Thanks to Carrie Bedingfield, CEO of Onefish Twofish marketing consultancy, I picked up a link to an article on communicating to staff during bad times, called Don’t Let the Bear Market Ruin Morale.  It’s a succinct reminder to leaders to keep communicating with their staff through the bad times with a few thoughts on what and how.

This is a big topic – so much of the way staff feel about their work is down to the way their leaders communicate with them.  And depending on your style of communication and the relationship you create with those you lead, you may or may not get to hear about how they really feel in the workplace.  At the same time, there’s a paradox at work (as there so often is).  Communication is hard work!  And at the same time, the more you get it right, the more your work becomes easy.

How are you communicating with your staff during these hard times?  And to what extent does your communication with staff reflect the way you are communicating with yourself?