The other day I posted; Five Signs That Your Office Has Communication Problems. Now let's look at one reason why office spaces may have poor communication.
One of the key traits of an office with communication issues is an office where people listen poorly, or not at all. You can spot these employees, or your management with the following traits.
Common traits of poor listeners (maybe you'll spot yourself here):
- Individual tunes out boring topics, choosing only to listen when exciting issues are discussed.
- Individual doesn't hear issue themes, only issue facts. The difference here, is a poor listener misses the overall picture.
- Individual daydreams and nods off.
- Individual can't jump in quickly if called on with a question or when asked to comment. I.e, they're lost.
- Individual interrupts others often.
- Individual tunes out hard to grasp topics, focusing only on easy issues.
- Individual starts a fight or argument before the speaker has even finished their thoughts.
- Individual reacts emotionally when emotional words are used - such as they're strongly affected when someone says they could improve a task, instead of accepting advice.
- Individual seems lost and confused at the end of every meeting.
- Individual never makes eye contact - or does, but shifts eyes often or makes faces as you talk.
Want more?: Read The Seven Deadly Sins of (Not) Listening
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