workplace communication
Professional information exchange
Workplace communication is the exchange of information among people in a professional setting—spoken, written, or digital.
It covers everything from formal meetings and memos to casual Slack messages and hallway conversations.
Good workplace communication is often cited as essential to productivity and morale; poor workplace communication gets blamed for nearly every organizational failure.
- clarityState of being understandable
- miscommunicationFailed exchange of meaning
- emailDigital written communication
- reply allRespond to all recipients
- active listeningFocused, responsive attention to speech
emotional intelligence · empathy · corporate culture · workplace diversity · feedback · performance reviews · open door policy · phone · conflict resolution · gesture · language barriers · inbox · out of office · professionalism · persuasion · generational differences · telecommunication · negotiation
workplace communicationpillow talk
Intimate conversation in bed
locker room talk · casual conversation · water cooler talk · private correspondence · bar talk
workplace communicationidle chatter
Trivial, aimless conversation
shooting the breeze · chitchat · rambling · stream of consciousness · free association