Improve Your Communication Skills

Improve your communication skills by taking these factors into consideration.

“Wisdom is a result of careful observation and exercising multiple perspectives.” Steve Boyley.

The People involved, and their relationship, affect the communication.

• Sender of the communication
  • State of mind, mood and attitude.
  • Status relative to the receiver.
• Receiver of the communication.
  • State of mind, mood and attitude.
  • Status relative to the sender.

The Messages being communicated.

• Content of the message.
  • Complexity of the message content.
    • Intended message.
    • Received message.
• Meta message, the moral of the story.
  • Complexity of the meta message.
    • Intended message.
    • Received message.

The Medium is the most subjective factor of communication.

• Context of the communication
  • Constraints of the context.
  • Objectives, Role, Timing etc.
• Cultural biases.
  • Presuppositions of the culture.
  • Rules of the culture.
• Channels of communication.
  • Images and visual ques such as body language.
  • Voice and other sounds.
  • Written text.
  • Physical contact.