10 ways to become a better communicator
Whether you want to hold better conversations, become a stronger writer or improve your relationship with your boss, these tips can help.
On a team, you’ll have fewer miscommunications and stronger influence. As an employee, you’ll carry more influence and earn more respect from your bosses and supervisors. As an entrepreneur, you’ll have an easier time managing employees, updating partners and investors, and even securing new clients.
Those strengths will give you an edge in a number of different areas simultaneously.
Related: Leadership: Can You Learn to Communicate and Embody It?
I encourage you to take these 10 actions—all of which can make you a better communicator:
1. Adopt a few new mediums.
When someone says “communicate,” what do you think of? Speaking? Calling? Texting? Skyping? FaceTiming? Facebooking? The options for communication are practically limitless, and every platform has its own advantages and disadvantages. In 2016, try to break out of your shell; adopt a handful of new mediums that you’ve never tried or that you gave up some time ago. Become better acquainted with the protocols, strengths and weaknesses of each.
2. Meet more strangers.
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