Essentials of Communication 10 Main Goals of Communication Top 10 Communication Advices Non-verbal Communication Body Language    Eye Contact Silence Business Communication 10 Tips         Face-to-Face Communication Communication GEM Questions Listening Barriers to Listening Engage All Your Senses Listening to Emotions Active Listening         Fools talk mouth-to-mouth. Intelligent people talk mouth-to-ear. Wise people and lovers talk soul-to-soul. If you want your message to hit the target, make an adjustment to the wind. Great StoryTeller: 7 Questions to Ask   Your Attitude Your attitude is the first thing people pick up on. Before you say a word, your core attitude can start crafting the first impression about you. Project the attitude you want to − friendly, enthusiastic, confident, energized, happy, approachable, empathetic, a positive, proactive person it's great to deal with. When you are operating from inside a really useful attitude, your non-verbal communication, such face expression and body language, tends to take care of itself and sends out signals you want to send.     "I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." ~ Robert McCloskey   Knowing People Personal Goals Mental Maps Perceptions Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 4 NLP Perceptual Positions Public Speaking Presentation Understand EGA of Your Audience Coaching Ask-Tell Repertoire Cross-cultural Communication Cultural Intelligence Cultural Differences     10 Essentials of Effective Communication  ▪  First Impression  ▪  Silence

 

The Tao of Communication Yin (Receiving): Listening, understanding, being inspired... Yang (Sending): Speaking, persuading, inspiring... More Yin-Yang of Influencing People   10 Main Goals of Communication ❹  To inspire → creativity, ideas, fresh thoughts and discoveries ... More 10 Rules of Effective Networking Ask, don't talk... More 12 Effective Leadership Roles Communicate openly and honestly; give clear guidelines; set clear expectations Be willing to discuss and solve problems; listen with understanding; support and help... More Managerial Communication Informing: Communicate knowledge and information that people need in a way that they understand and can apply to their job... More   How To Become an Irresistible Sales Communicator Top 7 Principles The Power of Emotional State Mastery The Power of Personal Congruence & Integrity The Power of Instant Rapport & Trust... More     Benefits of Effective Communication Achieves shared understanding Directs the flow of information Helps people overcome barriers to open discussion Stimulates others to take action to active goals Channels information to encourage people to think in new ways and to act more effectively Mental Fengshui: 21 Rules Talk slowly but think quickly... More How To Achieve High Visibility In Your Target Market 10 Strategic Tips by Glenn Ebersole Strategic Tip #2: DO commit to be and be a rapport builder. High visibility people develop rapport with almost every individual with whom they come in contact. Highly visible people are communication builders.... More   Humorous Business Plan Financial Success Values being created: "The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice." – Sir Arthur Helps... More 12 Tips for Global Business Travelers Expect your meetings and negotiations to be longer than anticipated. Build more time into schedules... More

Humorous Business Plan: Great Communicator Targeted Market: "I like to talk with people who express my thoughts clearly." – Unknown... More Kids Little Instructions on Life "Never tell your little brother that you're not going to do what your mom told you to do." – Hank, Age 12... More Humorous Business Plan: Successful Marriage Marriage management skills: "A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband." – Montaigne... More Humorous Business Plan: Success in Love Funds required and uses: "Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years." – Henry Fielding... More Effective Speaking Perhaps the greatest single stumbling block to real communication is the one-sided nature of speaking. Most of us think of "communicating" as a one-way process. Two monologues do not make a dialogue, however. Exchange between you and your targeted prospect is the key to effective communication. So, listening is an active pursuit for selling your ideas. Understand EGA of Your Audience What makes people listen? The three basic factors are: Self-interest; Who's speaking; and How they say it. Understanding the basic principles of how we communicate and why we listen - what works, what doesn't, and why - starts you on the road to a realistic appraisal of what you want to say and how you plan to say it... More Be the Best Possible 10 Tips by Ten3 NZ Ltd. Be a team player.  The most valuable single factor that contributes towards high levels of excellence and quality in a team, stem from an individual team member's ability to work with others, i.e. his or her levels of cooperation and communication.  These "social intelligence" skills include the ability to persuade, negotiate, compromise and make others feel important... More Effective Listening Often we have too much difficulty listening to other people because3: we "know" what we are going to hear; we are seeking confirmation, not information; what's being said is getting in the way of what needs be said... More 10 Rules of Effective Listening By: Linda Eve Diamond Rule #1: Stop Talking! You can't multi-task speaking and listening. If you're talking, you're not listening. This rule also applies to the talking inside your head. If you're thinking intently about what you want to say, you're not listening to what is being said... More 12 Active Listening Tips Be aware of biases and perceptions. Control your biases and validate your assumptions. Encourage the speaker, provide feedback and paraphrase to show you are listening... More Socratic Questions Socratic questioning is at the heart of critical thinking – they enhance your critical thinking skills. Socratic questions challenge accuracy and completeness of thinking in a way that acts to move people towards their ultimate goal... More  Humorous Tips from Men  25 Rules for Women Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one... More The 10 Key Project Leader Skills Communication skills: verbal, both one-on-one and with a group, and written... More How To Present with Passion No matter what you are, we are all in sales. Selling is a transfer of emotions. When you speak, do your listeners sense how strongly you believe in what you're saying? If you want people to give you their undivided attention and feel compelled to heed your advice, they must hear and see in you an unwavering commitment to your message... More 5 Ways To Be an Unfair Critic Speak in absolutes. That film you saw last night is "the worst movie I've ever seen in my life." Heap as much negative thoughts in one sentence as possible... More    Discover much more in the FULL VERSION of e-Coach The 10 Essentials of Effective Communication... KFC – the Three Aspects of Successful Communication... Effective Interpersonal Communication... Understanding Mental Maps... Non-verbal Communication, Body Language... Creating Rapport... Major Barriers to Interpersonal Communication... Taking the Preferred Styles Into Account... Taking Different Perceptual Positions... NLP Solutions: How To Prevent Misunderstanding... The Tao of Effective Listening... Persuading People... Asking Effective Questions... Effective Coaching... Coaching By Questions... Providing Feedback... Business Communication... Communication in the Digital Age... Selling by Asking Questions... Differentiating With Different Types of People...   "You can't not communicate. Everything you say and do or don't say and don't do sends a message to others." ~ John Woods "If you say what you think, don't expect to hear only what you like." ~ Malcolm Forbes "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." ~ Jimi Hendrix "A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something." ~ Wilson Mizner "A bore is a person who talks when you wish him to listen." ~ Ambrose Bierce "Never mistake legibility for communication." ~ David Carson

Communication Advice   From right thought proceeds right speech; from right speech proceeds right action... More Buddha The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.  >>> Confucius If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time − a tremendous whack. Winston Churchill 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ⑤ Seek first to understand, then to be understood. Stephen Covey The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. Peter Drucker NLP Listen to what is not said... More Psychology of Success A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation... >>> Mark Twain The power of the pen to change the world should not be underestimated, as words based on truth can conquer the forces of vested interests and their apologists. Martti Vallila