Communication for life: how to be a better communicator

Do you want to be a better communicator?

Do you want to learn more about the core communication and relationships skills and practical applications of these in life and at work?

Do you want to understand your current communication and relationship struggles and identify a personalised action plan for improvement?

This course is a practical, action oriented course designed to enhance your communication and relationship skills to become a better communicator in life and at work.

The course aims to enable you to understand the common reasons for communication and relationships challenges in life and at work and you will analyse and consider your current communication and relationships and the areas you may be struggling with or want to improve.  The course will cover the core communication and relationships skills and different practical applications of these in life and at work. You will also learn and implement a wide range of practical tools, tips & strategies and develop a personalised action plan to use in your life and at work to be a better communicator.

The course is designed to be practical and relevant to real life. It is not a theoretical or academic course on communication.

What are the course aims?

The course aims to:

* Provide you with the common reasons for communication and relationships challenges in life and at work.

* Explain the core communication and relationships skills and practical applications of these in life and at work

* Enable you to analyse and consider your current communication and relationships and the areas you may be struggling with or want to improve

* Provide you with a wide range of practical tools, tips & strategies to use in your life and at work to be a better communicator

* Enable you to develop a personalised action plan to be a better communicator

* Show you how to deal with difficult people in life and at work

What is included in the course?

The course has the following sections:

* Introduction: including an introduction to the course and the tutor.

* Communication costs & challenges: including looking at the costs of poor communication and relationships and the challenges of communication and relationships in life and at work.

* Your communication analysis, including an exercise to look at your current communication and relationship struggles and the areas you feel you need to improve on.

* Core communication and relationship skills – tips & strategies: including looking at a range of core communication and relationship skills tools, tips and strategies and understanding how you can use these in your life and at work to be a better communicator.

* Applying the communication and relationship skills – tips & strategies: including looking at a range of practical tools, tips & strategies in how you can apply the core communication and relationship skills in your life and at work (including how to deal with difficult people) to be a better communicator.

* Your communication and relationship action plan: including your own communication and relationship struggles, areas to improve and action plans to be a better communicator in life and at work.

* Course summary - including a short summary of the course, a course quiz to self assess your learning and a checklist of all the tips and strategies covered in the course.

We have also included introductions and summaries throughout the course to help with learning.

The course is in short bite sized lectures and you can see the detailed course content in the course curriculum.

Practical activities - Developing your own communication and relationship action plan and a course quiz

There are exercises to complete as you go through the course to develop your own personalised communication and relationship action plan. These include understanding your own communication and relationship struggles and the areas you feel you need to improve on and what actions you are going to take to be a better communicator in your life and at work.

There is also a short multiple choice quiz in the Summary section of the course for you to use to self assess your learning from the course.

You will need to allow additional time in addition to the duration of the videos to complete the worksheets and quiz.

What will you cover on the course and what will you learn?

As you go through the course you will be looking at your own communication and relationship struggles, the impact on you and your life and work, and how to improve your own communication and relationships in your life and work to be a better communicator.

By the end of the course you will have a better understanding of your own communication and relationships, know what your communication and relationship struggles are and the areas you need to improve, have action plans for improving your communication and relationship skills and as to how you will apply these communication and relationship skills in your life and at work.

Even if you are not finding communication difficult at the moment, you will have the opportunity to review you and your work and to decide on actions to enhance your communication and relationship skills and their application.

Important notes and more about the course

If you are already very knowledgeable about communication and relationships in life and work, this course may not be for you, so please consider the content carefully before purchasing the course. 

You can watch the lectures at your convenience on your computer, tablet or smart phone.   

You can choose to complete the whole course or just watch the lectures that are most relevant to you, whichever you prefer. You can watch each lecture in full or just the elements you want to watch and you can stop a lecture at any point if you want to study the content in more detail.

You can watch the lectures at the preassigned speed or you can choose to speed up or slow down the lectures to suit your own preference.

We have included links in the resource section of the Introduction video to the Udemy help section which explains in detail how to access and watch the course, so you can find out more about watching the course and adjusting the course settings (such as course speed) to suit your individual preferences.

We have also included links in the resource section of the Course summary video to the Udemy help section which explains in detail how to download your course certificate after watching the whole course.

Good luck

Good luck with the course and I hope you find it invaluable.