Don’t Depend on Technology to Communicate

I remember talking to the head of communications for a large company who wanted to hire us for training.

At their offices I noted about 20 empty spaces for all the communications officers.

I asked Jim, “Where is everyone”?

He replied, “They’re all working from home. We actually don’t see each other that often. We send each other a lot of emails, we leave each other a lot of voice-mails but we don’t actually know what everyone looks like.”

I knew we weren’t going to get the job. We weren’t going to “connect.” No relationship would be built.

Getting together is often more important than why you’re getting together.

Technology is a great communication aid, but it won’t cover the whole spectrum of communicating.

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Companies that spend time and money getting together will be the companies that succeed.

Frankly, we believe companies who rely exclusively on communication technologies to communicate will get into problems they haven’t even dreamt about.

Nothing beats face-to-face communications.

Why Communicate Well?

Opening Doors for Your Talent

Communication is the one skill that opens doors to all other skills.

You can’t learn enough about communication. It’s the key skill for all high performers.

Take every opportunity to learn about the communication process.

Take every opportunity to learn more about the skills that make people excellent communicators.

You will never stop learning.

And remember, communication is not easy. Don’t take it for granted. You will not always get it right. I don’t. Yet you can increase your chances of success if you take the skill seriously.

Your challenge rests with first recognizing the definition of good communications: straight-line messages from me to you, from you to me.

Sounds simple, doesn’t it?

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