HR’s Strategic Long-Game: How Internal Communications Can Power Employee Alignment and Transform Burnout to Buy-In

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15 Jan

HR’s Strategic Long-Game: How Internal Communications Can Power Employee Alignment and Transform Burnout to Buy-In

HR’s Strategic Long-Game: How Internal Communications Can Power Employee Alignment and Transform Burnout to Buy-In

Thursday, January 15, 2026 (12:00 AM to 11:59 PM)
1.0 PDCs
Provider: Anne Arundel SHRM
Course Name: HR’s Strategic Long-Game: How Internal Communications Can Power Employee Alignment and Transform Burnout to Buy-In

Speaker: Rachael Shackelford Dussuau
Program Type: Videoconferences, webcasts, audiocasts, podcasts, eBooks, self-directed E-Learning
Registration URL: http://www.annearundelshrm.com

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3 Key Learning Points 1. Recognize internal communications as a long-game, not a moment: Learn how consistent, intentional communication over time creates stability, reduces uncertainty, and supports HR’s ability to lead through ongoing change. 2. Learn how communications begin before day one and move teams from burnout to buy-in: Explore how clear, honest messaging across the employee lifecycle helps employees feel invested in the organization’s success. 3. Apply practical communication strategies that reduce reactive fire drills: Walk away with approaches that reinforce shared purpose, support employees during both calm and in the most challenging moments.

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Presentation Description: HR professionals are expected to navigate constant unpredictability, keep the organization steady, support employees, and protect culture. If even one ball is dropped, it can all fall apart. HR leaders have always carried one of the heaviest loads in an organization. From hiring and retention to executive transitions, turnover, and crisis, HR is often the only department that touches every part of the business. Whew! It’s a lot. This session explores HR’s new strategic long-game: how internal communications can power alignment, rebuild trust, and why many organizations need a clear internal communications playbook to reduce unnecessary professional stress. At a time when HR leaders are managing ongoing uncertainty and their own exhaustion, this session focuses on how internal communications can strengthen HR’s strategic role. Attendees will learn how thoughtful, transparent communication can restore trust, create alignment, and help teams move from burnout to buy-in. Participants will leave with practical strategies to communicate in ways that strengthen morale, reinforce shared purpose, reduce reactive fire drills, and help employees feel invested in the organization’s success, both in times of calm and during the most challenging moments of change.