Communication Skills and Training Articles

FORGET ABOUT THE TRADITIONAL SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION Since 1929, various writers have told us that we must go through six steps or connections before we establish communication with renowned high achievers. This mythical “six degrees of separation” has kept many believers confined to knowing only their peers or colleagues just one rank above.

Communicate with Impact!rn4 Ways to Solve Workplace Problems rnThe root of most workplace challenges is no mystery … 90 percent of company problems boil down to lack of communication. rnMany people want to be honest, yet they're afraid of the risks – they don’t want to anger anyone. However, by following these guidelines, you can improve communication without damaging morale.rn1. Eliminate Ambiguity rnWhen people understand every word of every conversation, expectations

A recent blog post by Jamie McIntyre got me thinking… “If the world had 75% females and only 25% men civilisation would continue unabated and be an even safer place. However if the ratio was reversed to a point of 75% men and only 25% females, civilisation as we know it would be likely to come crashing down and become a very dangerous place, especially for women.”

As a content creator, content marketer, and editor for the last decade; in addition to having worked with a wide variety of Modern Content Creators (Expert/Artist/Personal Brands) at every level-as a coach and consultant over the last three years... I've noticed some very important distinctions that are literally the difference between success or failure as a Content Creator in the Modern World. Today I'd like to share a handful of the most profound insights into the bigges

At dinner with my friend Susan recently, I was struck by the simplicity of her conflict resolution strategy. A friend sought Susan's advice about how to approach her neighbor about a potential conflict. The neighbor was prickly and the friend uneasy, and she asked Susan to come along as support ...

Inspiration from the Golden Globes Hollywood’s A-listers are lucky to have designers that cut specifically for them. Did you see Claire Daines at the Golden Globes in her gorgeous hot pink dress sewn with perfection for her by Calvin Klein? Unfortunately, most of us do not fall into the category of red carpet goddess (THIS week!), but with a little help from some designer experts, it is possible to apply some savvy Hollywood style tips to a wardrobe-retrofit, so that you have a closet that is ready to showcase you at any time!

If you are a creative entrepreneur, you probably uncover new ideas on a regular basis. I keep a notebook of good ideas which pop into my head. My challenge is to sort the inspiration from the clutter. My greatest marketing and product ideas often come in a flash. My ezine is receiving raves and is becoming a book. On the other hand, some pesky thoughts launch me into a mindless web-surfing episode. Can you relate? (I hope I’m not the only one bothered by distraction!) So how do you decide what is valuable?

Nokia 1616 is the best companion to stay connected in everyday life! Basic phones can never be out of fashion, no matter how many smartphones arrive in the market, the old fashion basic models always come handy when it comes to durability and user friendly gadgets. Nokia has always catered to the demands of the consumers for dependable basic phone which suffice essential requirements of the users like calling and messaging in order to stay connected. Nokia 1616 is the best ex

For nine years Jeff worked for company G as an engineer. Flying airplanes was his first love. His job came in a close second place. That changed when Jeff met Judy. Their relationship quickly turned serious and they married. When Jeff and Judy sat down to do financial planning as a couple, Judy learned Jeff’s salary was surprisingly low. With a human resource background, Judy knew the salary range for Jeff’s type of work, and what his credentials were worth. Jeff was serious

Chetan Bhagat who is a top-notch novelist in modern India penned down eight novels so far and all of them have hit the market with outstanding success. The most appreciable thing with Chetan is – he focuses on youth related issues and also inculcates them to develop their reading habits. Chetan published his debut novel – ‘Five Point Someone’ in the year 2004 which was applauded by all Newspapers and Periodicals. The novel revolves around three protagonists namely – Ryan Oberoi, Alok Gupta and Hari Kumar who met on joining IIT Delhi.

