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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Facilitation is a skill most of us use at one point or another. Whether you’re in a formal meeting or a casual conversation, being able to guide the conversation is useful. You don’t need to become a fully certified facilitator to...
Everyone likes it when a discussion has a good outcome. Unfortunately, group discussions aren’t always as productive or enjoyable as we want. Group dynamics, tangents, and conflicting opinions all reduce the effectiveness of a...
If you are preparing for an interview, you might practice answering common interview questions. There are lots of resources online showing common questions. However, there aren’t as many showing what good answers look like. As such,...
Interviews are full of questions that start with the words ‘Tell me about a time when...’ and ‘Give me an example of...’. These open-ended questions are a great chance to demonstrate your experience with a powerful example....
How long should you spend answering interview questions? The short answer (pun intended) is the shortest amount of time to get your point across. If you can answer the question in one minute you shouldn’t still be talking after five...
Communication is listed as a top-five skill for almost all companies. If your answers are rambling and unstructured, you might as well hold up a sign that says, ‘My communication skills are weak’. This is why you need to know how to...
We are told communication skills are important at work. And common sense tells us our work will be easier if we could communicate better. But what exactly does that mean? Which specific parts of our job will be easier or more...
Software delivery delays happen. We could argue that they shouldn’t, but despite the best efforts of various project methodologies software deadline changes are common. One of the less fun parts of responding to a software project...
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