Understanding
communications and knowing how to
communicate will always be important to all in the business arena. According to mba.com “Successfully pitching a new product idea to your boss or presenting a
financial analysis or strategic plan to your company’s management team requires
a high level of proficiency across a broad set of communication skills that have never gone out of style—in fact
they’re in high demand.”(2014) The more one can learn and stay alert to changes
in communications the better off they will be in all aspects of their life.
Mike Myatt with Forbes recently said;
Communications is more about listening than talking |
It is simply impossible to become a great leader without being a great
communicator. I hope you noticed the previous sentence didn’t refer to being a
great talker – big difference. The key to becoming a skillful communicator is
rarely found in what has been taught in the world of academia. From our
earliest days in the classroom we are trained to focus on enunciation,
vocabulary, presence, delivery, grammar, syntax and the like. In other words,
we are taught to focus on ourselves. While I don’t mean to belittle these
things as they’re important to learn, it’s the more subtle elements of
communication rarely taught in the classroom (the elements that focus on
others), which leaders desperately need to learn. (2014)
If we can learn to really listen to our audience and read
changing trends our skills will be in high demand. Good communicators also need
to understand SEO, SMO, and metadata. In Practicing Convergence Journalism,
Usher points out “Good content and high readership levels are not mutually
exclusive: good stories will be found, and SEO can help.”(p. 134)
References
Employers Want Communication Skills in New Hires.
(2014, August 7). Retrieved from
http://www.mba.com/us/the-gmat-blog-hub/the-official-gmat-blog/2014/aug/employers-want-communication-skills-in-new-hires.aspx
Myatt, M. (2012, April 4). 10 Communication
Secrets of Great Leaders - Forbes. Retrieved from
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2012/04/04/10-communication-secrets-of-great-leaders/
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