E49: Communication is Key - With Lindsey Simpson

Episode Summary

This week on the Workplace Health and Wellbeing podcast, Sheila Lord is joined by Lindsey Simpson from Spark Team communications. Lindsey is a Communications and Engagement specialist working on improving culture & approaches to workplace mental health. She is also the lead researcher on the Workforce State of Mind Survey.

In this episode they talk about communication and discuss the importance of communication in terms of an organization's performance engagement and well-being.

Key Highlights

[02.12] Background – Lindsey starts the conversation by speaking about her journey to become a communications and engagement specialist and how she keeps educating people on mental health in the workplace.

[08.56] Good communication – Communication is at the heart of the workforce, according to Lindsey. She talks about how communication acts as a thread to help coordinate different functions of an organisation.

[13.40] Key elements – Lindsey dives into the three key elements of communication in the workplace.

[20.04] Language – Lindsey talks about the effect language has on workplace communication.

[27.45] Operating organisations – Lindsey shares operating an organisation in favour of the employees, making them part of the success they are getting.

[30.11] Overall well-being – Lindsey and Sheila dive into what makes good workplace health and how to ensure workplace health and safety.

Resources

      Connect with Lindsey

       LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseyteamcomms/ 

       Twitter - https://mobile.twitter.com/lindsey_stc 

       Website - https://www.sparkteamcomms.com/ 

Quotes

"The key thing about internal communication is, if you don't understand something, you can't communicate it."

"Most people actually give far more than they're paid to do because they care."

"Communication is never done. It's a constant process".

"Sometimes the simplest things are the best."