Gonzalo Jimenez YamasakiCo-founder - Body Language Trainer/Coach| Ready To Jump .ProCoquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
I am doing some research and I am curious to hear what roadblocks you have faced. If there are examples you can share, please include them in your comments. Saving Changes...
Gonzalo Jimenez YamasakiCo-founder - Body Language Trainer/Coach| Ready To Jump .ProCoquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 21, 2018 4:55 PM
Replying to Anish Abraham
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First of all you need to be sincere to yourself, and try to understand other person's perspective. In my experience some people use this pattern when they want the other person to behave in a certain way. For example they might say, “If I were you, I would you these things". Depending on the situation we may have to use different communication styles.
Thank you Anish! Would you say that the challenge is to have people being fully open? Saving Changes...
The communication on projects should be proactive. Before sending a formal letter or Technical Query, it is better to have informal discussion with the receiver and have consensus on the actions by both parties. Then we can send the formal vehicle of communication just reinstating what we have already agreed.
I have seen people going to meetings with Minutes of Meeting already prepared. Though there may be certain points which are different but having a strong imagination of the results help to reach them during the meetings. This is again an example of proactive communication. Saving Changes...
I like "own the communication", could you please elaborate?
"owner" needs to define the communication plan and follow up the execution, in some situation, "owner" should guide the discussion and push for the real root cause. Saving Changes...
RAJESH K LProject Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, IndiaBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Agree with Justus. very true. some truths not body wan't to discuss Saving Changes...
Christina MaryBusiness Analyst & Project Manager| Compindia InfotechChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Communication plays a vital role in the project. In all areas, crystal clear communication is very important. Project stakeholders need to provide clear requirements. Service provides needs to analyze it and SHOULD make sure their understanding is aligning with the client's requirement.
It applies in all areas. If one person is giving instructions or giving a task, it is responsible for the task provider
to make the developer/any executive to clearly understand the instructions. Also, it is responsible for the developer/any executive to make sure their understanding is correct.
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Sep 12, 2018 7:41 PM
Gonzalo Jimenez Yamasaki
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Thank you for your answer! In your case, do you find any of that challenging?
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Gonzalo Jimenez YamasakiCo-founder - Body Language Trainer/Coach| Ready To Jump .ProCoquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Sep 12, 2018 9:15 AM
Replying to Christina Mary
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Communication plays a vital role in the project. In all areas, crystal clear communication is very important. Project stakeholders need to provide clear requirements. Service provides needs to analyze it and SHOULD make sure their understanding is aligning with the client's requirement.
It applies in all areas. If one person is giving instructions or giving a task, it is responsible for the task provider
to make the developer/any executive to clearly understand the instructions. Also, it is responsible for the developer/any executive to make sure their understanding is correct.
Thank you for your answer! In your case, do you find any of that challenging? Saving Changes...
One communication challenge as an international woman is dealing with male protocol in highly patriarchal societies. While I understand it is very important to follow appropriate channels and respect cultural norms, I would like to learn some communication principles or techniques that respectfully disarm that cultural instinct where female contributions are secondary, enough to engage them in a conversation with the ultimate goal of establishing some credibility in order to problem-solve together. I am still growing my own patience and tolerance too ;)
Best of luck in your research and language training,
Therese Poujade-Goustiaux
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Sep 23, 2018 7:58 PM
Gonzalo Jimenez Yamasaki
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This is such an interesting topic Therese, thank you for bringing it up. You are right that it may be stronger in some cultures. For you, as a woman, I would strongly recommend mastering practice #3 in the guide and also practice "power gaze" (this is something I will teach later on), however, it basically means to keep your eyes looking at the eyes and forehead of the person you are speaking with when you are keeping eye contact (avoid looking below the level of the eyes). I hope that makes sense.
In this fast-paced and multi-tasking environment, it is a challenge for both communicator and receiver to be mindful of communication flows, be prompt and accurate in communicating and decoding/understanding the message.
Be succinct in communicating, learn both verbal and non-verbal modes to improve communication and understanding.
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Sep 23, 2018 7:59 PM
Gonzalo Jimenez Yamasaki
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If we all would take responsibility for our communication, we would live in a different world for sure! Thank you for your feedback!
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Tim PodestaDirector of PM/PMO| Former BP- now IndependentPenn, Bucks, United Kingdom
From my experience two things block effective communication; not enough listening or time put aside to complete a conversation.
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Sep 23, 2018 8:01 PM
Gonzalo Jimenez Yamasaki
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Could you please explain further what you mean by "time put aside to complete a conversation"? Thank you in advance!
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Gonzalo Jimenez YamasakiCo-founder - Body Language Trainer/Coach| Ready To Jump .ProCoquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Sep 17, 2018 10:57 AM
Replying to Therese Poujade-Goustiaux
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Hello Gonzalo,
One communication challenge as an international woman is dealing with male protocol in highly patriarchal societies. While I understand it is very important to follow appropriate channels and respect cultural norms, I would like to learn some communication principles or techniques that respectfully disarm that cultural instinct where female contributions are secondary, enough to engage them in a conversation with the ultimate goal of establishing some credibility in order to problem-solve together. I am still growing my own patience and tolerance too ;)
Best of luck in your research and language training,
Therese Poujade-Goustiaux
This is such an interesting topic Therese, thank you for bringing it up. You are right that it may be stronger in some cultures. For you, as a woman, I would strongly recommend mastering practice #3 in the guide and also practice "power gaze" (this is something I will teach later on), however, it basically means to keep your eyes looking at the eyes and forehead of the person you are speaking with when you are keeping eye contact (avoid looking below the level of the eyes). I hope that makes sense.
