Managers in small companies have a lot more opportunity for face-to-face contacts, while managers in large companies need tools for mass communication. The key in either scenario is to choose the appropriate vehicle for conveying the type of information that you typically share with your employees.
Extinguishing the Communications Fire Drill (How to Make Communications Technology Work for You, Not Against You)
Do you have enough time during the day to respond to all the messages others send to you and spend a high quality and quantity of time developing your people? Chances are, you don’t. I’ve heard many managers complain because they feel drowned under the “product” of today’s communications tidal wave – innumerable messages from cell phones, e-mail, fax, voice mail, etc.