Plus, how to be productive on slow days, an out-of-office message generator, the best Hallmark movies, and top-down vs. bottom-up management
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1 | Fourteen productive things to do during slow days at work

 

If work’s calm at the holidays (🤞), tackle your productivity wish list! Organize files, tidy your inbox, and prep for 2025. Take a course, refresh your resume, or update goals to align with company priorities. Have a “someday” project? Now’s the time! Clean templates, segment audiences, or test new tools (hello, Workshop). These small wins will make next year smoother and set you up for success.

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2 | Template | Internal Communications Goals Examples

 

Speaking of goals, what are yours for 2025? Our trends report highlights engaging employees, organizational alignment, and manager comms as popular ones. Now’s a great time to review your job description and align your written goals with your personal ones. If you spot gaps or challenges, connect with your leader to ensure everything feels achievable before the new year picks up speed.

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3 | OoO! An out-of-office message generator from Hubspot 

 

Heading out? Make sure your out-of-office message handles business so you can actually disconnect. A basic structure everyone should know: 

  • A quick “I’m out of the office” phrase
  • The date or time range you’ll be out
  • Who to reach out to in case the sender needs immediate attention
  • A sign-off

Hit the link for an easy OoO message generator, and add your own holiday cheer!

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4 | The best Hallmark Christmas movies of all time

 

If we use the list from Forbes, it counts as work, right? Pick one, log in, and check out. Give your brain a break from solving comms problems! You deserve it! 

5 | Top-down vs. bottom-up management approach: what's the difference?
 
Internal comms plays a BIG role in how a company manages its managers! As the center of most information-sharing, you can influence and implement different communication styles and practices to make manager communication go smoothly. So, a quick course in the basics: a top-down approach to management is when company-wide decisions are made solely by leadership at the top, while the bottom-up approach gives all teams a voice in these types of decisions. What's happening at yours? How could it get better? How can you help?

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