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Featured Panelists Spotlight: Overcoming Common Communication Barriers In the Workplace
August 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT
Free
Description
What is the Featured Panelists Spotlight?
Our Featured Panelists Spotlight will be held on a Wednesday of each month. During the Featured Panelists Spotlight, we invite guest panelists to share their experiences, insights, tips and strategies that they have found to be effective in their professional or personal lives when tackling the featured topic for the month.
August Featured Topic – Overcoming Common Communication Barrier In the Workplace
The pandemic caused a significant shift for many companies, a majority of which were not prepared and faced new challenges when it came to having a communications plan for employees. However, communication barriers existed even before the pandemic. In fact, 74% of employees have said they feel like they miss out on company information and news. Communication barriers are anything within your organization that prevent people from receiving or understanding messages, ideas, and information. These barriers can effectively cause a disconnect within the company. When there is no identifiable plan – and solution – for addressing these barriers, it starts to negatively impact multiple areas of the business. It comes down from executives to managers to their teams.
So how does a modern organization identify communication barriers and overcome them, especially in today’s technology-driven world.
Panelists-
Andrew McMasters (www.ImprovMindset.com) is an actor, director and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in the arts. He is a founder of Jet City Improv, a non-profit theater that he managed for 25 years, and worked for multiple Fortune 500 companies to provide presentation support and messaging as well as team building and communications trainings. Andrew is dedicated to experiential learning, providing opportunities for self-discovery and driving innovation in our everyday lives.
Marriot Winquist partners with executives to increase their strategic impact without compromising excellence, authenticity, or joy. As a seasoned executive in the technology industry with over 20 years of experience leading technical, marketing and product teams, Marriot knows that success is created from the inside out: within each person, within each team, within each organization. When ambitious leaders unlock the joy in leadership, they create thriving teams, cultures, and organizations that can change the world. Marriot is also deeply committed to advancing women in leadership. Her recent works include: Co-Creator of Asian Women Executive Program, Power Talk Speaker at Women In Cloud Digital Summit, and Volunteer Professional Advisor at the University of Washington Foster Consulting Program. She is now an executive coach, advisor and speaker at BrightTree Consulting, focused on serving and inspiring senior leaders to create the best impact in their lives and others.
When not working, she can be found testing out new recipes, catching some zen with yoga, and learning Korean on Duolingo.
Who Can Attend & Fee
Public Event – Open to all members and non-members of The Koa Club
Location/ Date & Time
Online via Zoom only:
*****Zoom link will be provided in the RSVP confirmation email*******
Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Time: 12pm – 1:00pmPT/2pm-3pmCT/3pm-4pmET
Membership
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