I have been fortunate in that I have worked with multiple family members inside our office, as well as some friends of our family. We have also had some employees that have been hired externally, but our communication tactics have remained fairly consistent among all of our employees over the years. I like to think of this strategy as ‘family style communication’, as it resembles the way we might interact with various members of a family unit. I don’t wish to assume that all families communicate with each other in the same way, but I refer generally to a feel of communication that is based on openness and support. My attempt to follow these few simple strategies of inter-office communication have yielded positive results for our company over the years, and using some or all of them regularly in your office may be beneficial for your company as well. Read more