5 Barriers to Communication
It’s difficult to win friends and influence people positively if you’re engaging in offensive behaviors that set people’s teeth on edge. Often people are unaware of behaviors that cultivate barriers to communication, especially when authority relationships exist. Stop your employees or coworkers are talking behind you back, review the five barriers to communication. Be honest with yourself if you identify behaviors that seem all too familiar. Change is possible when you become aware of what needs to change.
Avoid these 5 Barriers to Communication
1. Excessive authority, bullying and creating fear of openness in others
Excessive authority is often the result of assertiveness on steroids. While assertiveness helps those in authority to stay on task and to achieve goals, aggressiveness can raise its head turning directness into disconfirming behaviors which cause the object of the aggressive message to shrink back. Restrictions to open communications, if left unchecked, will stunt the growth of an organization and its people. Create a fear free workplace and home life where communicative openness is appreciated and rewarded. Continue reading “5 Barriers to Communication”