| | APRIL- 2023MANAGEHRMAGAZINE.COM19Leaders of companies are hesitant to share the ugly truth about failures or successes for various reasons. There are doubts often muttered about being transparent to the team about our company goals, how far we have achieved them, and what we could have done better. Some being said are `we don't want to get their hope up, `we don't want to be seen as stupid in our strategies and others' worries.Being an employee, I want to learn the ugly truth early. As an HR business partner, I would like to share our strategies with the team for no reason other than the team sharing the same goals and spirit. I want to let them know experimentation is welcomed and those new ideas are cheered on. I want to show the company culture that is innovative and very open to trial and error.There are various ways of communicating your vision or goals. The first would be Communication channels. HR and Senior Leaders can choose multiple channels to ensure the message reaches the audience. It comes easily with emails, memos, notice boards announcements, Group messages, and texts. Or you could be more creative, where HR plays a very important role in understanding how employees effectively `listen.' There are various ways, and we will only find the effective ones once we explore everything and find the ones that suit us the most. For example, our young generation rarely reads our notice board and stays connected through messages such as Line, Whatsapp or Telegram. Some people love interacting through our social media channels; they like our internal posts, comment on our feeds or reels, and HR AND COMPANY CULTURE, THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION ­ UP AND DOWNBy Astiti NM, Director of Human Resources, Alila Villas UluwatuCXO InsightsAstiti NM
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