| The transition from work at home professional | | | | demands on your department, and a list of |
| to executive can be traumatic. As work at | | | | requests that someone must have pulled from a |
| home business people watch their businesses | | | | fantasy novel. |
| grow, they are forced into rolls that require | | | | |
| more skill and education. However, many fear | | | | You have one job, to meet the projections and |
| success, limiting their chances of building a | | | | deadlines, whether it is possible or not. |
| viable company | | | | Failure cannot be shared with anyone, not the |
| | | | department heads, team members, or the three |
| Many top managers have the skills to excel | | | | professionals who only work a combined two |
| but are consistently overlooked for a | | | | hours a day. The failure, and consequences |
| promotion. These people knew what needed to | | | | for the failure is yours alone. |
| be done, but are unable to explain to others | | | | |
| the necessary steps needed to complete the | | | | Excellent communication skills provide a |
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| the one faced by work at home professionals. | | | | gossip, discord, outright hostility, and even |
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| I have also seen people who are unable to pop | | | | build an attitude in the team, which fuels |
| a cork without messing up, but they can | | | | your own success. |
| encourage ten different people to develop ten | | | | |
| different methods of popping corks, while | | | | The attitude must be the first thing. If you |
| everyone thinks they are taking part in a | | | | give everyone a task to do and make them |
| foundational company project. | | | | reliant on others, then office hostility |
| | | | increases. Forcing them to work as a team is |
| Most managers and executives spend hundreds | | | | no better. One person will do all the work |
| of hours upgrading their skills. Few will | | | | while others take the credit. As an |
| spend a few minutes a day upgrading their | | | | executive, there is no time for you to play |
| communication skills. The problem with poor | | | | schoolyard monitor, so the transgressions go |
| communication skills is that they are yours, | | | | unnoticed until a key member of the team |
| a part of you, something you understand | | | | quits leaving you stranded. |
| perfectly. Your communication skills are | | | | |
| built around your IQ and EQ. This renders you | | | | Building a team attitude requires a set of |
| blind to the problems until you take the time | | | | rules to be followed, including things like |
| to study the art of effective communication. | | | | no toxic conversation, consequences for |
| | | | breaking the rules, and consequences for |
| What Will Excellent Communication Skills do | | | | enabling others to break the rules. |
| for You? | | | | |
| | | | There are millions of employee handbooks in |
| How Effective are Your Communication Skills? | | | | the workplace that do not work. Most of them |
| | | | fail because they are not enforced. An |
| Learn how to communicate a Strategy. | | | | employee handbook must have a cascading |
| | | | effect. One rule is broken at the bottom |
| Learn how to Build Rapport with Every Member | | | | level causes ripples all the way up, |
| of Your Team. | | | | enforcing a chain reaction of consequences. |
| | | | The consequences of management's inaction is |
| Public Speaking 101: Techniques and Tips | | | | worse than their fear of confrontation, so |
| | | | the rules are enforced. |
| What Will Excellent Communication Skills do | | | | |
| for You? | | | | The second reason why strategies do not work |
| | | | is their wording. Telling a person they need |
| You have the skills, reputation, and | | | | to behave in a certain manner is much |
| determination to succeed. You spent ten years | | | | different than changing their attitude. You |
| paying your dues and winning the chance to | | | | cannot control a person's attitude, but you |
| prove yourself to the world. Instead of | | | | can manipulate it. This is were excellent |
| gaining the freedom to show how profitable | | | | communication skills comes into play. |
| your department can be, the VP hands you a | | | | |
| projection for the next year, including cruel | | | | A good communicator achieves several things. |