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For many people, working from home has been a perk of the COVID-19 pandemic. The flexibility and autonomy workers desired for years became a forced reality overnight. But a new study from VitalSmarts found that while work-from-home may have boosted employee satisfaction, it has also negatively and significantly impacted a key performance indicator – communication.

According to the study, people are more than twice as likely to avoid speaking up about concerns with colleagues and managers virtually than when they worked together in person. Yet speaking up and establishing a culture of dialogue is essential to ensuring employees feel able to address and solve individual, cultural, and organizational challenges.

Join master trainers and speakers Emily Gregory and Justin Hale on May 25th at 11 a.m. MT for Distance is Destroying Dialogue. In this free, 45-minute webinar you’ll learn:

• How to increase speed for speaking up – help people cut down the lag time between seeing something and saying something.
• Ideas for building a culture of healthy communication in a work-from-home environment.
• Tips for holding virtual crucial conversations.