In the past few months, we have covered different aspects of communication. It is time to circle around and see what you remember. In basic communication, we talked about two different aspects. Clear Communication Owning Your Communication In what ways can you improve your communication to make it clear? Communication takes time and touchpoints to … Read more
Please raise your hand if you have EVER said something that you regretted. Everyone? I thought so. We all have said something in our past that we shouldn’t have said. These words can result in a communication breakdown. Here’s the situation. Someone said something to you that they shouldn’t have. Have they ever given you … Read more
Difficult conversations make most people cringe as a conflict is something that they avoid at all costs. Delivering bad news is a tough conversation even under the best of circumstances. Refusing to confront issues when necessary will make a leader ineffective. It is important to handle sensitive communication correctly. When the stakes are high, the … Read more
Have you ever had a conversation with someone, but couldn’t get a word in? Okay, maybe it was really a monologue. They just kept on talking and talking and talking? A monologue is a long speech by one person. See this monologue example from the Incredibles How do you get this person to stop talking? … Read more
Photo by John Schnobrich on Unsplash In today’s COVID-19 world, there is an explosion of online communication. This can create problems. These problems affect both our work and personal lives. Online communication does not have the context that face to face communication has and can lead to miscommunication. When writing an email or text, a … Read more
Who has instant access to you and why? In today’s world of instantaneous everything, you don’t have time to truly examine all the information that is thrown at you. So, the question is how do you determine who and what is important to you? How many times have you been in the flow of something…you … Read more
Have you ever gone to a meeting only to find that someone didn’t do their assignment? Instead of being able to move forward you must reassign the task and possibly rehash the same information. Frustrating, isn’t it? Most of the time this is not a person error, but a process error. Let me explain. For … Read more
Some communication involves the transfer of information. It is successful once the other party knows what you know. Other types of communication involve persuasion. I know, I know… Some people associate persuasion with manipulation. But we are talking about persuasion, NOT manipulation. In his book No-Fail Communication, Michael Hyatt describes 5 steps to help you … Read more
Most people want to communicate well. I don’t think anyone goes into a conversation saying, “I want to totally frustrate Joe.” Especially if they are talking to Joe. 😉 So why is it that this frustration is so common? The most likely problem is “busyness.” We all have a lot to do and are looking … Read more
Communication takes two parties: the sender and the receiver. The sender gives the message. The receiver gets the message. Only when both parties come to the same understanding does communication really happen. You would think that would be so simple… It’s not. In the title question, your answer will depend on your outlook. If your … Read more