Author: Robert Bacal
Can you provide practical tips and suggestions to improve email communication?
The following is an excerpt from Conflict Prevention in the Workplace — Using Cooperative Communication When sending e-mail always reread what you have written before sending it on. Read it twice (at least) — once for content (does it say…
Why Is E-mail More Prone to Creating Unnecessary Conflict?
If you have any experience on the Internet or using your company’s internal email system, you probably realize that there is a great deal of very poor confrontational communication that occurs in the electronic medium. Why is that the case?…
Sweetspot: Communicating Positively and Negatively
Avoiding Overly Positive and Overly Negative Communication The Sweet Spot Between Overly Positive and Overly Negative Communication: Glass Empty, Glass Full You’ve heard the phrase: “There’s two kinds of people. Those that see the glass as half full, and those…
The Three Boorish Buckets Of Social Media Comments
Feedback To Dumb As Rocks People When The People Who NEED The Feedback Are The Least Likely To “Hear” It It’s an odd world. It seems that the people who really need to hear how they are perceived by others,…
Credibility: Knowing The Difference Between “Understanding From The Outside” and Understanding From The Inside
Communicating Credibly Understanding From The Inside – Understanding From The Outside We all think we know how government works. I thought that, at least until I joined the government as an organizational and development consultant some years ago. I’d always…
Should I intentionally communicate differently depending on the medium? Why?
The answer to this is a resounding yes, but chances are either you already knew that, or unconsciously alter how you communicate depending on the medium. For example, when you write a report, do you communicate the same as you…
