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Check out six simple ways to encourage clear communication across your business.
97% of employees believe communication impacts how effective they are each day.
And yet many organizations don’t do anything to help their people communicate effectively beyond setting them up with a company email address.
Read on for six simple ways to encourage clear communication across your business.
Things quickly fall apart if colleagues don’t communicate properly with each other. Deadlines get missed. Mistakes get made. Fingers start being pointed. Even the smallest organizations need tight lines of communication to function properly. And the bigger your business, the more important communication becomes.
The difference between good and bad communication is often in the details.
Good communication:
Bad communication leads to wasted company time and resources, low employee engagement, and high staff turnover.
In fact:
Encouraging effective communication in the workplace is one of the most effective things you can do for your business. And it doesn’t need to be complicated, either.
Here are six simple ways to get your people communicating more effectively:
Getting a solid project plan in place makes effective communication a lot easier.
When everyone has a document to refer back to that lays out all the information they need to do their job, it’s a lot easier to keep everyone on the same page and your project over the line on time and on budget.
One-to-ones are a manager’s secret weapon.
They’re the only time your reports get face time alone with their manager. But if you don’t make them a regular thing, tasks are bound to go undone, things are bound to go unsaid, and your staff are bound to feel neglected – and maybe even eyeing the door.
Depending on how many reports you have and how much you interact with them on a day-to-day basis, you should have a dedicated catch-up with each of them no less than once a month.
This will lay the foundation of great communication at every level of your organization.
Try Assembly to schedule one-to-one meetings in just a few clicks.
A weekly standup meeting is one of the most effective communication tools in a manager’s toolbox. It gives your team the perfect chance to get clarification on anything with a question mark hovering over it and get guaranteed facetime with a colleague they need answers from.
But, even more importantly, it sets the expectation with your teammates that they’re accountable for updating you on their progress towards their goals each week. This alone can be the difference between hitting a project deadline and sailing past it.
Book a demo of Assembly to quickly and easily set up a Daily Standup Flow.
It might seem simple, but giving your colleagues your full attention when you catch up with them is one of the easiest ways to communicate more effectively.
Whenever you’re in a meeting or on a call with a teammate, shut down your laptop (or block notifications if you need it to view your calendar or review notes), take a genuine interest in the conversation, and make a real effort to be present and listen to what they’re saying.
If everyone in your organization changed nothing but this your communication would become more effective overnight.
Being open and honest with your colleagues about the areas they could improve in is a cornerstone of effective workplace communication.
And while it might seem counterintuitive, your employees will actually thank you for bringing up areas they can improve on.
In fact, research suggests that people want corrective feedback even more than praise if it’s provided in a constructive manner.
However, most managers find it hard to pick their staff up on their flaws.
Giving feedback doesn’t have to be awkward though, especially if you follow these simple steps:
Try Assembly to see how easy sharing feedback with your colleagues can be.
A team retrospective is a simple and effective way to get feedback from everyone on the team about what worked and what didn’t during a project.
Giving your colleagues a forum to communicate their honest feedback is a surefire way to make sure each project runs smoother than the last. It will also help highlight the differences between your successful and less successful projects so you can have more of the former and less of the latter.
Get communication right across your business and everything else will click into place much more easily. Put the tips we’ve outlined here into action in your organization and your team is bound to have a lot less communication breakdowns – and run a lot more smoothly.
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There is study after study showing that employee recognition leads to increased engagement. This in return creates an environment where employees are happier and more motivated which increase productivity and reduces voluntary turnover significantly. In order to filled critical roles, companies tend to spend nearly twice the value of an annual salary. Assembly is an investment in your employees that supports your bottom line.
Yes, we will offer contracts for companies with longer-term agreements to help larger customers have more certainty around future costs.
The minimum agreement term is a 12-month subscription.
We do and for FREE! Any new customer needing further support to get started with Assembly to ensure you're set up for success can request custom onboarding support. Improving your employee experience is about much more than just using our amazing software; it’s about transforming your business to create a workplace that people love. That’s much easier to do with the personal support and advice from our passionate people experts.
At the time of redemption (when your employees exchange their points for a paid reward) you'll pay face value. If a reward is a $10 Amazon gift card, your cost will be $10. All paid rewards are billed for on a monthly basis.
The good news is that you don't have to pay for rewards upfront because we only charge you when points are redeemed, not when they're earned.
We offer discounts or educational or charitable organizations. In order to secure a discount, you'll first need to book a demo with a customer support specialist.
For all other organizations, we are willing to consider longer-term agreements in exchange for discounts. To set up annual plans or longer, you will need to book a demo with a customer support specialist.
If you're on a month to month plan, you can go here and cancel anytime. If you're having concerns or need help setting up your account for success, you can always book a demo with a customer support specialist.
If you're on a longer-term custom plan, you'll need to reach out to your customer support specialist to cancel your account or email us at support@joinassembly.com.
Great question! You can customize your core values to match your organization's to boost and track alignment. You can change your currency from the 🏆 emoji (our default) to any emoji of your choice. You can swap our logo for your own. You can also set up company culture rewards such as, "Lunch with the CEO," "Buy a book on us," and so much more!
While we recommend a peer to peer set up where anyone in your organization can give or receive recognition, you can set up Assembly however you want. If you need to limit the people who can give or receive recognition, that's perfectly fine and can be done from your Admin, here.
Assembly connects to the tools your employees use every day to offer an easy, seamless experience with minimal change management.
Assembly has integrations with HCM/HRIS systems like ADP, Google, Office 365, and Slack. We also integrate with communication tools like Slack and Teams so you and your employees can access Assembly wherever they work now.
That depends on the company's permissions set up. That said, over 90% of the employees on Assembly's platform are recognized on a monthly basis. That means nearly every employee across all of our customers are receiving regular recognition from their peers, managers, or leadership. We're extremely proud of this.
They are not required. You can use Assembly without having rewards set up. However, we don't recommend it if you intend to have a high adoption and usage rate. You can always keep the costs down by offering internal culture rewards that are fulfilled by you internally.
No, you can remove allowances from anyone or everyone. It's up to you but we do recommend using points whether they're worth a real dollar value or not. Companies that use points have a much higher engagement rate even if those points don't exchange for real dollars.
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