Is your Business

Communicating?

8 Pop Culture references that can help your company do

better business.

Here is a fact. Major well-known businesses have communication breakdowns all of the time. What are yours? How can they be fixed?

“What we have here is a failure to communicate.”

– Cool Hand Luke

This is a fact:

well-known companies

have communication

breakdowns.

What are yours?

How can they be fixed?

“Communication Breakdown, it’s always the same.”

“Communication

Breakdown…

It’s always the

same.” -Led Zeppelin

Well, it doesn’t always have to be the same. You, and your company, can improve your communication strategies and avoid future communication

breakdowns. Or you can continue to just “ramble on.”

Was Robert Plant singing about your company’s executive communication style?

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good

“Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood. Yes, I’m just a

soul

“Oh Lord, please don't let me be

misunderstood. Yes, I'm just a soul

whose intentions are good.” – The Animals

How many

times have we heard

“But what I meant to

say was…?” Fixing

mistakes in

reports

costs

time

and

money...

Don’t be an animal; make sure you’re

understood.

“Of course we communicate. Now can

we not talk about it anymore?”- Melinda

and Melinda

Having an effective communication strategy is one of the most

important things when it comes to having an efficient workplace.

“You feel like we don’t

communicate anymore?”

“Of course we communicate. Now

can we not talk about it anymore?”

–Melinda and Melinda

Having an effective

communication strategy

is crucial for an efficient,

effective workplace.

not listening to her or something. I

don’t know, I wasn’t really paying

attention.”- Dumb and Dumber “

Doing better business starts with understanding who your

audience is, what your audience wants, and giving to them.

Harry was not aware of this.

“Yeah, I called her

up, and she gave

me a bunch of

crap about me

not listening to

her or something.

I don’t know, I

wasn’t really

paying attention.”

- Dumb and Dumber

Doing better business starts

with understanding who

your audience is, what your

audience wants, and

delivering it to them.

Harry Dunne was not aware

of this.

“When you’re telling these stories, have a

point. It makes it so much more interesting

for the listener.”- Planes, Trains and

Automobiles

“When you’re telling these

stories, have a point. It

makes it so much more

interesting for the listener.”

- Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Seems obvious, right?

However, writers often don’t tell readers what’s important.

We should follow Steve Martin’s advice to “have a point” and tell readers why they should care.

“There is more to talking than just words.”- Humphrey Bogart. The

Barefoot Contessa.

Except in written correspondence, where words are all you have, so you better make sure you get your point across the first time, because you likely won’t have a 2nd chance. Except in written

correspondence, where words

are the only thing you have.

“There is more to talking than just words.” -The Barefoot Contessa

“There

is more

to talking

than just

words.” - The Barefoot

Contessa

Except in written correspondence,

Mr. Bogart. Where words are the only

thing you have.