{"id":3197,"date":"2015-09-23T10:29:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T10:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discovery-graduates.com\/?p=3197"},"modified":"2015-09-23T10:29:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T10:29:10","slug":"smes-lose-employees-due-to-lack-of-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/smes-lose-employees-due-to-lack-of-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"SMEs lose employees due to lack of communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discovery-graduates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Ellie-etc.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2986 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.discovery-graduates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Ellie-etc.jpg\" alt=\"Ellie-etc\" width=\"650\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a>UK SMEs are losing some of their most talented employees due to a lack of communication in the business, according to a recent report.<\/p>\n<p>Employers on the lookout for skilled graduates need to focus on the levels of communication throughout their entire hierarchal system, say Geckoboard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Understanding real-time business progress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A study by Geckoboard highlighted that a staggering 80% of employees desire their managers to share more information with them concerning the business, with just 9% saying they are aware of company progress in real-time.<\/p>\n<p>This lack of transparency appears to be creating a culture of mistrust in SME businesses, with 79% of employees saying they don\u2019t trust their managers after they\u2019ve failed to share company data with them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connecting communication and productivity <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 50% of UK employees, both graduates and older professionals, say that company information has a huge impact on productivity and efficiency, with 93% saying they would rather hear bad company news than be left in the dark.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these figures, 49% of the British workforce will only receive key company data four times a year \u2013 or less.<\/p>\n<p>This therefore suggests that the British business industry is adopting a \u201cmushroom management\u201d approach, by keeping employees in the dark on all company matters.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Joyce, CEO at Geckoboard, said the saying \u201cno news is good news\u201d doesn\u2019t apply to the UK workforce of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Ditching this style of mushroom management and choosing to utilize a clear, transparent data position with employees will not only boost morale but will also reinforce productivity levels, he added.<\/p>\n<p>With more graduates leaving university in search of their ideal employer, it\u2019s time SMEs took note of what today\u2019s workforce want.<\/p>\n<p>Are you a graduate employer? Get your hands on the best talent with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discovery-graduates.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discovery Graduates<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK SMEs are losing some of their most talented employees due to a lack of communication in the business, according to a recent report. Employers on the lookout for skilled graduates need to focus on the levels of communication throughout their entire hierarchal system, say Geckoboard. Understanding real-time business progress A study by Geckoboard highlighted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovery-adr.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}