4 foolproof ways to improve employee communication

Are your employees in the loop—or in the dark?

According to Gallup, 74 percent of employees feel that they’re missing out on company information and news. Other research found that just four in 10 employees can confidently describe to others what their employer does.

Unfortunately, most organizations do not prioritize internal communication, which often leads to a culture of misunderstanding, fear and disengagement. That’s no way to run a business.

If you’re keen to turn the tide in favor of free-flowing information, here are four tips to improve employee communication in the workplace:

1. Employee communication must become clearer.

Traditionally, employee communication has been focused on broadcasting news and information in a steady cascade downward. This formal, top-down approach is not conducive to two-way conversation, nor is it a good way to gather raw feedback or insights. It also tends to be quite boring.

Business communication is also too frequently a stuffy, bland stew of vague jargon.