Priya Florence Shah

Are you finding it hard to communicate your vision down the ranks in your organization? You’re not alone. After attending a meeting of entrepreneurs, I realized that this was one crucial problem faced by most organizations. It’s like the old game of Chinese Whispers where the message gets progressively warped as it is transferred from one person to another. There is a saying in NLP circles that, “The success of your communication is a function of the message received.” So if you’re talking about creating a new department in your organization and the person on the lowest rung gets the message that you plan to begin downsizing or resizing, whose fault is it? And how do you ensure that the message communicated is understood the way you intend? To improve the success of your business communications , here are 3 tips from the world of media. 1. Speak Your Audience’s Language Media experts know that in order to help your audience comprehend their message, ...

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