Project Communication Skills (In-Person)
Communication is the single most critical project success factor. When effective, projects get executed on time, within budget, and with objectives being met. But that isn't all. Strong communication also nurtures healthy team relationships. And in today's highly diverse world, where projects are often fast-paced, complex, and virtual, that is more important than ever. Strong communication skills foster cultural awareness, trust, and empathy. Together, they contribute greatly to project success-and ultimately, to future project success.
In this course, participants will actively explore best communication practices from a variety of perspectives: in-person, virtual, electronic, and via formal project documentation. In order to be transformative, however, those perspectives will be filtered further through the lens of their formal, personalized assessment. It is a powerful tool which identifies individuals' internal needs and priorities. It translates those into descriptive profiles and reports, gifting users with valuable information about themselves and others. Paired with the course's real-world activities, it will provide uniquely strategic opportunities for communicating effectively and meaningfully-and with less conflict, both personally and professionally.
What you will Learn
At the end of this program, you will be able to:
Identify basic elements of communication and explain how they affect teams
Explore how your assessment style impacts you and how you communicate with people of other styles
Infer how your style impacts the way(s) you send and interpret emails and instant messages
Analyze real world email and instant messaging practices to determine how they affect communication and relationships
Explore best practices for formal project communications and presentations
Analyze how your assessment style and global diversity can contribute to both strong team communication and conflict
Identify solutions for virtual team work communication challenges
Foundation Concepts
Communication as a foundation skill
Elements of communication
Communicating across media
Targeting your audience
How communication impacts team performance
The Assessment Framework
Overview of the assessment's approach
Exploring assessment report
Increasing your effectiveness with other assessment styles
Email and Instant Messages
Preferred communications and assessment styles
The email brands we create
Assessment styles and email
Emotion and email
Email guidelines and best practices
Anatomy of an email
The seven deadly email sins
Instant messages and other interfaces
Project Communications and Presentations
Communicating across the project lifecycle
Project templates
Structuring a presentation
Delivering a presentation
Interpersonal and Team Communication Skills
Communication styles and techniques
Managing conflict in a project environment
Styles and conflict
Communication and global team leadership
Virtual Communication
Leading global virtual teams
Virtual processes and technology
Virtual team leadership