Question & Answer: Identify five business communication skills that you have learned for the first time…..

Below are the five business communication skills that I have developed –

Business Writing skills – These skills include writing professional emails as per the context, writing requests for proposal, public addresses etc.

These are critical to succeed in a career as they depict the clarity in communicating message to the person who works from a different location. This is more important in communicating with internal or external clients.

Presentation skills – These include the document part of the presentation using tools like powerpoint for diagrammatic and textual representation of the topic and oral presentation skills.

These skills help in creating a positive impression in the minds of audience by confidently communicating the intended message or topic.

Networking skills – These include partnering with others within the organization or outside to accomplish as common objective while building network of contact who might be helpful in future.

These skills help in contacting individuals in the network in future for any help.

Negotiation skills – These include bargaining skills, analysing and presenting one’s own opinion to arrive at a common point in a business or purchase deal etc.

These skills help in getting products at lower costs from suppliers, getting tasks accomplished with other employees etc. depending on the contexts where these are used.

Interpersonal communication skills – These include building relationship and trust with other individuals in and out of an organization at a personal level to help one another as and when required.

These skills play a major role in increasing the comfort of an employee in an organization by bonding strongly with others.