Effective Communication Training

Communication training would come first. . .

If there was only one aspect of running an effective business you could train your team on.

The proper utilization of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect change from within to develop a good heart. - Dalai Lama

We can complicate the process of working together to produce an effective team setting, but the fact is if your people are able to communicate well, your team will be effective.

Effective communication is not based simply on level of education, status, or using big words and fancy language. Communicating effectively is about being honest and forthright about how you see things, and describing your perception to others in a clear manner.

How We Communicate

Whether you realize it or not, the way you communicate with others is shaped primarily by how you feel internally.

If you approach new people from an uncomfortable perspective, if you're closed off or wary, you will communicate that in your speech, body language, and tone. No matter how subtle.

Studies have shown that only 4-6 percent of communication is based on the words you use, the rest of the 94-96 percent of communication occurs in tone and body language.

Effective communication training will look closely at "what you say" and "how you say it".

Communication Training Tip: Starting From Compassion

All communication begins internally. Whether you're speaking or writing, what you say is a direct reflection of what is going on emotionally, spiritually, and physically to you. Rather than training simply by practicing social skills or external communication training, the most effective team building strategy is to practice their feelings of internal compassion.

By cultivating this sense of compassion throughout your entire team and organization, you will begin to see almost invariably positive interactions, and people's productivity and effectiveness will improve dramatically.

Communication Empowers

Communication, both good and bad is about speaking and listening. It makes us human and gives us the ability to relate to one another.

Developing communication skill, at it's core, is about teaching us to break down our barriers and allow us to share willingly of ourselves. It teaches us to relate to other humans in a setting of performance.

Team building is the natural result of teaching others empathetic communication. It allows flexible, relatable, compatible people together and allows them to express themselves in an honest and clear manner, without fear of reprisal.

In this safe space, people are allowed to redefine their perception of working relationships, while, at the same time, performing their work effectively.

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