5 Ways to improve your communication skills

• A lower pitch tends to communicate gravitas and experience.
• Strategically use silence to capture, and keep attention.
• Use a range of cadened and style.

State your assumptions.-Start by saying ‘I assume you have heard about the new policy change, effective June 1...

Read often.- read often and when you do, think about what you like (or dislike) about what you’re reading. Emulate what you like, and work to avoid what you dislik...

• Good communication can boost teamwork and lead to better project collaboration.
• It applies to practically every industry. Workplace communication is important for streamlining internal communication.
• Maintaining effective communication ensures that management and the team b...

Observe yourself:

Do you make consistent eye contact?

How do you position yourself when speaking to people?

Does it change based on who you are talking to?

How do people react to you?

We often overestimate how much other people know about our specialist subjects, it might be necessary to write in more detail. At the same time, don’t write a novel!

you must begin by paying attention to it.

Observe others:

Why?

What actions do they do that make you not enjoy talking to them?

If there is someone who you find to be a particularly good - or bad - person to talk to, pinpoint why they make you feel that way.

Pay attention to the non-verbal signals...

• Don’t fidget! Be still, and calm
• Use eye contact intelligently.
• Be confident in your use of space. Don’t minimize yourself, instead relax into your space.
• Strive to be non-reactive during stressful situations.

The first step to improve is to make sure that your spelling and grammar are perfect.

There are plenty of online tools that can help you with this.

Now, this is not a perfect solution, if you are not the world’s strongest writer you can use it.

You want to be judicious about what you include, and why you are including it.

Begin with your stated purpose (‘I think we need to increase ad spending 10%’)

Move on to your reasoning (‘The upcoming holiday season is a prime time to target our customers more effectively’)

Review possible outcomes (‘We could increase sales between 20 and 30%’).

Format everything, to make sure that you are creating a readable text.

Use bullet points and paragraphs to break up your message.

Highlight your points in bold if you have a lot of text.

Underline anything that you think is crucial. 

We’re not just talking about hearing the words that a person is saying; rather you should be tuned in to their non-verbal communication also.

Is the person avoiding eye contact?

Is their posture open or closed?

Are they fidgeting with their hands?

All of these actions conv...