How To Effect Empowered Communication

Healthy relationships are one of the major pillars for a happy, healthy personal and professional life.

It is ironic then that the education of children and young adults is devoid of teaching effective communication skills.

Of course, we are taught grammar and punctuation. However, that is content.

The process is the most critical aspect of communication.

Verbal messages are delivered by words, the tone of voice and body language.

Do you know which one carries the most impact for the listener?

Do you know who has the most influence in a conversation—-the speaker or the listener?

Do you know the 5 mistakes the majority of people make in verbal communication?

Five Communication Mistakes:

• Abusive—profanity, Sarcastic—putdowns

• Criticism—making judgments, condemning

• Fail to ask questions—jump to conclusions

• Narrow Perspective—Closed minded. (My way or the highway).

• Manipulation— hoping that no one is ever going to remember.

Eventually, people lose trust and it impacts everyone.

Other common mistakes found in communication covers a lot more in detail on how people are overly biased upon something, how people are fully self-centered and seldom listen and how communication suffers from technicalities being unclear and without focus.

If healthy relationships are one major pillar for us to stay happy in our personal and professional life, by all means communication is the greatest tool in aid towards building a lot of understanding among ourselves.

After all, effective communication plays a vital role in a healthy and long lasting satisfying relationship.

About Dr. Dorothy: Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Entrepreneur, personal and professional Coach has 30+ years experience. She has consulted to Fortune 500 CEO’s, Vice Presidents, business owners and people of all walks of life.