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Oral Comm, Conversations, Listening
Oral Comm, Conversations, Listening
• Conversation Skills
• Effective Listening
Every Communication is…
7% 38% 55%
Message
(Verbal Factors)
+ How you say it?
(Tone of Voice &
Modulation)
+ Accompanying
Non-Verbal
(Visual Factors)
Oral Communication
• What is it?
– Verbal + Spoken Communication
• Hence, More Immediate + More Natural + More Informal
• Important: It does not matter what you say, but rather, how you say
it
– I’ll do it
– I will do it
Principles of Oral Communication
• In addition to 7Cs of General Communication…
Why have a ‘small talk’ when it will not be mentioned in the MoM?
Conversation Skills
– Pick a non-business point to start the call, but don’t show you are making
it up!
– Should have a positive tone to it. It helps build a good mood, and positive
energy.
– Small Talk at the start should be longer than the one at the end
Controlling the Conversations
MUST WATCH: ‘Thank You for Smoking’
• Selling or Buying
• Negotiating (say, the demands of factory workers)
• Participating in meetings
• Interviews
• General disagreement
• Responding to a personal criticism
• Suggested Movies:
– Thank You for Smoking
– Shawshank Redemption
– Men of Honour
– Courage Under Fire
– The Great Debaters
• 6. Top-3 habits/hobbies that a Manager should have and how to develop them.