Tools To Get The Most Out Of Your Workplace Communication

No matter who you are or what you do, communication is an essential skill. When you are communicating well, you can curtail misunderstanding, confusion, and unintended offence. You can ensure that tasks and assignments are getting completed to your standards.

But ineffective communication can cause a lot of problems, especially in the workplace. Your team members might miss deadlines or drop the ball on assignments. They might miss meetings or take criticism to heart.

Meetings are the most common platform for people to communicate. With the advent of the pervasive internet and globalization, additional tools are needed to improve communication at the work place.

Here are some tools that can be used to increase effectiveness in workplace communications :

www.zoom.us :  Zoom is a video conferencing and web conferencing service. It unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online and cross platform group chat into one easy-to-use platform. It reduces travel costs allowing staff from various business sites to participate in trainings, meetings and team collaborations. It is extremely reliable software at an excellent price point. Also,has ongoing product development which is incredibly important.

www.Do.com : Do helps you run productive meetings. With Do, you can easily see what you have going on, every day. Meetings, participants, and all the important information all at your fingertips. It lets you prepare for your meetings. You can set an agenda, share it with your colleagues, upload files, and take private notes to ensure everyone is on the same page. It helps make your meetings actionable, increase accountability and transparency. Do insights tells you about the hours, dollars, and energy spent in your organization, giving personalized advice about how to approach meetings and productivity in your organization.

www.chatter.com : Chatter connects every employee with the files, data, and experts they need – anywhere, anytime. It drives productivity by connecting, engaging, and motivating employees to work efficiently across the organisation regardless of role or location. It allows collaboration on sales opportunities, service cases, campaigns, and projects with embedded apps and custom actions. It enhances innovation by providing a forum for anyone to share insights and propose new ideas. It connects product teams with direct feedback from customers on programs, products, and campaigns. Chatter allows you to create and share polls instantly to gauge new ideas.

www.yammer.com : Yammer is a Microsoft product. It enables you to keep your team up to date. You can organize all your team communication in one place with Yammer Groups. Create a single destination for your messages, files, and updates, where everyone has a view of what’s going on without all the usual back-and-forth. Yammer seamlessly enables connections to people and information from across your organization that you never knew existed, making it easier to move your work forward. You spend less time crafting perfect emails, and more time doing. Conversations in Yammer make it easy to quickly share information on a topic, have active discussions around it, and agree on next steps.

Whatever you use, should be consistent and in alignment with the needs and way of working for your organization. Please reach out for more information.

Bhavna Dalal is an ICF Certified Executive Coach (P.C.C.) and a Leadership Specialist. She has founded and runs a boutique Leadership Development Consultancy. You can reach her at bhavnadalal@gmail.c