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5 tips for better communications managment

Author: John Chivas
by John Chivas
Posted: Sep 29, 2015

Research indicates that managers spend more than 50% of their total time communicating in one way or the other. This isn't surprising, since communication is so critical to everything that goes on in an organization. Without right communication there can be little or no performance management, innovation, understanding of clients, coordination of effort, and without right communication it is no simple to manage the expectations of those who are in a position to make decisions about your destiny.

Get to know your employees

Interact with them on a personal level, and make them the subject of your communication. When you focus on your employees and show that your investment in them extends beyond the workplace, you will induce interest and get their attention. To make your communication more personal, get on a first-name basis, share their concerns and excitement, and stimulate your connection frequently.

Motivating employees through realistic deadlines

Without deadlines, employees flounder. They not can be aware of the priorities or urgency of a project unless their supervisors tell them.

Name the target date and time, and mean what you say. Don’t complain on Friday that you really needed it on Tuesday. Setting a deadline earlier than necessary because you do not trust your employees to meet the real deadline creates more problems than it solves.

Listen and Ask for Feedback

Great communicators know that great communication is a two-way street. Take your great listening skills one step further and ask for employee feedback to maximize engagement. A right place to start is with an employee engagement survey. When you gather, analyze, and act on employee feedback, you will prove that you care about your employees, their workplace, and the entire organization.

Give Employees What They Want

Research shows there are few things that motivate employees. The need to bond with others and feel as though they belong, the desire to defend their accomplishments, the desire for compensation and material things and the need to make sense of their environment.

Take your emotions out of the equation

You try to promote professionalism at the office, but that's not always easy to do when so many different personalities converge in such a small space. Sometimes work discussions can turn into personal war. When an employee is starting to get under your skin, take your emotions out of the equation. Instead, take a deep breath, count to 3 and respond in a calm way.

Communication is a very complex process. This was just few advices about communication. If you have budget, and don’t have time, my advice is to hire someone who will do it for you.

If you are from Clearwater, Tampa or somewhere in Florida I recommend True Blue Communications.

https://truebluecommunications.com/services/communications-management/
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John Chivas

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