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1. ways
to improve
internal
communication
Practical tips to:
Increase employee engagement
Improve company competitiveness
Build stronger teams
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2. Lack of communication between staff and management
Lack of recognition and praise
Lack of training and/or educational opportunities
Lack of flexibility in work schedules
Lack of authority given to employees
Don't know/no answer
Total
41%
28%
11%
8%
6%
6%
100%
Which one mistake do companies make
the most in managing their employees?

3. Don’t understand
Understand
23% will work for success
91% will work for success
Effect of employees understanding their
overall role in business:
#1 Encourage sharing, input and dialogue
Good internal communication flows in two ways.
Teach people to give feedback on information they get.
Create and reward open dialogue.

4. 47% 19% 4.5x 20%
higher total returns to
shareholders
higher market
premium
times more likely to
have highly engaged
employees
more likely to have
less employee
turnover
Effects of highly effective communication practices
#2 Have managers lead by example
If you want your employees to communicate, make sure the leaders do it first.
Tell your managers to share, comment, give feedback and answer.

5. $37 billiontotal cost of employee misunderstandings
x 1,000,000,000,000
$62 millionaverage cost per company
x 1,000,000
Each year, in 100,000 employee companies surveyed:
#3 Get employee buy-in
Show and provide value to employees.
Excite them about the cause of sharing information.

6. Time spent on poor communications and barriers:
Waiting for information
Inefficient coordination
Unwanted communications
Customer complaints
Barriers to collaboration
Time for productive work
$5,320
$5,328
$5,328
$5,008
$5,003
$33,426
$26, 041
cumulative cost per worker
per year due to productivity
losses resulting from
communications barriers.
#4 Make objectives and goals public
Publish company, team and personal goals online and make them visible.
Research OKR - Objectives and Key Results - a successful process used by Google.

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8. % of average workweek
Improved communication and collaboration through social technologies could raise the productivity of
interaction workers by 20 to 25 percent.
"management had not effectively communicated business strategies to
employees in a way in which they could "live it in their daily jobs"."
E-mail
Gathering information
Communicating
Role-specific tasks
Total
28
19
14
39
100
48%of companies:
#5 Use online tools instead of meetings
Meetings are often the biggest waste of time.
Reduce that time by using online team update and reporting tools.

9. Effective at building shared employee experiences
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4 in 10 - Office workers 2 in 10 - Remote workers
#6 Establish regular processes
Gone are the times of big information blasts. People want granular real-time updates.
Make communication a weekly process with defined rules.

10. ROI on improved organizational communications, % of
companies and expected return
0-10% 11-25% 26-40% 41-100%
ROI in 20% companies ROI in 30% companies ROI in 20% companies ROI in 30% companies
#7 Train people in the language of sharing
Writing well is a learned skill. Explain what it entails.
Most people have to be trained to write for others, not themselves.

11. Companies with highly effective communications are:
2x 2x 7x
likely to use
technology for internal
communication
likely to have
documented
communication
strategies
likely to use
leading-edge
communication tools
#8 Use mobile tools
Most people get their information nowadays on the go. Provide tools for internal work-related sharing
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#9 Survey your employees
To get answers and know current state, run regular employee surveys.
Try out http://leadmarter.co to assess how your team feels and thinks.
#10 Listen
Listening is often more important than publishing information.
Encourage input from all ranks.

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