How to Measure the Effectiveness of HR Communication

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from The Definitive Guide to HR Communication: Engaging Employees in Benefits, Pay, and Performance (9780137061433) by Alison Davis and Jane Shannon. Available in print and digital formats.   A simple, practical, easy-to-adapt model for measuring HR communications–so you can make sure it works and improve it!   The most dangerous assumption you can make about communication? Just because you’ve sent a message, employees have received it, understood it, bought into it, and acted on it. There’s only one way to know your communication has been effective: Measure its effectiveness. It needn’t be difficult. We’ll show you a simple model–and how to apply it.