Communicating with and engaging virtual teams – the theme of Melcrum's webinar this week – is one of the toughest challanges faced by global organizations. But an important first step in improving communication with any hard-to-reach audience is identifying who and where these groups or individuals are and the potential "pressure points" that could cause problems.

A table shared in Melcrum's report on How to communicate with hard-to-reach employees sets out some of the main potential categories of these groups.

Download this table and use it to stimulate your thinking and help you identify similar groups in your organization that may have special communication needs.

See you next week!

P.S. If you have plans to develop your company intranet to play a major role in connecting employees, don't miss the Intranet 2.0 Forum in London in June.

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