Preparation and Discovery

The Misconceptions of Communication Skills Misconception #4: Once you learn how to communicate you always know how. How long have you been in the professional world? How long has communication been a problem? Most of us have always seen the lack of communication or poor communication or miscommunication as a fundamental problem in organizations. As the world changes and our problems change, so will our need to address communication in that context. Just think about the difference in communication issues since email,...

The Misconceptions of Communication Skills Misconception #3: I can learn to communicate in a training event. Where training alone falls short. How many workshops have you attended in your professional business career? How much of what you learned are you using every day of your professional life? A well designed workshop that includes interactivity certainly help you to learn the topic more than simply reading about it. However, learning about a topic is not the same as developing the skill in...

The Misconceptions of Communication Skills Misconception #2: Communication is about well designed slides (or a well crafted email). Presentation and communication skills are woven throughout your entire professional existence. This is not just about your slides or how you deliver your talk. Those pieces are only about 20% of what you need to develop in order to become an exceptional presenter and communicator. It’s one of the many misconceptions of developing exceptional communication skills. Though we use the process of developing...