How can you improve your communication skills so that you could
get the best possible results, from any situation?
We all would benefit if we improved our ability to communicate
more effectively.
Communication may be defined as: the transfer of information and
emotion from one mind to another. The charcteristics of good communication
includes but not limited to the following;
Clear communication: is an expression of
clear thinking, with precise wording, and defined concepts.
Rational communication: Good communicators give
their listeners plenty of reasons to believe that what they are saying is true
and or makes good sense. Therefore there needs to be some evidence of some
logic being applied to whatever you are discussing.
Positive communication: means that the
communication is emotionally uplifting, not depressing; positive communication
should inspire a change in the listener. Inspiring means that the communication
tends to trigger some kind of action.
We all would benefit if we were able to better communicate our
thoughts.
We have said that good communication consists of being clear,
rational, and positive. Good communication also consists of effective body
language skills, good voice tones, excellent listening skills, intelligent
questioning skills and powerful memory skills.
That gives us eight communication qualities to ask you about:
1. Clarity
2. Reason
3. Positivity
4. Body
language
5. Voice
tone
6. Listening
skills
7. Questioning
skills
8. Memory
Quick
Put yourself through this quick exercise and vet your
communication skills. This exercise will help give clarity and understanding on
how you can communicate effectively. Rank
your abilities, out of ten, for each of the following questions, with reasons,
"I am really good at this", and “I am really NOT good at this".
1. Clear communication
How would you rank yourself for the ability to speak and or
write clearly? When you speak are you able to always make your exact meaning
clear to others, or do you suffer from frequent examples of other people NOT
really understanding what you mean?
2. Rational
How persuasive are you? Are you able to convince others, by
means of your carefully crafted logic, that what you say is true, or good?
Or do you find that other people tend to disregard what you say
to them as rather unconvincing?
3. Positive
To what degree do you tend to come across to others as being a
positive personality, meaning, you are generally optimistic, future orientated,
cooperative, friendly and generally happy. Or do you tend to come across as
rather pessimistic, rather backwards looking, cynical, unfriendly, and
sometimes miserable or angry?
4. Body language
How would you rate your body language? Do you smile often or
not? Do you tend to stand straight or slouch? Do you have a good hand shake?
5. Voice tones
How would you rate your voice? your voice volume? Pitch? Pace?
Do you talk too much or not enough?
6. Listening skills
Are you a good listener? Do you pay attention to the other
person, or does your mind tend to wander off?
7. Questioning skills
Would you say you had the ability to ask good questions,
meaning, are you able to ask the questions that elicit more valuable
information and keep the conversation going nicely? Or is questioning skills,
something to which you have never given much thought?
8. Memory
Are you able to remember what was said to you? Do you remember
names of people you meet? Do you recall what they told you? Or do you tend to
forget too much?
In relation to the above eight questions, which were your
strongest points, and which were your weakest points?
Would you please, answer this question?
What skill do you think you need to develop?
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