Below-the-Line Inhibitors of Productive Communication

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Many factors can inhibit the establishment of conditions that tend to characterize superior-functioning organizations .Leaders’ own below-the-line beliefs, values, and assumptions, however, can be particularly problematic. Consider, for example, the following: Unexamined assumptions that one is already communicating sufficiently with employees A failure to establish formal mechanisms to assess the quality of organizational communication systems Need-to-know  approaches to communication and …

Types of Workplace Communication and Why they Matter

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When leaders assess organizational communication, they often use generalizations such as “good communication” or “communication problems.” Such expressions seem natural, but in fact obscure a great variety of context and circumstance. To better understand the variety of workplace communication, it can be helpful to think in terms of topic-specific categories of communication. One organization, for example, might excel at communicating …