Your ability to communicate effectively will be helped or hindered by your mindset.
Is your mindset fixed or growth?
If it's fixed, you don't like being challenged and tend to deny, blame, justify and defend when you are. You see feedback and criticism as a personal attack and either respond emotionally, or dismiss it outright.
If you have a growth mindset, you embrace challenges, welcome feedback as a constructive opportunity to improve and learn, and get curious about understanding criticism.
If you want to improve your communication skills, one of the first things to work on is your mind.
With a fixed mindset, you might know the theory of effective communication, but you won't be able to put it into practice.
With a growth mindset, you'll be able to harness new skills to make immediate changes and improvements to your communication style.
How do you move from a fixed to growth mindset?
You make a conscious decision to do so and then reflect this in the choices you make.
It's as simple and difficult as that.
Leah Mether is a communications specialist, trainer, professional speaker and Director of Methmac Communications.
For details of Leah's upcoming communication workshops, visit the events page at www.leahmether.com.au.
Leah Mether is a communication and soft skills trainer obsessed with making the people part of leadership and work life easier.
With more than 15 years’ experience working with thousands of clients, and an two acclaimed books to her name, Leah knows what it takes to communicate under pressure. Like you, she knows the challenge of conflict, personality clashes, and difficult conversations.
Leah is renowned for her practical, engaging, straight-shooting style. Utilising her Five Cs® model of communication, she helps leaders and teams shift from knowing to doing, and radically improve their effectiveness.
