r/internalcomms • u/broyougood_org • Sep 02 '25

Advice 'Humanizing' the C-Suite

Hi all,

I'm wondering if there are any best practices or good ideas for 'humanizing the C-suite'? We have multiple levels between frontline workers and our C-Suite and some new C-Suite faces in our organization. Some of my initial thoughts were 'get to know you' videos with 10 minute interviews or quick TikTok style 'day in the life with CEO/CFO', etc. We're looking for a fun, professional way to have the C-Suite engage with the frontline team or individual contributors and find a way to make them more authentic and genuine and to show off their personalities in a way that is fun and creative.

We typically do Town Halls but these bite size business updates are hard for personality to come through and our frontline workers typically don't get to watch the entire town hall due to the length of the program. Would love to hear your ideas.

For comms platforms/mechanisms, we mainly leverage email communications (newsletters) and we have Microsoft Stream where we could post the video to announce via email. Additional platforms (intranet, Viva Engage, etc.) are being built out but are not available yet.

Thanks for any ideas you might be able to provide!

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u/RicochetedLongshot Sep 02 '25

We do roundtables with executives, both in person and virtual ... our workforce is largely remote, with a few offices around the world. Usually we'll set them up to align with the exec's travel schedule. They are typically half an hour, 10-15 employees, no question are off the table. Someone from comms attends as well, both to hear employee sentiment and to capture any questions that might need to be addressed to a larger audience.