What makes a good communicator? What are the skills that come to mind? The ability to present your material? An understanding of non-verbal cues? The masterful use of tone and dynamics? There may be another skill you have not considered: Listening. Communication experts consider listening to be an advanced skill. It’s easy to tell when …
How do you pick the method of communication? Effective communication considers the right message, at the right time through the right channel. Hopefully, the message you need to communicate has been crafted and considered (that should be a given), but what about the delivery method? Picking the wrong channel could actually undermine the message you …
Tell People Why and You Won’t Regret it Do the people in your workplace know what to do? Better still, do they know why they do it? Moving from “what” to “why” is a game-changer in the workplace and worthy of investment. How do you help foster this move and why should you consider it …
The Power of Questions A great deal of business hinges around the passing of information. As an executive, daily you find yourself asking for reports, metrics, and updates to inform your decision-making. You will likely have to provide answers to many questions throughout your day and unlike lawyers, doctors or journalists probably have not received …
3 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself to Improve Your Communication In 2020 a Gallup poll found only 13% of employees believe that the leadership of their company effectively communicates with their organization. The difficulty of communicating effectively is a universal challenge across almost every industry and all sizes of organization. Core values and vision …
