Is communication important in your organization?

Does proper written communication help create a better workplace?

While I would not brag about my grammatical skills, I write this blog post due to a recent song parody by Weird Al, called ‘Word Crimes’. It reminded me of an e-mail I received from an acquaintance. The e-mail was about 10 lines long and it did not have a capital letter or a punctuation mark in the e-mail. The person that wrote it did not ‘get it’. This man never looked over what he typed to me. I say that because if he had he would not have understood what he wrote to me. This brings us to a few lyrics from the song ‘Word Crimes’;

“I read your e-mail
It’s quite apparent
Your grammar’s errant
You’re incoherent”

To conclude I want to ask you a question; If a person you are working with can not communicate with you in ways you understand with ease – how are you supposed to get things done effectively?

Do you think that this could also lead to stress in the workplace?

If this is happening, what can you do to change this communication problem?