Communication Skills Coaching for IT Professionals
As an IT specialist, whatever your area of expertise or industry sector you work in, your training and background have given you a rigorous and precise way of thinking and operating. Your professional expertise means that you operate at a level of logic and necessary attention to detail that others are sometimes unable to appreciate.
If you're reading this, you probably either recognise yourself that your communication in certain contexts or with particular people is not as effective as you would wish. Or you've been given feedback that your communication needs to improve - perhaps in an appraisal meeting, perhaps by your boss or colleagues, perhaps because of a review of something that went wrong or a misunderstanding that occurred.
You may be feeling frustrated, misjudged, confused. You may well have tried hard to respond positively to feedback. But if you're still experiencing difficult situations at work with other people (your colleagues, your boss, customers, other departments, suppliers), then your logical mind will recognise that there is an issue here, even though you don't accept it's all down to you!
How can communication coaching help you?
- Really being listened to in confidence - clarifying what you want to achieve
- Skilled help in understanding different communication styles and where your own personal style fits in
- Distinguishing different perceptual positions when communicating
- Developing awareness of some useful distinctions to help you become more flexible when communicating
- Identifying specific situations where you want to show up more effectively - developing strategies for action
- Action planning for trying out new skills
- High-quality professional feedback to help you move forward
- Developing greater interpersonal skills that are directly relevant to your workplace
- Helping you to 'lighten up' around communication issues