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Effective Communications: How to Develop a Communications Plan
Heather ColellaResearch VP for Gartner’s Office of the CIO
9 years at Gartner, 34 years Industry experience
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Enterprises with effective communications:
Have a 19% higher market premium
Experience 57% higher shareholder returns
Are 4.5 times more likely to report high levels of employee engagement
Are 20% more likely to report lower turnover
The Sky is the Limit for Companies Who Communicate Effectively
Source: Watson Wyatt Communication ROI Study
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11 types of communications commonly used by CIOs and IT leaders
The importance of understanding your stakeholders as part of the
communications process
How to develop a communications plan
In today’s webinar we will explore…
Great communication inspires action and commitment and drives better business outcomes.
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There is a proven strategy used in an effective communications process
Organizations that get the full
benefits of effective
communications have their people
consciously manage this
communications strategy each and
every time they communicate—this
applies to the policy process as
well
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STEP #1 Start with the end in mind
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The communications core consists of 11 tools
1. IT Strategy
2. Performance Dashboards
3. IT Policies
4. Satisfaction Surveys
5. IT Updates
6. Transformation Management
7. Portfolio Reprioritization through Governance
8. Board Updates
9. Major Project Failure
10. Security Breach
11. Changes in Leadership
The Communications
Core
Specific Events
Difficult Communications
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Other outcomes include….
• Improve how IT is perceived in the enterprise
• Engage the board in a meaningful conversation about strategy
• Mature the IT organization in its processes
• Forge a tighter relationship with the CMO
• ….and the list goes on
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IT Strategy: The Single Most Powerful Tool in Your Arsenal Is Your Strategy
A Great Strategy:
Is Visionary
Is Clear
Is Succinct
Tells a story
Uses your industry as the IT analogy
Brings the unknown into focus
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Opportunity:
- Display a trailer list to the mobile app.
- Add the capability to “like” trailers or add trailer to a movie watch list.
- Notify the customer when tickets go on sale for movies on their watch list.
This trailer is great!
I want to share with my
friends.
Can someone bring me popcorn?
Box office lines were really long!
Opportunity:
- Add “movie mode” to the mobile app.
- Send a notification to the mobile app asking the guest to activate “movie mode”.
Opportunity:
- Add native ticketing to the mobile app.
- Streamline the mobile transaction.
Opportunity:
- Add the concession purchasing to the mobile app.
- Send order to the guest’s reserved seat.
Example
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STEP #2 Stakeholder communication can be complex, consciously manage the complexities
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Map desired outcomes along a continuum, then plan the interactions
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A formal stakeholder analysis provides important insight into what ‘like groups’ need
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A formal stakeholder analysis provides important insight into individual needs and preferences
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STEP #3 Create and work a communications plan
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Communication plan components
Goals What needs to be accomplished?
Communicator Who is going to say it?
Stakeholder Targets To whom?
Message Content What exactly will they say?
Delivery Method How?
Delivery Frequency When? How often?
Feedback Did you achieve your goal?
Measures How do you know?
Communication Plan Components
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Communications Plan: IT Strategy
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Communications Plan: Performance Dashboards
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Communication Type: IT policies.
Purpose: IT policies help create consistent action within the IT organization. They provide a framework for daily
decision making that enables the organization to continually deliver to excellent standards. To achieve these goals,
those impacted by the policies must have a clear understanding of what they are supposed to do relative to each
policy.
Communicator: The announcement of policies can be made via the service desk. Policies can also be
announced and stored within the project management office (PMO). The most important policies should be reinforced
during IT updates, by either the departmental leader who owns the policy or the CIO (See "Effective Communications:
IT Updates" ).
Stakeholders: Stakeholder targets should include IT personnel who will be impacted by the policies and the IT
organization overall in order to inform all involved about changes impacting end users relative to service-level
agreements. (See "Effective Communications: Stakeholder Analysis" ).
Messages: Present a clear definition of the policy — who will use it, when and where it applies, and how results will
be measured. This will help to establish consistent performance boundaries and lead to improved operational
performance. Helping people understand why the procedural changes are being made and explaining any related
exceptions are critical to enabling great performance. Ongoing monitoring of the policy is key to ensuring it is
consistently followed and still meets business needs.
Delivery method: Policies can be delivered as part of service desk packages or through tools such as Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server. Push out changes via IT update meetings and summaries to reinforce their importance and
ensure that those impacted are hearing the same message. Also, consider posting policy changes in a common
location so the entire IT organization can access them.
Delivery frequency: IT policies are time-sensitive and should be immediately communicated to those who will
be impacted. They should also be reviewed on a regular basis by impacted department members to ensure they are
continually reminded of their responsibilities. Wherever possible, build the review of IT policies into IT processes to
create "just in time" application of relevant policies. For example, prior to implementing a change to the network, have
network administrators review relevant policies.
Feedback: During the development of policies, solicit feedback from a core group of individuals who will be
impacted by them. Include the people you are developing to become future leaders; this is an opportunity for them to
demonstrate their leadership skills and thought processes. Consider rolling out a draft version to all impacted for
review and input, as well as auditing where appropriate.
Measures of success: Over time, the consistent rhythm and style of delivering policies can improve the ability
of the IT organization to incorporate changes because personnel know what to do and when. Organizational
performance should therefore improve as measured in the performance dashboards.
Communications Plan for IT Policies
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Communications Plan: IT Updates
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The communications core consists of 11 tools
1. IT Strategy
2. Performance Dashboards
3. IT Policies
4. Satisfaction Surveys
5. IT Updates
6. Transformation Management
7. Portfolio Reprioritization through Governance
8. Board Updates
9. Major Project Failure
10. Security Breach
11. Changes in Leadership
The Communications
Core
Specific Events
Difficult Communications
Communicate regularly
to demonstrate IT’s ability to
be great with the basics.
“Don’t wait for a crisis to
communicate—there will
be more questions about
who you are than about
your message.”
Be proactive and tie everything
to the strategy/vision.
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Recommendations
Adopt a strategy for continuous communications
Know the outcome you want to achieve
Formalize a stakeholder analysis
Develop a vision for the organization —vision is the CIO's signature
Create an integrated IT communications plan that addresses the who, what, when, where, how and why for every interaction
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Recommended Research
Effective Communications: A Strategy (G00170328)
Effective Communications: Stakeholder Analysis (G00170514)
Effective Communications: How to Develop a Communications Plan (G00170368)
The Art of the 1-page Strategy (G00281842)
Effective Communications: Performance Dashboards (G00171034)
Effective Communications: Lead Through Storytelling (G00201635)
Effective Communications: Policies (G00213993)
Effective Communications: IT Satisfaction Surveys (G00227558)
Effective Communications: IT Updates (G00171069)
Effective Communications: Difficult Communications (G00212849)
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Upcoming webinars from the Effective Communications series
• Learn How Policies Improve Overall IT Performance View On Demand
• Creating the Communications Core View On Demand
• Stakeholder Analysis View On Demand
• How to Develop a Communications Plan View On Demand
• Portfolio Reprioritization through Governance Register Now: Aug. 11
• The Art of the 1-Page Strategy Register Now: Sept. 14
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