Informatica is software that is specially designed for data warehousing projects. In the business organizations informatica helps in proper maintenance and the record of data. The software consists of a variety of ETL tools that help progress and the working of the software. In the recent times, Informatica software has also attracted many contenders who want to make career in Informatica. The need was sensed to present Informatica exercising to be able to comprehend the info

I read a quote in the book Apprenticed to a Master by Sri M this week that really got me pondering:

Overhead is a daunting factor that all businesses face. Maintaining the everyday operation of the business is essential in such a way that it increases the overhead. It follows that business overhead can be a threat for an organization to succeed. In this sense, it is necessary that business owners should know and develop strategies on how to reduce overhead. Likewise, if the business already has strategies, then it should be reviewed and revised as needed to make the most of

What do you need personal development for? Whether you are trying to better yourself because you just want to, or whether it’s because you want to get a promotion on your job…I take my hat off to you. It would be great to just jump right into a book about purpose, extract all the nuances and be done. However, we have to touch on the role that personal development plays in the process, and in addition we have to look at how life’s experiences have affected us. If you wondering why, I can tell you that it may determine how difficult it will be to acquire what you’re after.

This is the second part of a three part series on Sales Training Tips taken from our book The Agile Manager's Guide to Customer-Focused Selling": Sales Professional's Tip #5 - Use Your Selling Time Wisely - Use the hours betwee 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM to speak with prospects and customers. - Whenever possible, write proposals, letters, quotations, etc., during the hours you can't speak with prospects (early morning, evenings, weekends). - Fill out your prospect lists, sales r

Passivity is out; speaking up is no longer an optional skill. Successful people are both vocal and visible. Even if you’ve managed to avoid communication challenges to date, you will most likely not be able to cower in the back room much longer. Whether you’re called upon to make a presentation or conduct a meeting, communication proficiency is essential for endurance in today’s marketplace. Sitting quietly by the sidelines could put you at the top of the layoff list or place

One of the easiest ways to become well known in your field, and the least expensive, is to have your own byline. A published article will promote your expertise, after all, if you've written about it, you must know what you're talking about. Getting started… Now you ...One of the easiest ways to become well known in your field, and the least expensive, is to have your own byline. A published article will promote your expertise, after all, if you’ve written about it – you must know what you’re talking about. Getting started…

It seems to go without saying – people are the most important part of any business. Their strengths, their contributions, their ideas, are essential. But working with those strengths, recognizing those contributions and ideas, isn’t always easy. Every person is different, but when it comes to business, we all have the same goal – to succeed. You want your business to succeed, your client wants to succeed and anyone vested in your business – your support team – is ro

Communication skills simply do not refer to the way in which we communicate with another person. It includes many other things - the way in which we respond to the person we are speaking, body gestures including the facial ones, pitch and tone of our voice and a lot of other things. And the importance of communication skills is not just limited to the management world, since effective communication skills are now required in each and every aspect of our life. First, let us co

Have you ever heard of this? I know you have not, I just made this term. Let me explain what this is; what an average person does with any idea? Get excited, thinking what hit it can be, how it can change his/her life, what difference it may bring and so on and what is next? Starting thinking what can go wrong, what price has to pay for it, what problems it can create? From high emotion people are constantly dragging themself down, Am I right?

How are we supposed to behave during an interview? Most of us know not to eat with food in our mouths or to give an interviewer a résumé with typos.

I am currently working through a Beth Moore Bible Study and came to an interesting find. In Luke 2:42, we learn that Jesus was 12 years old when he went to the feast at the temple. In Luke 2:52, we learn that Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and men. In Luke 3:23, we find Jesus started his ministry when he was 30 years old. Do you realize the Bible was silent for 18 years of Jesus’ life between 12 and 30? We have nothing in Scripture to let us know wha

Since we are living in a fast moving business world, we need to keep pace with the progressive activities of the world. Good conversation skills are very urgently required for all categories of the people in the world especially to the student community. Speaking efficiently during the conversation in an art and by having this skill we can easily persuade the people and get the things done quickly. Unfortunately in the present scenario, it is found that many people are incapable to converse well and facing difficulties while interacting with others.

