“ John Henry Group has been running a major internal communications initiative over the course of the 2017 / 18 financial year and the internal training platform is part of this new initiative”
COMMUNICA | Issue Four
Group training and communications content will be available instantaneously across all devices online as well as offline.
that the company now wants to implement and deliver across the business.“ The position has been created to ensure that new starters and existing colleagues are able to“ learn new skills and conform with the latest qualifications,” said Matt, an experienced trainer and HSEQ auditor.“ It’ s important to note, though, that this system is not replacing practical site-based training, it will support the practical learning in a digital capacity, with colleagues also being assigned a digestible digital learning curriculum to enhance their knowledge and understanding- they can access this content at any time online through all business devices.“ A further catalogue of printed marterials will also ensure that business critical and training messages are accurately communicated across the group.“ The idea of this new integrated training programme is not just to facilitate the John Henry Group’ s employees out on the field but also those in their several offices across the country- this is immensely helpful, seeing as we now operate across remote parts of the country- It’ s important that people feel empowered and proud to work for a company and
“ John Henry Group has been running a major internal communications initiative over the course of the 2017 / 18 financial year and the internal training platform is part of this new initiative”
56 | we are also progressing together as a business in one unifed direction and advancements in this type of technology also allow us to ensure a unifed message is projected across the group instantaneously.” The system also forms part of the group’ s internal communications plan, which have seen the group marketing operation at John Henry Group undertake an evaluation of brand values and design a scheme whereby critical business messages and important company announcements can be pushed out to employees’ devices near instantaneously. Part of this new initative also includes a company rewards scheme for outstanding performances in relation to HSEQ compliance and a colleague magazine which makes business critical messages more digestible- the content is also supported by directors’ video communications messages,” said Group Marketing and Communications Manager, Rob Andrews.“ It is also streamlining and delivered a refined‘ onboarding’ process whereby new employees receive a higher level of brand and training engagement and a more professional and thorough induction into the business in relation to digital training modules which are tailored specifically to their business sector or workstream.“ As the company is going through a critical phase of growth, the potential of a digital messaging system to support internal communication and brand and training development is abolutely essential in keeping all colleagues aware of happenings across the business, scaling from new releases of the staff magazine in digital format, all the way through to critical emergency alerts.“ As a communications function, the marketing team can see real weight in ensuring emergency alerts are actioned, particularly in the light of recent terrorist scares in places like London and Manchester.“ As John Henry Group is now truly UK wide, being able to deliver alerts through a digital platform is fantastic- I have really bought into the system’ s potential and we’ re looking forward to implementing it following the trial phases. It is expected that the new digital communications system will go live in the early Autumn, with a full scale rollout following test occuring towards the Christmas period.