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Organizations continue to struggle with internal communications
To add urgency to this concern, prior Though we live in a time where there
to the coronavirus outbreak, Prescient are so many ways companies can
Digital Media conducted a study communicate with their employees
that revealed problematic trends in (such as intranet portals, email, chat
internal communications. Companies messages, newsletters, and so on), it
with 100,000 employees lose an is ironic that so many organizations
astonishing $62.4 million annually struggle to identify the best way
due to poor communication within to update their teams and disperse
the company. (SHRM) According company-related information. This
to a recent Microsoft survey with reality will prove to be an even
over 14,000 respondents across greater challenge in a post-pandemic
seven countries, 62% of business world when a larger population of
professionals believe their workplace workers choose to continue working Business decision makers should now
is behind the times when it comes from home.
to keeping up with the latest be asking: Is our company prepared to
proactively manage these realities?
communication technology trends.