Course Description
Effective communication is the foundation of successful workplaces, driving collaboration, trust, and productivity across teams and departments. Breaking Barriers: Ending Bad Communication Habits helps professionals recognize, understand, and overcome communication behaviors that hinder workplace relationships and team performance. Poor communication practices—such as interrupting, vagueness, avoidance, or failure to provide feedback—can lead to misunderstandings, decreased engagement, and conflict, undermining organizational effectiveness.
The course emphasizes the importance of self-awareness in communication. Participants examine their own habitual patterns and understand how these automatic behaviors impact colleagues, team dynamics, and overall workplace culture. Recognizing the effects of ineffective communication is critical to building strong professional relationships and fostering collaboration. Awareness is the first step toward adopting intentional communication practices that improve clarity, trust, and engagement.
Interactive exercises provide participants with opportunities to practice active listening, clear messaging, and constructive feedback techniques in realistic workplace scenarios. These hands-on activities allow learners to experiment with new approaches, receive feedback, and refine their communication style in a supportive environment. By simulating challenging conversations and collaborative settings, the course enables participants to apply skills immediately and confidently.
Breaking ineffective communication habits also plays a crucial role in enhancing team cohesion. Teams with clear, consistent, and intentional communication experience fewer misunderstandings, higher trust, and greater efficiency in achieving goals. By fostering accountability and mutual respect, organizations can enhance performance and cultivate a more positive work environment. Participants explore practical methods to replace unproductive behaviors with communication strategies that encourage engagement, collaboration, and alignment.
The course also emphasizes the importance of delivering constructive feedback in a way that motivates growth rather than creates tension. Participants learn to frame messages clearly, listen actively, and respond thoughtfully, ensuring that feedback strengthens relationships rather than erodes trust. These skills are essential for managers, team leaders, and employees who seek to cultivate a high-performing and communicative workplace.
Through reflection, discussion, and practice, learners will identify key barriers to effective communication and develop actionable strategies to overcome them. By the end of Breaking Barriers: Ending Bad Communication Habits, participants will have created a personal action plan to sustain improved communication practices, strengthen team relationships, and maintain long-term improvements in professional interactions and organizational outcomes.
Course Outcomes
Identify everyday ineffective communication habits and understand their impact on clarity, trust, and team dynamics.
Recognize personal automatic communication patterns through reflection and group discussion.
Apply practical strategies to replace unhelpful habits with intentional and effective communication behaviors.
Demonstrate improved communication skills using active listening, clear messaging, and constructive feedback techniques.
Develop a personal action plan to sustain and improve your communication habits and strengthen workplace relationships.
FAQs
1.
Why are bad communication habits harmful in the workplace?
Ineffective communication can lead to misunderstandings, erode trust, and
impede collaboration, ultimately impacting team performance and organizational
outcomes.
2.
How can identifying personal communication patterns improve team dynamics?
By recognizing habitual behaviors, individuals can adjust their approach to
foster clarity, active engagement, and stronger professional relationships.
3.
What impact does intentional communication have on workplace culture?
Intentional communication fosters transparency, accountability, and trust, thereby
increasing employee satisfaction, engagement, and collaboration.
4.
What will participants learn in Breaking Barriers: Ending Bad Communication
Habits?
Participants learn to identify ineffective habits, practice active listening,
provide constructive feedback, and implement strategies to improve workplace
communication.
5.
How does this course help with team collaboration?
It equips participants with skills to communicate clearly, manage
misunderstandings, and create positive, cooperative team environments.
6.
Will participants leave with actionable strategies for improvement?
Yes. The course concludes with a personal action plan to sustain better
communication habits and foster long-term workplace relationships.
Audience
Managers and Supervisors: Enhance leadership
effectiveness by developing stronger communication skills that improve team
clarity, trust, and productivity.
Human Resources Professionals: Learn to identify
communication challenges and implement strategies that promote engagement,
collaboration, and positive workplace culture.
Team Members and Employees: Gain practical
skills to improve daily interactions, reduce misunderstandings, and contribute
to a more cohesive and efficient team environment.
Project Leaders and Coordinators: Strengthen
project outcomes and team alignment through improved communication techniques
that enhance clarity and collaboration.
Executives and Business Owners: Equip leaders
with the tools to model intentional communication behaviors, foster
transparency, and maintain a high-performing organizational culture.
Comments
Rescheduling and Cancellations
If you need to reschedule or cancel your registration, please refer to the following policy:
• Rescheduling and Cancellations with Prior Notice: If you cancel at least fifteen (15) business days before the course begins, you will receive full credit for another session.
• Last-Minute Cancellations: Cancellations made fewer than fourteen (14) business days before the course starts will receive a 50% partial credit for a future session.
• No Shows: Participants who fail to attend without prior notice will not receive credit for future sessions, nor will a refund be issued.
• Substitution Option: If you cannot attend, you may substitute another person from your organization. Please notify us by email at least fifteen (15) business days before the course start date.