In today's business environment, with minimal face-to-face interaction and a focus on remote work relationships, good communication is more critical than ever. The ability to send clear, concise messages and listen effectively can mean the difference between successful business relationships and lost productivity.

 Achieving Communication Effectiveness provides the tools needed to function more productively through improved interpersonal communication skills. After building a shared awareness of the value of effective communications, participants learn how to develop clear, concise messages that gain credibility, persuade and influence others, and increase efficiency.

It seems like a logical step. Take your top performers and promote them into management positions. Have them transfer their individual style and success to the whole team. It can work, but it usually doesn't. Why not? Because…

Great contributors do not automatically make great leaders. Our experience has proven that the skills required to perform as an individual are fundamentally different from the skills critical to leading a team.

"He was one of our top performers. Everyone loved working with him. So why is he failing as a manager?"

It seems like a logical step. Take your top performers and promote them into management positions. Have them transfer their individual style and success to the whole team. It can work, but it usually doesn't. Why not? Because…

Great contributors do not automatically make great leaders. Our experience has proven that the skills required to perform as an individual are fundamentally different from the skills critical to leading a team.

"I have a smart, young team, and some of them are new to the work environment. How do I cover some of the organization's rules and regulations without quoting the entire HR Policy Manual?"

While not an issue for some people, poor work habits are a major cause of disciplinary action. Left unaddressed, poor work habits can lead to team members assuming that the behavior is acceptable and become a critical management issue. Discussing such concerns as absenteeism, language issues, and dress and grooming habits can be a difficult but necessary part of leading a team. And just like others aspects of team leadership, correcting work habits that need improvement requires careful attention and skill.

“Sometimes what seems like the smallest error can lead to a huge difference in our numbers that can take hours to track down and correct. Just a few incorrect numbers can make the team look bad and create so much unnecessary work. We've got to be more accurate inputting numerical data.”

“Sometimes what seems like the smallest error can lead to a huge difference in our numbers that can take hours to track down and correct. Just a few incorrect numbers can make the team look bad and create so much unnecessary work. We've got to be more accurate inputting numerical data.”

Good communication is one of the most valued skills in the workplace. And effective listening is crucial to communicating productively inside the organization and meeting the competitive challenges outside the organization. The Personal Listening Profile® helps people become active, purposeful listeners in a wide variety of situations for more productive communication.

If you and your organization are wondering..."How can listening create a barrier, rather than a bridge, to communication?"

Good communication is one of the most valued skills in the workplace. And effective listening is basic to communicating productively inside the organization and meeting the competitive challenges outside. The Personal Listening Profile® helps people become active, purposeful listeners in a wide variety of situations for more productive communication.

Professionalism. Courtesy. Organizational skills. Flexibility. These are skills and attributes that are critical to the success of any organization. More often than not, such skills can be in short supply, especially among new and inexperienced employees. So how do you move people from their own "personal style" to consistent professional behavior that includes self-evaluation and the commitment to change in order to achieve positive results for the team?

"We were voted one of the top 100 companies to work for. So why are my best people still leaving?"

You've added stock option plans, ramped up health benefits and support flexible work schedules. Yet it seems as if almost every week one of your top performers leaves for another opportunity - or worse, goes to the competition. What could be missing?

Great benefit plans and top-level salaries will satisfy many employees, but to hold onto the BEST employees you need effective first-line managers.

"He was one of our top performers. Everyone loved working with him. So why is he failing as a manager?"

It seems like a logical step. Take your top performers and promote them into management positions. Have them transfer their individual style and success to the whole team. It can work, but it usually doesn't. Why not? Because…

Great contributors do not automatically make great leaders. Our experience has proven that the skills required to perform as an individual are fundamentally different from the skills critical to leading a team.

"I have a smart, young team, and some of them are new to the work environment. How do I cover some of the organization's rules and regulations without quoting the entire HR Policy Manual?"

While not an issue for some people, poor work habits are a major cause of disciplinary action. Left unaddressed, poor work habits can lead to team members assuming that the behavior is acceptable and become a critical management issue. Discussing such concerns as absenteeism, language issues, and dress and grooming habits can be a difficult but necessary part of leading a team. And just like others aspects of team leadership, correcting work habits that need improvement requires careful attention and skill.

Absenteeism . . . Repeated tardiness . . . Conduct . . .Dress code. If your team leaders are faced with these or other work habit issues, this module will show them how to address these issues. Merely quoting company regulations to the noncompliant worker will not solve the problem. The truly effective team leader immediately addresses poor work habits in a supportive, non-threatening way.