Communication Skill: The soft skills' Vessel.

You have to always develop and enrich your communication skills. You should look at communication as a vessel for all your skills. Any interaction with others requires good communication skills, the email you write, the phone call you make, the sales meeting you go to, the presentation you perform, talking to your colleagues,...etc.?

It involves both your personal and professional life. As well, it makes you more clear and expressive. If you think of any public figure or successful individual, he or she will be a strong communicator.

You want to be a better communicator, You need to understand the communication model and know how to strengthen yourself in it.

The communication Model

The communication is an interaction between individuals, they can be 2 or more. Who alternate between sending (Speaking) & receiving (listening).

The place where the interaction happens is the channel.

The first step of better communication is to be a better speaker (sender) and active listener (Receiver). Imagine a tennis match so you can shift between speaking and listening smoothly.

Sender

• Be clear, simple and to the point so that you send a message that is easily decoded (understood) by the receiver.
• Practice your speech, presentation, sales pitch,..etc over and over till you are confident in delivering it.
• While speaking, keep in your mind that others decode your message as per their understanding and profile.
• Speak to others in a way they easily understand and you will be a better Sender.

Receiver?

• Be an active listener in the conversion so listen to understand not to reply.
• Make sure you listened carefully and got the other individual message right.?
• Give space and time to the others to speak. (People love it when you let them speak)

Channel?

The channel is any place/situation that has a communication interaction happen.

Communication takes place in many channels and mediums, to develop your communication skills you need to understand the channels and how to use them.

For example; Channels: In person, Phone, Email, Text, Mediums: Oral,Written, Visual, Electronic

Remember that you are aiming to be a better speaker and active listener in all communication channels.?

Practice makes perfect, so use the different channels and mediums and evaluate yourself and your progress.

The conversion is a cycle of messages & feedback.

Communication is a series of messages and feedbacks, where each individual in the conversation sends a message (talking, writing, texting, drawing) and receives feedback (listening, reading, seeing).?

You want to be a better communicator, develop your messages and how you send them, as well, develop the way you analyze the feedback.

You need to practice your messages and feedback analysis in different channels to sharpen your communication skills

Eliminate any Noise.

Noise is the killer of communication, it negatively affect your messages and the way you analyze the feedback. Noise makes you uncomfortable and less focused in the communication. You need to eliminate any noise to get better communication in any channel. Noise is not only loud sound or music, also bad internet connection in a teams meeting, big colorful lighting in your client's face and a window on a busy street are other sort of noise.?

Breakdown all the Barriers ???

The communication barriers are a massive wall between individuals. The more barriers you break, the better communicator you will be.?

Barriers can be:

• Physical: An object between the individual communicating
• Linguistic: Any language challenge, weak english, hard accents, ..etc.
• Interpersonal: Any negative behavior that affects your communication.
• Cultural: coming from different beliefs or values.
• Organizational: internal policies and rules.

Keep it clear & enjoy it !!!