According to Workplace from Facebook’s ‘Deskless not Voiceless’ research, only 14% of staff feel connected to their business HQ and this drops to just 3% when referring to the C-Suite and leadership teams. And, according to a recent study done by VitalSmarts, one in three leaders are seen by their direct reports as someone who fails to engage in dialogue when the stakes get high.

When leaders fail to open a channel of communication, staff are left feeling isolated and voiceless. But creating a way for staff to ask questions to leadership can be difficult to set up, hard to scale, make staff feel awkward and put leaders in potentially difficult positions.

Fortunately, using a Leadership Q&A bot, staff can submit anonymous questions and have them assigned to the relevant leader or department for review. These questions can then be moderated in private before being answered either on Workplace or in person at the next company meeting.