Kamis, 19 November 2009

ketrampilan komunikasi

Communication Skill
  • Communication Skill : a process by which information is exchanged between individual through a common system, sign or behaviors.
  • Skill : a learned power of doing something competently and something that is a developed aptitude or ability.
  • Good Communication Skills can be learned and that those skills can be used effectively deliver your message.

The Benefits of Good Communication
  • Good Communication is Good Business.
  • The more people you have working toward a common goal or working on a common problem, the better the chance there is for success.
  • Good communication techniques will get people working together.
  • Continuous improvement rests on effective communication.
  • Poor communication have been linked to increase absenteeism and lower productivity.

Communication Are Changing
It used to be …..
  • People were a reader
  • Employees were not computer literate
  • We communicated very formally
  • People had a focused attention span
  • “What was said” was the element important
In recent years
  • People are more likely viewers than readers
  • They are keyboarders…. computer literate
  • Communication is more informal
  • People have short attention span
  • “Who said it” is as important as “What was said”

Methods of Communication

Writing : Letters, Memos, Email, Report
Speaking : Face to face, Telephone
Listening
Body language


Are You Really Listening ?

Three steps to listening
  • Receiving….. gathering information in
  • Processing… considering the gathered information
  • Responding... sending processed information back
Be An Active Listener
  • Hold off on your assumption
  • Avoid being quick with advice
  • Exercise patience
  • Eliminate barriers
  • Shift your attention to the speaker…. no daydreaming

7 Listening Tips
  • Listen for main ideas. Use familiarity to your advantage
  • Eliminate physical barriers
  • Follow thru on your commitments
  • Show interest what’s being said
  • You have two ears, two eyes, one mouth
  • Keep your supply of patience full

Body Language Pitfalls
  • Slouching
  • Invading space
  • Hovering over the listener
  • Looking blank
  • Looking stern
  • Displaying threatening gestures
  • Folding your arms
  • Exhibiting distracting habits

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing... (aristoteles)