Let’s begin with defining what communication actually is. Communication is essentially the process of exchanging information with another person or a group of people by directly speaking to them or by using another medium such as email. As you know, having great communication skills in life is essential. Let’s face it, this essential life skill is required when you’re in a social setting as well as when you’re in a professional work environment at all times.
With this in mind therefore, today’s focus will be directed towards discovering the various effective ways of communicating well in a workplace.
Communication tip one:
Face-to-face meetings are often ideal at work when you are trying to convey important information to a group of people. However, it is also vital to keep your meeting as concise and engaging as possible if you don’t want the attendees to lose interest in the messages you’re trying to deliver. In other words, keep it short and sweet.
On a separate note, we also need to make sure that comfortable office furniture such as ergonomically friendly meeting room chairs are available for attendees in case the meeting overruns. In other words, having pleasant office chairs to sit on at meetings is a desired choice for several, so make sure you don't overlook this!
Communication tip two:
On the other hand, if you’re undertaking a one on one session with a colleague, then a private booth/breakout area is highly advisable. This is because, you can discuss confidential topics away from the rest of the team and at the same time still make your colleague feel comfortable in a more casual setting.
Breakout areas are also very colourful and bright in appearance and naturally allow your staff members to feel more motivated in conversing with you compared to if they were surrounded in more darker colours at the one on one session. The moral of the story is… avoid using all black office furniture in breakout areas!
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Communication tip three:
Where would we be without emails? Sometimes, in order to avoid disrupting your workflow, the best form of communication is email. This way you can still communicate with others around the office without having to leave your office desk on a busy day.
Emails are also superb when communicating with clients who you’re unable to see on a daily basis. Please also note however, the content of your email has to be clear and cover all the points you wanted to convey with the other person or people otherwise you will face miscommunication issues, which can become greatly stressful for many.
Overall thoughts:
There are a selection of communication methods you can choose from to convey important information to your staff members such as email. The actual communication method you decide to go for of course varies every time as it all depends on the nature of the message you’re trying to send across.
However, regardless of the type of the communication method you select you need to still ensure the information being shared is clear and to the point in order to avoid any unnecessary communication issues from arising.
We hope you have found this article useful!