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      <title>New Study: How Communication Drives Performance</title>
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      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:492c1257-2cf5-4b3c-9d4f-5abc79ba02ca] --&gt;&lt;div class='jive-rendered-content'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Harvard Business Publishing's&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.johnbaldoni.com."&gt;John Baldoni&lt;/a&gt; provides an insight into a communications survey by Watson Wyatt -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;According to Watson Wyatt's newest &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.watsonwyatt.com/commroi/"&gt;communication survey for 2009/2010&lt;/a&gt;, companies that are effective communicators "have the courage to talk about what employees want to hear," "redefine the employment deal based on changing business conditions," and have "the discipline to plan effectively and measure their progress effectively." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;The study also shows that companies that communicate effectively had a &lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;47% higher return to shareholders&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;over a five-year period (mid-2004 to mid-2009).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;- The &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/baldoni/2009/11/new_study_how_communication_dr.html"&gt;full article&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:492c1257-2cf5-4b3c-9d4f-5abc79ba02ca] --&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:44:52 GMT</pubDate>
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