Surprisingly, 46% of French managers find it difficult to communicate within their organization compared to 28% on average in the rest of the world. The most troubling for our national managers is the communication across departments: 73% of them find it difficult.

Why?

According to Decio Carbonari de Almeida, CFO at Volkswagen, the answer is simple: « lack of will can cause problems with internal communication. There has to be a systematic flow institutionalized throughout the organization ».

Some could bad mouth on the subject: « they are French; common will is just not their cup of tea. » Another less sarcastic way of explaining this could be the conservatism of our biggest companies. In other words, it is not a question of will but a question of culture.

Yet it is not the culture at CNES (the French aerospace agency) that hindered the top management to implement an original company-wide reporting solution.

Managers believe there are productivity barriers in their company? Go ahead ladies and gentlemen: follow the lead!

Jean-Baptiste Wissmann
Systeam

Source:
Proudfoot Global Productivity Report 2008,  www.proudfootconsulting.com