The State of Work Getting to alignment 2323 How to achieve Knowledge workers who Aligned workers alignment communicate hourly want connection and with colleagues are most communication with There is no simple solution, likely to feel aligned colleagues but there are strategies that can enable an aligned work- There is a direct correlation force. Top among them: between alignment and how communication. 63% frequently knowledge workers 58% communicate with their col- Aligned workers crave com- leagues. The more often they munication—around strategic connect with coworkers, the goals, with their colleagues 50% likelier they are to feel aligned, and from leadership. 45% whether that communication happens through collaboration 41% % Although they are the most a o tools, emails, phone calls or l f likely to have their company’s i n other means. The inverse also g o strategic goals communicated n n applies: Alignment drops as ed - on a monthly basis (the most w m the frequency of communica- a frequent option available on o n tion decreases. r a the survey), aligned workers k g clearly indicated that they ersem This is especially true for wanted more communica- en non-management workers. t tion, not less. But the quality Those who communicate of that communication mat- with other employees at least ters as much as, if not more Less than Once 2–3 times Several times Hourly hourly are the most likely to than, the frequency. once per day per day per day per day feel aligned (63%), while those who communicate with col- leagues less than once per day are the least likely to feel frequency of communication aligned (41%). with colleagues © SLACK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2019