Top Ten Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills

Written by Dr. Dorene Lehavi


1) Listen without judgment. The key to good communication is listening well. Save your judging for later after you have heard and understood what was said. 2) Listen withrepparttar willingness to be swayed torepparttar 104264 other person's opinion. No obligation to actually being swayed, but stay open torepparttar 104265 option. 3) Listen without thinking about what you will say next. Take time before you respond. 4) Do not be invested in being right. Being right is notrepparttar 104266 point. If you must be right, you are not able to listen nor communicate because you have set up a barrier already. If you are always right that meansrepparttar 104267 other person is always wrong. That cannot be true. 5) If your mind wanders, ask for repetition. We all are subject to distraction. Try to stay focused. 6) In all cases repeat back what you heard and ask if it is correct.

The 10 Realities of Change

Written by Valarie A. Washington


I've seen several articles that begin with lines like "the only constant today is change." I assert that change that is constant can't really be called change. It's simply a new reality. It's time that we accept that things simply don't stayrepparttar same and speed to change isrepparttar 104263 new reality of business. Like any other new reality it requires new responses.

There is not more change than there was inrepparttar 104264 pastrepparttar 104265 change just comes more quickly. Compared torepparttar 104266 "good old days"repparttar 104267 impact of change today is like stepping into a tub of hot water - once you figure out that you're in it, it's difficult to react gracefully. Jumping out isrepparttar 104268 natural response and there you stand bare and exposed.

Several months ago I was working with a group of clients and one gentleman began expressing his frustration withrepparttar 104269 impending changes in his organization. He said with a straight face (though I had trouble keeping one), "I can't believe what they are doing around here. They've been talking about this stuff for 10 years and now BAM out of no where they want to change things."

The impact of change can have severe consequences when people are not prepared. I find that people don't struggle as much with change itself but become frustrated with continued attempts at addressingrepparttar 104270 future withrepparttar 104271 outdated responses.

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