Career Advancement at Utilities: Tips for Women from Women

AdminBlog, Organizational Culture, Utility Leadership

Roughly six in 10 subscribers to EEC Perspectives are women. Many of our most engaged readers are women. So we asked some female practitioners of utility communications and marketing to share their ideas on how women can succeed and advance in their chosen profession, based on their experience. And by hearing the unvarnished thoughts of women who are not in … Read More

Utility Communications and Marketing Tips from the Trenches

AdminBlog, Employee, Organizational Culture, Utility Communications, Utility Leadership

Roughly 60% of subscribers to EEC Perspectives are women, and many of them are in a relatively early stage of their careers. For that reason, we asked three women at NorthWestern Energy to share their views on skill sets and career paths in communications and marketing within a utility, internships, innovative approaches to organizational design, and communicating during a pandemic. … Read More

Changing Your Organization’s Culture One Minute at a Time

AdminEffective, Employee, Employee Communications, Employees, Organizational Culture, Utility Leadership

In last month’s blog, I discussed the wide gap between words and deeds among Colorado energy companies on the issue of stakeholder engagement, and how that disparity finally caught up with them in last year’s election. Sooner or later, I believe that same tendency to favor talk over action will hit providers of electricity. I’m talking about the critical role … Read More