{"id":91,"date":"2017-07-25T00:11:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T04:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kbconsultingsolutions.net\/?p=91"},"modified":"2018-04-23T12:39:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:39:24","slug":"practice-exceptional-communication-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kbconsultingsolutions.net\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"Practice Exceptional Communication Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p>Over the past decade, the method of communication has changed more dramatically than we could have ever imagined\u2026and the ability for many to communicate has become a challenge. Our prediction?\u00a0 Those who master and practice great one-on-one communication skills, will own the industry.<\/p>\n<p>We want to consider a few thoughts and concepts to be considered to empower you to take your communication skills and business to the next level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mindset for effective communication:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our culture has invested a great deal of time, talent, energy and money to encourage each of us to identify and acknowledge how we differ and have opposing views, opinions and perspectives through diversity training.<\/li>\n<li>What if we subscribe to different level of communication and think from a higher level of understanding?<\/li>\n<li>What if we invest the time, talent, energy and money and make a commitment to discern and embrace how we are alike?<\/li>\n<li>What if we explore and understand the needs of others through being authentic, transparent and open-minded?<\/li>\n<li>Can you imagine the places we will go and the lives we will change?\u00a0 Especially ours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10 Skills to Master for Exceptional Communication:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Enter each opportunity to communicate from a positon of curiosity rather than judgement<\/li>\n<li>Communicate each thought with passion, clarity and calmness<\/li>\n<li>Listen wholly\u2026with all five senses<\/li>\n<li>Aggressively, yet respectfully, ask questions.\u00a0 Deep, dimensional, thought provoking questions<\/li>\n<li>With each response you receive, rephrase and repeat to ensure you understand what is being communicated<\/li>\n<li>Seek insight.\u00a0 Commit to understand rather than respond<\/li>\n<li>Target the topic and stay on it\u2026avoid and resist rambling<\/li>\n<li>Yield and respect stalls and objections to delve deeper into subject matter<\/li>\n<li>Offer a sound, viable solution only if desired by all parties (sometimes listening wholly is enough)<\/li>\n<li>Close each conversation\/communication with a clear, measurable list of actions to be taken to achieve the desired results.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Hearing is one of the five senses; listening is an art.\u00a0 Be an artist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Times are changing, communication is evolving (in good and not-so-good ways).\u00a0 When you master your communication skills and you will dominate the real estate industry.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, it doesn\u2019t really matter if communication is by smoke signals, tweets or somewhere in between.\u00a0 What matters is how genuinely and honestly a message is communicated.\u00a0 More and more importantly and significantly the power of clarity is unstoppable.<\/p>\n<p>Always and forever, it\u2019s not what you say, or even how you say it.\u00a0 It\u2019s all about what you hear and how you respond.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past decade, the method of communication has changed more dramatically than we could have ever imagined\u2026and the ability for many to communicate has become a challenge. 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