A quick post on one of my favourite themes . . . A friend managed to catch her new boss by telephone after a few attempts at trying. She said: “Nice to talk to you at last.” (And she meant it, with the good heart that she has.) He heard: “Oh, so you’ve finally… Read More The meaning of your communication . . .
And this is how we used to communicate. A relic from what seems a bygone era. Less swish, more clunky, intermittently unreliable. Thank goodness we all know how to do it better now.
A lovely quote shared with me by a friend who is a genius at communication:
My friend recently texted her husband to check his eta for meeting us (he’d been delayed . . . that’s another story) and confirming our location. His response? Short, sweet, to the point: “OK, ta.” Feeling a tad light-hearted (some might call it lol-ing), my friend flippantly replied: “OK, ta . . . what sort… Read More Say what you mean . . .
I was reminded of a recent blog (The Bawtry Monolith) . . . A friend who knows a thing or two about working in industry, business and particularly in HR during a glittering international career, confessed to being surprised how much their relationship with a peer had improved once they’d met him face to face. What… Read More It’s good to . . .
In 1990 Adrian Hosford told his colleagues that their company was NOT in the telephony business. An odd statement, you might think, from the then Director of Communications for BT. So, if not telephony, what exactly was their raison d’être? Allegedly, it was ‘Reciprocated Confidences’ – the exchange of ‘confidences’ between human beings, leading to… Read More The Bawtry Monolith . . .
I went to collect a parcel at my local delivery office. A fairly cheery, polite postal man was dishing out parcels after checking each customer’s ID – a necessity I fully understood. While waiting in the queue – and it was a long one – I spotted this handwritten sign taped on the service counter… Read More Choose your words . . .
Personality types, eh?! Explained so well by Mr McGough. A brilliant lesson on communication.
I saw this on a recent journey on public transport. Thankfully no one on my trip had a need to press the red button. This communication left me in no doubt about its purpose: quick, easy access, to someone who will listen, and can give us the information we seek. But what does “communication” mean… Read More Mixed messages . . .
Last year, BBC Radio 4 broadcast the excellent, Networking Nation (still available), presented by Julia Hobsbawm OBE. In 5, 15-minute episodes, Ms Hobsbawm encouraged us to think about what networking means. I’m intrigued by brilliant networking. I think we should all do more of it (see Around my kitchen table (04 October 2015) and yesterday’s Note… Read More Collide with the unexpected . . .
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