3 surefire ways communicators can cut through the clutter

If employees are ignoring your messaging, take these steps to grab their attention.

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How to cut through the clutter

How many messages have you received from your company today? Better yet, how many have you received in general today? Can you even count them all? Do you want to?

Probably not.

We live in an extremely noisy world with no off switch, buzzing with often irrelevant and confusing information — so much so that we’re desensitized to the myriad messages.

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As a result, so much communication advice for organizational leaders focuses on cutting through noise. Essentially, how can you make sure your big, bold message gets through the cacophony of other competing big, bold messages?

Not terrible advice, but also not good enough — because in addition to cutting through the noise that’s important. It’s turning it down in the first place.

Information overload is already here

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