There are two main strategies for improving communication:

 first improve and increase the flow of the communication at source, and
 second remove or reduce the barriers and blockages between the source and the focus of communication.

We'll leave you to tackle the first strategy of improving and increasing the flow of communications and instead take a closer look at the second strategy which deals with the source and focus for communication.

This table provides an overview of the barriers:

Function Barrier
Maintaining the common vision  Lack of awareness of environment
 Too much concern for today
 Resistance to change
Integrating activities  Poor inter-team coordination
 Little opportunity to meet
 Low profile leadership
Maintaining harmony  Low levels of trust and openness
 Division
 Individualism and low levels of team spirit
Enabling problem solving  Low influence
 Low levels of creativity
 High levels of criticism