Every blogger would like to get comments on his blog as it is an indication that your content is being read and it encourages you to blog even more. Being a blog master of your own blog, you also need to respond to the comments you receive for your blog posts. However, it becomes a tedious task to respond personally to each and every comment you receive, once your traffic to your blog increases. Well of course, this is as per the assumption that as blog traffic increases more

According to UK Government statistics and numerous studies by universities, less than 20% of all companies achieve sustainable growth. Why is the number so low? What stops the majority of companies achieving growth? I spoke to Roderic Michelson, a company growth expert from Aralex Consulting. In his experience, working with both large corporates and smaller SME’s, there are five key barriers to growth. By ignoring these key areas you can be sure you will be in the 80% that fail to grow; 1. Unclear Value Proposition.

It is observed in present advertisements of many offshore software development company India that they deliver integrated solutions that are aligned with customer needs. Is it really true? Yes, as a matter of fact some progressive software services provider make sure to benefit their customers with the high level of technological know-how of their resources. They leave no stone untu ed while progressing on a project. Let us today learn about the entire process involved while

The idea behind holding team building events or conferences is to get everyone within a company or department working together towards the same goal. One of the biggest factors involved in this is communication. Whether via email, phone or face to face; there are thousands of interactions that take place every day in every office, store or warehouse. Team building events try to teach the vital importance of open lines of communication between all members of a team. Any break

I had a fantastic Saturday with an intimate group of amazing women in business. Each of them had a story that was so intriguing and each possessed a passion for what they did; they just glowed when they had the opportunity to talk in length about what they did. But, when it came time to give a concise definition of their unique business I saw a problem across the board.

There was e-mail, undoubtedly, and through the 90s, that was probably the most very well-recognized technique to connect, but then recently, it grew to become regarded the newest edition of delivering as texting took more than because the quickly and successful strategy to join everything from small data and findings to large separations. Now, texting is created doable even without having a cell phone, even though most cell phones offer texting systems and providers and it tr

OUR INHERENT NATURE We are all teachers and students and we are all leaders and followers. Why do I say this? It is the nature of existence. We have to engage in life-long learning if we want our success to continue. So we have to humble ourselves and get other people, be they younger or older than us to help us learn new things. There are times, however when we should take the lead. As a leader we are in a better position to influence future outcomes. We may not be the official leader, but nevertheless we can take the lead and in effect we have some or all of the power of leadership.

Why should you bother to spend your valuable time learning how to develop exceptional people skills? Here´s why. Look at the people who seem to have it all - a great job, an active social life and a happy family life. What do these people have in common? They all have excellent communication skills. To join the people at the top and to live a more fulfilling and enjoyable life there is no alte ative but to become one of the few that have truly mastered advanced communicat

Defusing difficult or angry customers calmly and assertively benefits the company, the customer, and the service representative. Managing any difficult situation requires clear communication and intention. You improve with practice. And the rewards – both in terms of personal and bottom line ...

In the spring, I attended my sister’s medical school graduation. The commencement speaker, a Holocaust survivor and great philanthropist, shared his incredible life story and some of the key lessons he learned along the way. At the close of his presentation, he revealed a recipe for prosperity. “Prosperity,” he said, “is the result of four things: patience, perseverance, positivity, and productivity. And that’s it.”

Internet has made globe a small place where people communicate with each other for professional or personal purposes, may it be for trade, business for some or for personal purposes for others. People around the globe are eager to communicate with each other to know more about other peoples’ lives, their cultures or different places around the globe. Thus, Internet has made the globe a multilingual nation where people from different language speaking nations communicate wit

YOUTH/PARENT CONNECTION I don’t think anything is more thrilling in a woman’s life than giving birth to another human being. Oh yes, it really feels like a miracle! The only problem is that the little precious angel grows fast and no one, absolutely no one, knows how best to raise that child. Mother knows best? Yeah? You wish! Basically, as soon as you get home, baby starts doing everything at odd hours. When mom wants to sleep, baby’s crying. When mom wants to take a nap, ba

A mentor of public speaking once suggested, “Since it is impossible to eliminate speech unfairness from the society, permitting verbal expression of various forms of intolerance should be promoted.” In other words “free Speech”. Free speech refers to speeches that are demeaning and offensive to one group; the speech of fear as so called. As usual, the mentor’s suggestion met the “critics” opposition who strongly asserted that such attempts” as free speech” w

Everyone is saying the same thing – and no one is listening. That’s the reality in most industries. Everyone is copying best practices from everyone else until everyone looks, from the customers’ perspective, exactly the same. When this happens the only way to choose is on price. In this situation it’s tempting to throw money at marketing in the hopes of differentiating yourself. But if you’re not saying anything different – then no one will be listening.

