Bathroom talk - the new employee communication tool


I read recently that many leading companies are printing employee communications on the office toilet paper! Thankfully that was a joke. However, it is a fact that more and more organisations are using the company restroom as an opportunity to communicate with employees.


In an article entitled  ‘It's okay to 'stall' employees’ Employee Benefit News outlines how  you can boost communication by capturing employees attention while they are taking a break. They rationalise that in most American homes, the bathroom is the library so it is logical that companies should use their restroom facilities to provide company reading material

Among their suggestions to effectively use the restrooms for communication are:
1. Post communications at eye level for those seated in the stall.
2. Keep the in-stall info sheets to a single page.
3. Include images, since people are more likely to pay attention to messages with pictures.
4. Change the materials every two weeks.
5. Use differently coloured paper for each update to signal the arrival of new reading material.
6. Get an intercom system installed to enable personal CEO messages to be delivered during the high-volume morning hours.
OK, I made that last one up! But it may be worthwhile considering the other suggestions. 

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