With the start of June, Aloyana blogs are back with the Soft skills series. Soft skills have been vital in today’s world. You’re A grades are a total waste if you cannot work with soft skills. Today’s topic which I think you guys have already guessed is Communication.
This blog is not about communication, its types, or its importance. We all are already familiar with all these topics. The soft skills Series is priory focused on how you can implement the soft skills in the real world and their importance in Today’s world. This blog is the ultimate guide to effective communication.
How can you make communication effective?
- Listen to your partner carefully. You need to make sure about what are your audience/partner trying to say. Only after realizing it, you should answer them.
- Now that it’s your turn to express yourself, try communicating in such a way that your listener understands you. Try communicating very comfortably so that it wouldn’t get difficult for your partner to reply.
- Make sure that your partner or audience is not bored listening to you. So, try making the conversation fun in your way.
- Your speaking style can also affect the next person. So, try speaking slowly so that the person understands you.
- Maintain eye contact while speaking and also maintain some hand gestures.
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Do’s |
Don’ts |
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Clear Communication |
Avoid eye contact |
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Show up |
Runaway from tough topics |
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Listen |
Overwhelm your people |
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Be direct |
Avoid extreme language |
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Ask for feedback |
assume |
What are the major Communication problems?
- A person’s ego
- Lack of proper listening
- Oversharing
- Non-verbal issues
How can communication skills help you?
- Having strong communication skills is beneficial in today’s world. From personal life to professional, communication is important in every aspect of your life.
- Good communication between people helps to build trust. Their ability to speak and your ability to listen helps to build trust between you two.
- Good communication helps resolve misunderstandings and prevent conflicts.
- With proper communication, one can deliver clear objectives in their organization.
- When you feel comfortable communicating, you improve relationships and this brings confidence in you.
Conclusion
Every people’s communicating style is different from others and it’s something to celebrate. If you’re speaking a new language, you don’t have to speak like native speakers. You should speak in your tone. Studies have shown that diverse communication perspectives help companies to perform better. It means better communication ultimately helps in company progress.
This blog was a basic guide to effective communication. It may get hard, it may take time, but you need to start. No one is born a perfect speaker. It gets hard for me to speak in front of people, this is something I am not so good at. But I made this my goal to practice speaking and become a great speaking and I am working on it. Try speaking without hesitation, maybe you’ll get a new passion?
Maybe You guys wore aware of all the points I noted above, but have you implemented them? I don’t think so. Aloyana blogs is celebrating June as soft Skills month with the objective of not only making people aware but Also making them implement these skills. You that you’ve read this blog till the end, I want you to set a goal to practice speaking now!
“Communication works for those who work at
it.”- John Powell