Module One: Introduction to Communication
This module will introduce you to the basics of communication. After completing this module, you will be able to know how to listen actively and maintain a good report which will help you hone your communication skill.
key Topics:
- What is Communication?
- Categories of Communication
- The Communication Process
- The Importance of Listening
- Types of Listening
- How to Listen to Understand
- Definition of Rapport
- 6 Quick Ways to Sharpen Your Rapport
Module Two: Understanding Behaviour Styles & Personality Types
This lesson will help you understand different behavioural styles and develop your own behavioural characteristics.
Key Topics:
- Definition of Social Style
- The Assertive Scale
- Tendency to Yield
- Tendency to Dominant
- The Sociability Scale
- Intense Sociability
- Limited Sociability
- How to Understand Behavioural Styles & Personality Types
- Characteristics of Behavioural Styles
- Analytical
- Analytical Strengths
- Analytical Weaknesses
- Driver
- Driver's Strengths
- Driver's Weaknesses
- Amiable
- Amiable Strengths
- Amiable Weaknesses
- Expressive
- Expressive Strengths
- Expressive Weaknesses
Module Three: Overcoming Communication Barriers
The goal of the lesson is to identify and understand the barriers to communication and how to overcome them.
Key Topics:
- Knowing About Communication Barriers
- Barrier from The Sender
- Barriers From The Receiver
- Other Barriers to Communication
- Language
- Psychological
- Frames Of Reference – Bias, Prejudice
- Physical Environment
- Human Disability
- Organisation Structure
- Overcoming Barriers to Communication
- Think Before Speaking
- Check to Understand
- Pitfalls to Avoid when Communicating Messages
Module Four: Asking Questions
In this lesson, you will learn how to build better relationships by asking and understanding questions during communication.
Key Topics
- Types of Questions
- Open Questions
- Closed Questions
- Facts During Finding Questions
- Clarifying Questions
- Developmental Questions
- Testing Questions
- Mirror Questions
- Closing Questions
- All Different Questions
- Advanced Questioning
- Categorising Questions
- WOQ (Wide Open Questions)
- NOQ (Narrow Open Questions)
- TOQ (Two Option Questions)
- SOQ (Single Option Questions)
- Putting All Together in a Funnel
Module Five: Learning to Communicate Assertively
The goal of the lesson is to teach you how to communicate assertively.
key Topics:
- The Levels of Learning
- Level One: Unconscious Incompetence
- Level Two: Conscious Incompetence
- Level Three: Conscious Competence
- Level Four: Unconscious Competence
- Communicate Assertively
- Passive Behaviour
- Aggressive Behavior
- Passive- Aggressive Behaviour
- Assertive Behaviour
- The Assertive Body Language