The workplace can be a very complicated environment to work in. To begin with, you are expected to foster a pleasant work environment that welcomes all employees from the lowest to the highest position. To achieve this overall goal, the workplace must have an understanding of positive communication. Organizations, rather businesses, that have been successful often attribute their success to the use of effective communication. However, no goal is without obstacles and often the pursuit of a positive environment with excellent communication can be very bold. One of the obstacles organizations face would be communication barriers. One of the first barriers would be physical barriers. Often a workspace is built in such a way that it has many dividers. Between these dividers would be walls, wings, cubicles and more. In the United States, especially in New York, we have a very diverse culture. With this diversity, there are also numerous languages ​​spoken. It is often the case that an employee has English as a second language, which can be a barrier when trying to communicate with their colleagues. Furthermore, sometimes they are people from the same country who have difficulty communicating because if they come from different regions they may use different words. Another barrier in the workplace is a barrier arising from status. Status barriers are said to be prevalent in workplaces where there is a high-context culture and a low-context culture. In a high-context culture, the rank of the person assigning the task influences how the person receiving the task interprets it. For example, if a nurse were asked to do something, she would be more likely to do it if asked by a doctor opposed to a student intern. In a low-context culture this would not happen. A nurse would handle the assignment regardless of