From the course: Leading with a Growth Mindset
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Overcoming communication barriers
From the course: Leading with a Growth Mindset
Overcoming communication barriers
- I remember a time when I was working on a project with a colleague and as we were laying out the game plan, it felt like we just kept missing what the other person was trying to convey. Have you ever found yourself utterly frustrated while talking to someone because it feels like you can't get on the same page? It's as if you're speaking two different languages. Well, maybe you are. You see, when you talk to someone who shares or processes information differently than you, it can certainly feel like you're speaking Japanese and they're speaking Italian. If you want to overcome communication barriers, it starts by accepting that everyone communicates differently, and then, adjusting your expectations of how others should communicate. See, someone operating with a fixed mindset creates rigid expectations of how the other person should receive information. They're likely to feel stressed and overwhelmed with…
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