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69%
69% -- share of managers uncomfortable communicating with employees for managers (2025)
69% of managers report being uncomfortable communicating with employees.
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69%
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2025
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45
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95
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newzapp.co.uk
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https://newzapp.co.uk/blog/managers-communication/ ↗
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Internal Communications Managers | NewZapp Communications
To answer these questions, I surveyed over 700 internal communicators asking them whether their internal communications strategy specifically list managers as a standalone communication channel.
Just under two-thirds say they do, which is actually higher than I expected, but the comments I received …
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