Maria Roxana Iorio
August 30, 2014
Business Communications

Worst vs. Best Communicators

How important is it to get your message across and be a great communicator? Communication helps us better understand a person or a situation, allows us to resolve differences, and helps us build trust, and respect. We all communicate and like to tell stories, but let’s be realistic- some people are better than others when it comes to communication.
Communication process can either hurt or help a business. Poor communication can lead to negative consequences such as low employee morale and lack of productivity in the workplace. Poor communicators are unaware of the message that their body language transmits. Facial expressions like raising your eyebrows or rolling your eyes, are very important and they carry a lot of weight with the audience. Another bad sign of poor communication, is always wanting to be right. Wanting to be the smartest in the room pushes a person to be first to speak and dominate the conversation. This will most likely result in predictable and /or annoying conversation. Poor communication can definitely hurt your business, that is why is very important to improve your communication skills.
Effective communications on the other hand, is the most powerful weapon that a business owner or leader can have. A great communicator connects to their audience regardless of its size. They could be speaking to one person or a group of one thousand people and grab the same attention. They are very persuasive, they capture attention, and close more deals. A good communicator knows, that people have the ability to solve their own problems and they just have to help them achieve that inner vision and wisdom. Good communicators are simply magnetic and we can definitely learn something from all of them. By coping their best ideas and traits, we can learn how to