Well-developed communication skills are essential for academic as well as for future perspective; at all levels, students should know to communicate effectively. It is an essential leadership function and a major characteristic of a good leader, the beneficiaries are in many ways like teamwork bonding i.e good skills help the team member to achieve the desired goals. As many colleges make a session on the personality development for students which focuses on all the skills required for an interview or professional life, this can be utilised during academic life. Employees who communicate effectively with their team members, manager, and corporate leaders are considered as valuable assets.
Innovation and team building: What makes people unique and different in the queue is the ability to speak and openly communicate ideas without fear of anyone and can produce innovative ideas in front of everyone at the table of discussion. Making a strong and effective team is all about communicating well with the team member and solving the puzzles together for any business project. Giving effective strategies collectively working can bring a good conclusive work this, in turn, gives employee satisfaction and improve morale.
Growth in every perspective: Communication can be observed in either of the two ways internally and externally. That simply means the skills we possessed internally can deliver a message externally if we hold strong expressive language, this can be turned out to be a successful journey in your working life. What makes people differ in their career as everyone has their degree, knowledge, experience but lacks in the growth? Life is not all about hardworking and continuously working without self-consciousness and awakening about the environment, when you are awakened you can modulate yourself and act as a stimulus towards success. This is proportional to communication skills.
Strong management: When superior team managers are strong communicators they can well manage their teams like assignation of tasks, dispute management, relationship building, motivation, and other responsibility of management. They are the presenter of their company if holding strong skills they can convince everyone, ability to freely communicate with their peers, colleagues, and superiors.
Conference meeting: There was a time when everything opened but the COVID situation made many things shut down and made people work from home, this simply they have to attend the meeting through a video call itself. While conferencing over videos if you can’t be confident to put your ideas in front of people then it can make things not understandable. There are virtual conferences which are held for the meeting are successfully implemented due to the confidence and skills.
Resolves conflict: Many times it happens there is a situation where conflict arises. Effective communication is not about telling who is right or wrong; it’s all about having open-mind, honest and positive energetic discussions to make everyone satisfied and their needs are met. Your power of making the situation and environment good is the only thing that can make the working culture enjoyable.
The writer is Dr Neelima Kamrah, principal, KIIT World School Gurugram
