{"id":33,"date":"2016-09-30T21:21:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/?p=33"},"modified":"2017-01-30T22:03:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T22:03:05","slug":"how-improving-employee-communication-skills-can-make-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/30\/how-improving-employee-communication-skills-can-make-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"How Improving Employee Communication Skills Can Make The Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overall success in a matrix organizational structure depends largely on the presence of constant, clear communication.\u00a0 From the very beginning, all aspects of the matrix process &#8212; from roles &amp; responsibilities to the evaluation process <strong>\u2013<\/strong> need to be clearly defined and managed with open communication and unambiguous accountability. \u00a0But what if they aren\u2019t established or working properly?<br \/>\nMany organizations assume the effectiveness of operating a matrix structure lies with the human resources department. In most organizations, communication professionals do not set up the matrix structure \u2013 that is usually the purview of human resources.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is the skill set of the communication professional that can help the matrix structure function effectively and ensure its success.<br \/>\nThose who have lived in a matrix structure easily can point out <u>pros and cons<\/u>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jjwpr.com\/jjw-our-view\/How%20to%20Succeed%20in%20the%20Matrix%20--%20%20Our%20View.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here for Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stacey Smith\/ssmith@jjwpr.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overall success in a matrix organizational structure depends largely on the presence of constant, clear communication.\u00a0 From the very beginning, all aspects of the matrix process &#8212; from roles &amp; responsibilities to the evaluation process \u2013 need to be clearly defined and managed with open communication and unambiguous accountability. \u00a0But what if they aren\u2019t established &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/30\/how-improving-employee-communication-skills-can-make-the-difference\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How Improving Employee Communication Skills Can Make The Difference&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internal-communication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjwpr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}