Tips for Effective Managerial Communication

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Tips for Effective Managerial Communication
It is essential for employees to communicate effectively with each other for better
understanding as well as increased productivity at workplace. Employees doing
everything on their own are generally overburdened and eventually fail to deliver their
best.
Effective managerial communication enables the flow of information and
knowledge among employees in its desired form. Managers need to interact with
their team members to extract the best out of them. Problems remain unsolved if
employees do not communicate with each other. Discussions go a long way in
reducing confusions and also improve the relations among employees.
Let us go through some tips for effective managerial communication at
workplace:
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Remember a manager’s task is not only to sit in closed cabins and shout
at subordinates. He needs to interact with his team members on a regular
basis. Speak to your colleagues more often. Find out what they are upto? Treat
all your team members as one. There is absolutely no harm in taking lunch
with your team members. This way you tend to discuss lot many things apart
from routine work.
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Promote the concept of morning meetings at workplace. Morning meetings
help you interact with your team members on an open platform where
everyone has the liberty to express his/her views. Communicate with your
team members and help them plan their day. Let them come out with their
problems. Walk up to their workstations once or twice in a day.
Increase your listening skills. A good listener is always a good
communicator. It is really important to listen to the other person carefully
before speaking. Interrupting a conversation breaks the momentum and the
message loses its impact.
Working in a team leads to effective managerial communication.
Employees working in isolation hardly interact with their fellow workers and
superiors. Make sure your team members discuss things amongst themselves
and work together. Instruct them to keep you in the loop as well. The
employees must mark a cc to their immediate reporting managers to keep them
updated of the latest developments at the workplace.
Master the art of writing emails. Also train your team members how to write
an official mail. There is a huge difference between a personal and official
mail. The subject line needs to be relevant for people to open the mail.
Do not call your team embers one by one for any kind of communication.
Address them together.
Think before you speak. Make sure whatever you communicate is relevant.
Avoid using complicated words and terminologies in your speech. The
message has to be clear and precise for effective managerial communication.
Be straightforward and communicate clearly as to what you expect out of your
team members.
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No communication is complete unless the message is understood clearly
by the recipients. There should be absolutely no room for confusion in
effective communication. Once you are through with your speech, give some
time to your team members for them to ask whatever they have not
understood.
Never communicate at a noisy place. Choose conference room, meeting
rooms or any noise free zone for communication.
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