Deliver Business Results

Since the discussion board focused on the three C’s, (Collaboration, Communication, and Culture) I would like to expand more on the concept of the three C’s covered in this chapter. All three C’s are very important but I would like to concentrate on one of the C’s. In my area of work and in any other area, I believe communication is the most important C of all. Without communication nothing will occur, I read somewhere that the key to success is effective communication. I have worked in various positions at the university level and I have notice that this is the one factor that will make or break a project or a department. The lack of communication amongst co-workers can create extremely hostile environments. I have witness numerous outbreaks of rumors and gossip due to the lack of communication. In a previous chapter, the author mentioned that the lack of effective communications produces vacuums and that these vacuums are filled with gossip. This is so true, in the absence of communication, the void gets filled by, “well I heard this” or “someone told me that” and of course the most popular, “they said” and trust me, “they” say a lot. This extremely simple concept can make any organization run smooth; it’s just human nature to want to know what is going on around you. Up until this day, I do not understand why a supervisor would want to keep important information from their employees. As a supervisor, I think this is the last thing you want, keeping people in the dark, the more your employees know about their jobs; the better they can be at what they do.