The phrase "addresses staff" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone speaking to or communicating with the staff of an organization or group.
Example: "The manager addresses staff during the weekly meeting to discuss updates and concerns."
Alternatives: "speaks to staff" or "communicates with staff".
When Jes Staley, new chief executive of Barclays, addresses staff for the first time on Wednesday he should make one thing clear: the giant plastic blocks in the head office foyer, labelled "respect" and "integrity" and so on, are staying put.
The duchess will also make her first speech in a foreign country when she addresses staff and patients at a Malaysian hospice.
The M-NCAS contains 32 items, with two domains per item: one addresses the occurrence and intensity of the behavior, in which the staff members indicate the extent to which they agree that the patient exhibits the behavior (the "attitude" domain); and one which addresses staff rating of the difficulty of coping with the behavior (the "strain" domain).
BBC News director James Harding also addressed staff on Wednesday.
And better internal intelligence has allowed us to address staff awareness and cultural issues head on.
Meanwhile, over at a battered Sun the editor, Dominic Mohan, addressed staff on Sunday in an effort to rally journalists.
Sigmar Gabriel, the vice-chancellor of Germany and also the economy minister, also visited Wolfsburg on Thursday to address staff.
He addressed staff at Lehman in New York earlier this afternoon, telling them: "You have a new partner".
"It's very easy to look back and say The Guardian has made mistakes," said GMG's chief executive, David Pemsel, as he addressed staff yesterday.
A vote of confidence, of sorts, from Independent editor-in-chief Simon Kelner who addressed staff at the paper and its Sunday sister last week.
Sigmar Gabriel, the vice-chancellor of Germany and also the economy minister, visited VW's base in Wolfsburg on Thursday to address staff.
