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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Does the thought of communicating with executives make you nervous? Are you worried about what to say, or how to make the topic relevant? Most of us don’t communicate with executives every day. That means we don’t get much time to...
Meeting are important — sometimes. But not always. Quite often meetings are not necessary.
The two main reasons for meetings are also the two biggest reasons they aren’t necessary:
Meetings are set up to share information. These...
Issue happen at work, that is a fact of life. But just because they happen often doesn't mean we know how to talk about issues.
In this article you will learn about the reasons IT teams should communicate with business teams about...
Business stakeholders don’t like to be told that an IT deliverable is delayed. But we live in a world where delays happen. If you work in IT, and if you want to have less frustrated business stakeholders, then you need to know how to...
Many people turn to books as a starting point to improve communication skills. But with over two million new books published every year, how do you find the best ones? To save you from a long search, I’ve put together a list of...
TED Talks and TEDx Talks are fantastic sources of education, inspiration and ideas. With over 3000 talks to choose from, there is a lot of information to sift through. It can be difficult to find the right talk about your topic. To...
Companies need to keep their finger on the pulse of progress in their IT projects. This happens best when teams communicate proactively. Are your updates proactive enough? If not, what can you do to stop being a passive...