Work Communication: How to Communicate Effectively in the Workplace

Great workplace communication opens doors to career success and creates positive, productive environments where everyone thrives. Our comprehensive guides and expert advice help you master essential skills across all areas from team collaboration and presentations to managing relationships with colleagues and bosses. Work Communication is here to help.

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The Lowdown on Paternity Leave

Employee fathers are becoming increasingly willing to equally share in the responsibilities of caring for their newly born offspring, but are employers as ea...

Taking Responsibility for a Colleague's Error

If are accused of an error that was someone else’s responsibility then how can you avoid taking the blame without causing a scene. Responsibility For Someo...

Using a Critical Path to Improve Communication

Anyone responsible for managing a large project at work faces a tough challenge. This challenge becomes even harder if the people involved in the project don...

How to Deal With Rumours

Rumours are the most damaging form of communication at work. When someone is the target of rumours, he or she suffers a loss of self-esteem. This may lead to...

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Communicating the Benefits of a Product, Service or Idea

Imagine a salesperson trying to sell a product; a manager attempting to introduce a new procedure in the workplace; or an employee encouraging a supervisor t...

How Story Telling Techniques Can Put a Message Across

Putting a message across at a meeting can sometimes be hard. The audience may have other things on their minds. Or they may be keen to return to their desks...

Top Tips for Conducting Webinars

A webinar is a live meeting, seminar or presentation conducted on the Internet. The audience pre-book the webinar and log in to their computers at home or wo...

The Communication Benefits of PESTLE Analysis

Any manager involved in strategic decision-making at work knows the value of facts and figures. Without such data, managers have to rely on hunches and guess...

How to Communicate Positively With SCAMPER

SCAMPER is an acronym. It summarises a technique for positive communication. S is for substitute C is for combine A is for adapt M is for modify P is for put...

How to Deal With Rumours

Rumours are the most damaging form of communication at work. When someone is the target of rumours, he or she suffers a loss of self-esteem. This may lead to...

Using a Critical Path to Improve Communication

Anyone responsible for managing a large project at work faces a tough challenge. This challenge becomes even harder if the people involved in the project don...

Using Win - Win Negotiation to Resolve Problems

At work, particularly in an office, negotiation is a feature of daily life. Managers negotiate with staff over holidays, time off and the distribution of wor...

Coping With Your Appraisal Meeting

Every six or twelve months, most staff have an appraisal meeting with a manager. These meetings, despite their regularity, shouldn’t be a formality. Apprai...

Talk and Act Positively About Equality at Work

For more than three decades, government and employers have worked to improve equality in the UK workplace. Discrimination based on age, race, religion, disab...

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