“Effective employee communication is a leading indicator of financial performance and a driver of employee engagement. Companies that are highly effective communicators had 47% higher total returns to shareholders over the last five years compared with firms that are the least effective communicators.”
Ref: 2009/2010 Communication ROI study.

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/commroi/

No major shocks in these survey results – communication is one of the key skills in life and business. A skill that should be getting more focus within the education system which continues to fail both industry and society by focusing on grades.
Interpersonal and Intrapersonal intelligences are the two most highly paid intelligences in the world. Those high on these intelligences have the necessary life toolbox to excel in life and be able to transcend the inevitable personal challenges that will arrive on their doorstep.

Time for some real vision on this subject.