Communication within senior teams must improve

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Communication within senior teams must improve

Communicators could have a role to play in helping to improve communication and teamwork within executive teams. According to a new research report from coaching and leadership company Optima, entitled From Vision to Results: The Role of the CEO, both CEOs and HR directors agree that poor communication skills are the single biggest obstacle to teamwork.

The research, conducted between March and May 2005, canvassed the views of CEOs and HR directors drawn from the UK FTSE 350 (the Financial Times Stock Exchange Index – a share index of the largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange).

Fifty-two percent of HR directors and 48 percent of CEOs listed poor communication skills as the main obstacle to teamwork, followed by competing objectives, personality clashes and a competitive environment.CEOs are keen to improve the situation as – according to the same report – they value the greater level of innovation that results from teamwork and recognize that individuals develop their skills and perform their jobs better through teamwork.

Source: From Vision to Results: The Role of the CEO, published by The Optima Group

Blogged on 2:50 AM by Upay

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