There is No Such Thing as a Rapid Solution

If you're looking for a quick way to fix some of those efficiency problems, the things that waste time and cause everybody’s job to be harder than it needs to be, then look no further than you communication skills.  You have to be able to speak your mind and clearly explain what you need done and when you are not pleased with something.  If you are not clear about any of these things, then you can’t expect to get the results that you want.  
The reality is, if you are not clear in your communication to your staff and coworkers, there is a greater chance that there will be a misunderstanding and that misunderstanding, which could have been a small problem, suddenly blows up into a full blown crises situation.   These unpleasant situations can be avoided for the most part with open and clear communication.  Otherwise you'll find yourself living out a real life Three’s Organization situation and even though it's fun to watch on television, nobody really likes it in real life.  
And who has the time to deal with that sort of thing anyway?  There is enough to do during the average work week that anything extra, especially drama of this sort, is just unnecessary and puts a real strain on getting the important things done.  So when you let a problem escalate due to poor communication, you waste time and you waste money.  You can even burn bridges and ruin relationships with suppliers and vendors.  
And when the name of the game is efficiency and getting the job done with less waste and in a faster manner, these kinds of mishaps throw a monkey wrench into the entire process.   It could be that people are just not comfortable with being open and honest with each other, but it can be done in a way that neither offends another person nor calls into question their ability to do their job.  But if the culture of the organization is to degrade and humiliate, then brutal honesty is used for another purpose altogether. 
But this type of honesty and openness is not just to point out people’s shortcoming or point out what they are doing wrong.  This type of communication should be used on yourself.  That’s right.  People do not like to admit when they do not understand something or are not getting something.  But if you wait too long to ask the questions, it is going to become a bigger problem.