{"id":5813,"date":"2013-05-07T15:55:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T05:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=5813"},"modified":"2016-02-23T16:18:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T05:18:30","slug":"communicating-well-internally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2013\/05\/communicating-well-internally\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you communicating well within your business?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe you are, but a recent survey from the Australian Institute of Management (AIM)<\/a>\u00a0has shown that only 39% of respondents\u00a0classed two-way communication\u00a0between management levels as ‘effective’ or ‘very effective’.<\/p>\n

Of course, that means 61% consider it moderately effective or worse. That’s a big number.<\/p>\n

Note for micro-businesses (with 20 or fewer staff) 59% rated it effective or very effective while 50% gave that rating if staff levels between 21 and 50 applied. Staff rate this effectiveness less as the\u00a0business size grows, which makes a certain amount of sense.<\/p>\n

\"Communication<\/a>

Communicating effectively is the only way to get your idas across to others – and to get them to help you implement your ideas.<\/p><\/div>\n

Communications is important<\/h2>\n

On a positive note, the survey showed many people will stay in their current job because they have a great relationship with co-workers.<\/p>\n

So the question is, how do businesses improve communications within teams and from the leadership to everyone else?<\/p>\n

I think the key is wanting to communicate – the hows and skills can only do so much if management wants to keep secrets and power to themselves.<\/p>\n

Improve communications ideas<\/h2>\n

From the survey itself, some ways to improve that perception of two-way communications include:<\/p>\n

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  • 57\u00a0% believe management listens and responds to employee concerns – so actively listening is a clear method for making improvements<\/li>\n
  • 59% stated that being valued and understood is a major factor in employee engagement – that comes back to listening and ensuring communication really is two-way<\/li>\n
  • 55% agree and 43% strongly agree that is it important to be acknowledged for their work – communicating appreciation of people’s efforts and skills could make a huge difference in their happiness and loyalty. Yet only 54% felt appreciated by their employer…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Maybe you are, but a recent survey from the Australian Institute of Management (AIM)\u00a0has shown that only 39% of respondents\u00a0classed two-way communication\u00a0between management levels as ‘effective’ or ‘very effective’. Of course, that means 61% consider it moderately effective or worse. That’s a big number. Note for micro-businesses (with 20 or fewer staff) 59% rated it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[1330,1633,1535,143],"class_list":["post-5813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-info-tools","tag-communication","tag-engagement","tag-management","tag-survey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t