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Listen Up! (from Achieving Communication Excellence)
The importance of active listening. When we actively listen – our body language, gestures and behaviors let other know we are engaged.
Video Vignettes Personal Performance Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism
Narrow Your Focus
How narrowing the focus of communication can add clarity and immediacy.
Video Vignettes Personal Performance Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism
Overcoming Communication Issues - Hotel/Hospitality Scene
As we all eventually find out, bad communication can lead to even worse problems. This video vignette demonstrates how to effectively deal with a non-listener - confronting the communication problem.
Video Vignettes Personal Performance Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism
Overcoming Communication Issues - Manufacturing
When a team can't freely exchange ideas or share thoughts, the team freezes or becomes ineffective. This vignette demonstrates why we need to deal with the team communication.
Video Vignettes Personal Performance Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism
Overcoming Communication Issues - Office/General
Sometimes we need to discuss 'hard' issues - like setting the record straight. Communicating in these situations is critical to get consensus. This vignette demonstrates the approach to confronting others using good communication - to resolve issues.
Video Vignettes Personal Performance Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism
Overcoming Communication Issues - Retail
Let's face it, bad communication can lead to even worse problems. This video vignette demonstrates how we can overcome workplace issues by taking a step back and working on our communication and interpersonal skills.
Video Vignettes Personal Performance Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism
Prepare for Communicating Effectively
How to best prepare to communicate effectively. Follow a process for getting ready to communicate with others.
Video Vignettes Leadership, Personal Performance Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism
Redirection With a Coworker
How using positive redirection with a coworker improves relationships and performance.
Video Vignettes Leadership, Personal Performance Effective Leadership, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism, Sales & Service
Redirection With a Team Member
How using positive redirection with a team member improves relationships and productivity.
Video Vignettes Leadership, Personal Performance Effective Leadership, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism, Sales & Service
So, How Am I Doing? (from Achieving Communication Excellence)
The importance of being proactive and clarifying information when giving and receiving feedback.
Video Vignettes Leadership, Personal Performance Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism
Speak Up! (from Achieving Communication Excellence)
Gain confidence to communicate in a direct and clear manner.
Video Vignettes Personal Performance Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism
Tailor Your Presentation
Learn about the importance of tailoring your presentation and the situations you may find yourself in when it becomes necessary... to effectively get your point across.
Video Vignettes Personal Performance Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism
The Boss Who Knows it All, And Then Some (from Bad Apples™)
Dealing with a boss that discounts ideas and doesn't listen to reason.
Video Vignettes Personal Performance Interpersonal Skills, Change, Collaboration, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism
I Feel...
Allows for personal assessment and reflection on the training topic at hand. This activity is designed to be used with any SMART-START® video or other short video program with text, This activity may be used as a cultural commitment or assessment.
Activities Personal Performance Communication, Assessment, Conflict Resolution
Team Spark: Adapt to Encourage Growth
Adaptive communication is a skill that is also critical to organizational growth. Keeping something the same just “because this is the way we have always done it” hinders an organization from innovating and progressing. Adaptation taps into employee skill sets and allows people to utilize their diversity to improve upon old “songs”, making a new version that supports growth.
Activities Personal Performance Communication, Discussion Trigger, Team Builder or Retention Aid, Teamwork
Team Spark: Assess Your Communication Style
When communicating with others, particularly people from other countries, it is important to recognize when your communication style has become outdated and when it is time to upgrade to a new technique.
Activities Personal Performance Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder or Retention Aid, Teamwork
Team Spark: Check Assumptions Before Judging
When judging the “dance” of another person, especially across differences such as culture, be careful about making judgments based upon what you think is important. Focusing on their “feet” while communicating may mean you are missing the most important part of their dance.
Activities Personal Performance Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder or Retention Aid, Teamwork
Team Spark: Craft Your Message With Purpose
Communication across differences is often done in a similar fashion. However, taking time to think about who, when, and how a message will be received allows the sender to craft a much more effective message that will produce much better results.
Activities Personal Performance Communication, Discussion Trigger, Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder, Teamwork
Team Spark: Create Structure to Help Bridge Barriers
The lack of face-to-face interaction reduces the team’s ability to adjust and adapt as quickly as a team that is located all at one site. In situations like this, having a clearly defined structure detailing everyone’s role and responsibilities is a key to success.
Activities Personal Performance Communication, Discussion Trigger, Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder, Teamwork
Team Spark: Cross-Pollinate to Spark Innovation
Within companies and teams, employees have the important role of sharing ideas between groups, departments, and teams. This “cross-pollination” of ideas helps to unlock the inherent creativity and innovation that lies within a company, but may need a spark from another source to bring it to life.
Activities Personal Performance Communication, Discussion Trigger, Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder, Teamwork