For the past four weeks, we’ve talked about consistent, concise, clear and candid communication. How do you put it all together? One way is to develop a “communication plan.” If you hear that word and immediately cringe because you think of all your past “communication plans” and want to hit “delete” right now, please wait! […]
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We can be consistent, concise and clear, but if we are not candid, we will not be able to maintain the trust and engagement of our coalition or team. How many times have you been in a meeting where you sensed tremendous tension in the room but no one was willing to admit it? How
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While we all appreciate clear communication, how often check with our team members to see if we ARE being clear in our communication? Are you sending long emails without clear action items? (Last week’s post on concise communication may be helpful!) Are you being honest and direct about what you are asking from others? Do
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If we communicate consistently, but we don’t communicate concisely, we will lose our partners and team members. There is just TOO much information that comes our way every day for us to filter through three paragraph long emails (or more!) or hour-long conversations about a topic that could have been covered in 30 minutes. None
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Every job description I have ever seen – and ever applied for – has said something like “strong communication skills.” This goes right along with “highly organized,” and while we all recognize that communication skills are important, when do we talk about the specific, practical things we need to do to communicate well? Over the
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