10 Top Tips to Improve Communication!

In a office or any work­place envi­ron­ment, it is essen­tial to com­mu­ni­cate. Our abil­ity to com­mu­ni­cate with any­one and every­one, be it our clients, cus­tomers, co-workers and supe­ri­ors can enhance your over­all effec­tive­ness and pro­duc­tiv­ity. If com­mu­ni­ca­tions were done wrongly, it can even sab­o­tage our progress! Most of the times, our abil­ity to com­mu­ni­cate can make the dif­fer­ence in our pro­duc­tiv­ity and suc­cess in the office. Here are 10 ways to enhance your ver­bal effi­cacy at work:

1. Develop your voice – Have a voice that is author­i­ta­tive and firm. When you are pitch­ing at a high voice, it makes you sound whin­ney. It maybe even per­ceived as act­ing “cute”. Your voice gives assur­ance of what you can deliver and who you are.
2. Slow down – You maybe unaware that you are speak­ing faster than usual. Are you excited? Are you ner­vous or unsure? What­ever the case, it may dif­fer in dif­fer­ent per­son. How­ever, the key thing is you must speak at the speed your lis­tener is com­fort­able with for them to absorb what you are speaking.
3. Ani­mate your voice – Give life to your voice. We know you may sound cool with a monot­one. Be dynamic. Your tone should go up and down. Your vol­ume should change on empha­sis of impor­tant things. Peo­ple will be drawn by your speech.
4. Don’t mum­ble – Speak clearly. Don’t mum­ble. You are not talk­ing to yourself!
5. Use appro­pri­ate vol­ume – Use the cor­rect vol­ume for the con­text. You may want to lower your vol­ume when you are alone, close and want to express con­cern. You may want to speak louder when you are address­ing a large group of people.
6. Pro­nounce your words cor­rectly – Be sure of what you say. Peo­ple asso­ciate your intel­li­gence with your vocab­u­lary. If you are not sure how to say a word, our advice is do not even use it.
7. Use the right words – Sim­i­larly with pro­nun­ci­a­tion, if you are unsure of the mean­ing of a word or phrase, don’t use it. It makes you look silly. Learn a new word every­day to build up your vocabulary.
8. Make eye con­tact – Have eye con­tact with the per­son you are talk­ing to. Show your inter­est that you are and like talk­ing to the per­son. Just imag­ine that you are talk­ing to some­one that is always look­ing else­where except you.
9. Use ges­tures – Use every part of your body to talk. Ges­tures inject more life to the con­ver­sa­tion. How­ever, use ges­tures appro­pri­ately and avoid those neg­a­tive ones. You do not want to be seen scratch­ing your fore­head most of the time, right?
10. Don’t send mixed mes­sages – Your vol­ume, mes­sage, facial expres­sions, ges­ture and tone must be con­sis­tent. Unless you have agenda to send mixed mes­sages to the one you are talk­ing to.

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