was thinking about a recent product launch. I thought what was talked about in an executive team meeting would roll down through the organization, but it didn’t. And as it turns out, saying something in one all-hands meeting a month ago is not enough!
By establishing a communications operating system for your company, you can get ahead of these issues.
In this guide, we’ll recommend ideas for:
1
Streamlining daily operations
2
Upleveling weekly meetings
3
Planning monthly check-ins
4
Setting annual meetings
5
Considering other stakeholders
6
Resources we love
7
Takeaways & next steps

What's inside:

Overview
Streamlining daily operations
Upleveling weekly meetings
Planning monthly check-ins
Setting annual meetings
Considering other stakeholders
Resources we love
It’s often said that the job of the CEO is to set strategy, put the best team he/she can on the field, and make sure that the company doesn’t run out of cash. I would add that CEOs must communicate their vision, the company‘s strategy, and institute a process for goal setting—all of which boils down to communication.
I believe the three main goals of internal communications can be separated into:
setting context or gaining alignment
setting or tracking goals
recognition or gratitude
As a CEO, it surprised me when a team member would ask about our strategy or how I was thinking about a recent product launch. I thought what was talked about in an executive team meeting would roll down through the organization, but it didn’t. And as it turns out, saying something in one all-hands meeting a month ago is not enough!
By establishing a communications operating system for your company, you can get ahead of these issues.
In this guide, we’ll recommend ideas for:
1
Streamlining daily operations
2
Upleveling weekly meetings
3
Planning monthly check-ins
4
Setting annual meetings
5
Considering other stakeholders
6
Resources we love
7
Takeaways & next steps