In recent years, as technology has advanced, an ever increasing importance has been placed on the ability to maintain power through emergencies. The further technology advances, the more reliant we become on that new and advanced technology. Many of the small miracles provided by advanced technology become crippled and useless without a source of power. Hospitals without a backup generator would be a disaster zone during any stoppage of power. Any large grocery store would qu

In my practice I find over and over again that people are afraid of conflict. So much so, that when someone does something that goes up their proverbial nose, they don’t say anything, withdraw, count to ten, get over it, or just ignore what just happened. Of course, conflict that is not resolved ...

Many relationships today fail because of communication problems. Being able to effectively communicate with your partner is essential to the happiness and success of all relationships. Let us look at some common mistakes men make when communicating with their partner. Not listening to your partner is probably one of the most significant mistakes anyone can make in a relationship, and men in particular are often more guilty of this mistake than women are. When women communica

What does this quotation by Morihei Ueshiba say to you? “Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there.” Morihei Ueshiba, 1883-1969, is the founder of Aikido, the martial art I practice, teach, and use as a metaphor in my work. Aikido -- "The Way of Blending With Energy" -- teaches us to unite with the "opponent's" energy and redirect it, keeping both defender and attacker free from harm and re-establishing harmony. Dealing With Difficult Conflictr

The Samsung Galaxy Y is a very interesting variant of the Galaxy series of smartphones. The South Korean mobile phone maker has targeted the relatively young, but at the same time very resourceful and ambitious lot with the Samsung Galaxy Y. It has tone down the screen size and a few other aspects while all the time retaining the essential, speeds, flexibility, dynamism and robustness that one associates with the Galaxy S series of phones including primarily the Samsung Gala

Does frustration set in when ignored or told “No”? I find being ignored the most frustrating of the two because it puts communication at a standstill, while being told “No” is usually an easy fix. When you are awaiting a response from someone but it does not come, try a variety of methods for getting in touch. Do your best to not let irritation get in the way; instead use a soft tone to hopefully encourage a response. You might begin with, “I know you are very busy…”

Four mistakes you should be sure to avoid “We will never have him back again! I’m exhausted!” These are words you never want to have said about you after a radio or TV interview. I am the one who said them.

They measure about 2” x 3 1/2”. They weigh less than 1/4 of an ounce. They cost about a nickel or a dime. And they pack a powerful punch! They are business cards, and they are your most effective, least expensive form of advertising. You can (and should!) carry them with you daily, ...

Have you ever asked your self if you are communicating effectively?nnDo you wonder some times why people don’t listen to you? nOr have you ever been speaking to a person, or group of people, and had the thought, “They’re not even listening to me. I don’t understand – why is this so hard. nnIs certain that we all have had times in our lives where we find it difficult to talk to some particular individuals and we have no clue why? Is it because we don’t like them? O

You now know yourself better than most people ever will. So, what do you do with this new found knowledge? First, ask yourself if you have enough fire in your belly to proceed as an entrepreneur in your own business. If you do, you will most likely be highly successful and will enjoy your individual endeavor. That fire in your belly can truly make the difference between success and failure in an entrepreneurial venture. If you find you don’t have this entrepreneurial fire, consider other venues.

Joseph worked hard. As a customer service telephone representative, he showed respect and courtesy to everyone who called the company. But he wanted to get ahead. He wanted an outside sales job. He applied for open positions over and over again; his manager turned him down each time. Finally, ...

Believe it or not, the prescription for maintaining balance for the vast majority of women is this: Learn how to take care of yourself instead of taking care of everyone else excepts yourself. This doesn’t mean being selfish or self-centered. Far from it. But how can you take care of your loved ones if you’re sick? How can you help others have a high quality of life if your own quality of life is low?