Category Archives: Communication

Make A Commitment To Continuing Self Improvement

Self ImprovementThe Path To Self Improvement

Because of changing market conditions and the perpetually changing business environment, you must keep moving ahead of the competition as either a manager or a business person. You can easily be left behind as new technology transforms how people do business. You must adjust to these new innovations. If you do, you will be given new opportunities to benefit as you prepare yourself to adapt. If you accept that to be successful you must keep growing as a person and learn new skills, you can then take action to further improve your abilities as a manager and business person. Our focus in this report is to inspire you to a commitment to expand your business knowledge and focus on self-growth and self-improvement.

“By being a leader, you can help improve your self improvement. Leadership has many different definitions, but the common theme is influence. Take a look at your leadership journey. Are there events that have had major impacts on your life? What aspects of your life did those events bring about? Which one of your attributes is most influential in making you a good team player? By asking yourself these questions, you can become more aware of how you best fit into a team.”  Advice For Self Improvement That Will Enrich Your Life

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Tips For Using A DiSC® Assessment To Improve Your Personal Communication

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Communication is the foundation of building personal and business relationships. Whether you are at work, at home or simply on the street, if you have poor personal communication skills, you will alienate people and convey messages in the wrong way. This can lead to conflict and other problems, causing tense situations in places where you should be able to relax, enjoy and focus on the things that really matter. Luckily, there are a number of ways for you to improve your personal communication. The use of DiSC Assessments will provide insights into building effective communication skills. It provides non-judgmental results that help people communicate to a greater degree as they discover and discuss their behavioral differences.

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Resolving The Five Most Common Workplace Issues

Addressing Conflict

It is unavoidable to have conflict and other issues within a workplace. Everybody within an organization should have some knowledge about conflict resolution and how to manage interpersonal relationships, but sometimes real conflict can only be resolved by leaders and managers. There are a number of workplace issues that are very commonly found in various workplaces around the world and being aware of these and the strategies used to resolve them will help you to come to a quicker solution should you come across them in your own workplace.

This information can be beneficial for everybody from the grass root level to senior management, as it is also a useful tool to recognize how your own behavior may contribute to the start of certain conflicts.

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The Importance Of Understanding Your Personal Communication Style

Everybody Has a Personal Communication Style

Having at least a basic understanding of your own style is very important to building better relationships in your personal and professional life. You may find yourself in situations where someone’s communication style clashes with your own, leading to conflict in the workplace. Alternatively, you may have a communication style that other people find difficult to understand, which means that you could struggle to get your message across.

“Good communication opens doors… and poor communication closes them. Communication is the single most important key to success in the workplace. If you can’t communicate with confidence and credibility, you may get passed over for promotions, have a difficult time relating to coworkers and colleagues, and bear the brunt of misunderstandings and mistakes.” Fred Pryor Seminars – Professional Communication: What Message Are You Sending Continue reading

Understanding and Improving Interpersonal Effectiveness

What Is Interpersonal Effectiveness?

Interpersonal effectiveness is hugely important in professional and personal lives. But what exactly is meant by the term “interpersonal effectiveness”? It is one of those buzzwords that you will hear frequently at job interviews and we often feel compelled to say that our interpersonal effectiveness is really high, even if we don’t necessarily know what it means. The definition of Interpersonal Effectiveness is:

“Interpersonal effectiveness is a skill that helps you ask for what you want in a situation, keep good relationships, and maintain self-respect. However, this is also a skill which may or may not come naturally to us and, therefore, might have to be taught or learned. The status of our relationships is directly linked to our emotions and our mood, so maintaining healthy relationships is essential to being emotionally healthy overall.”
Quoted from Southeast Psyche by Becky Thomson

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