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Listening Skills (Part 2): Relationship Listening

Being an effective listener is a skill that is learnt and developed.  There are many times when we take listening for granted but it is a skills that  can be broken into 5 different types.  These include  Informative Listening, Relationship Listening, Appreciative Listening, Critical Listening and Discriminative Listening. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend [...]

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Listening Skills (Part 1): Informative Listening

Whatever you do in life having effective communication skills including listening skills are key to having a successful career or maintaining healthy happy relationships.  The more you understand about the different types of listening skills that you use in the course of a day and are aware of how you use them, you can raise [...]

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Learning How to be Assertive

Although most people develop different communication styles depending on their life experiences, it’s often so ingrained and part of who you are that you are not necessarily aware of it.  Although most people tend to favour a particular communication style, it’s possible to learn how to be more flexible in the way you communicate. Bookmark [...]

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The Different Masks People Wear

 Presenting a certain face to the world is something that most people are very familiar with.  You have a day when you’re feeling a bit off colour and yet if people ask you if there’s something wrong you  tell them that you’re feeling fine and give them a big smile.  Beneath the mask of sounding [...]

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Verbal Communication – Using Effective Communication Techniques

Have you sometimes been talking to someone and wondered what on earth they are talking about? It’s something that has happened to all of us.  Either we don’t listen, we don’t understand, the message isn’t clear or something interrupts the transmission of the message. However, having effective communication skills is a key component of successful [...]

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