Communication skills you need at work
Learning a fundamental communication skill is good, but using that skill is even better. Many articles on my website explain how to apply the fundamental communication skills to a range of common workplace situations. These articles will show you how to do useful things: giving status updates people actually want to listen to, writing good emails, and communicating effectively with executives.
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Email continues to be the most widely used form of business communication, and with so many messages vying for attention you need to make yours stand out. The quickest, and easiest way to make your email stand out in a crowded inbox...
Professional email greetings aren’t as important as you think.
Many articles about emails typically include advice on the type of greeting to use in an email. There are pages and pages written about the use of ‘Hey’ instead of...
Great meetings need more than just good preparation and planning. The conversation can’t just run free, it must be managed to achieve the purpose and output you need. If you want effective meetings, try using these tips for...
At some point, you’re going to have to share bad news with your boss. These conversations are an inevitable part of every job and they can be daunting. But, you can use this four-step framework to make telling your manager about a big...
Status update meetings are the worst! The next time you have to give an update, make it short, clear, and valuable by using these 11 tips for giving great stakeholder updates.
There are few things I dislike more than listening to each...
Knowing how to ask a question at work may seem like something we can all naturally do. After all, we ask questions every day, so there’s no shortage of practice. But do we really know how to ask a question well? Do we know how to...
Email is one of the main ways we communicate at work and many of us spend more time than we like working through our inboxes. If you want to improve this skill, start with these 14 tips to write great emails. You can also check out...
Project and work issues happen, they are a fact of life. How we deal with them can make or break our reputation at work. No matter what level you are in a company you will need to talk about work or project issues. Don’t leave this...