This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center.
AXIOS examined the challenges workplaces have regarding internal communication.
Two online surveys of 1,035 employees and 414 leaders were conducted in November 2023.
Key findings include:
–Top communication challenges for leaders and employees include:
–Evolving their communication strategy for growing teams and hybrid work (59%).
–Understanding what is important to staff (47%).
–Allocating time to create important communications (42%).
–Writing in a concise, engaging way (35%).
–Breaking through information overload (27% ).
–81% of leaders said “internal communications are timely and on a cadence that teams can rely on,” while only 42% of employees agree.
–81% of leaders “think teams have an easy and accessible way to share feedback about internal communications,” while only 44% of employees agree.
See the original study here.
