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The Importance Of Barriers To Effective Communication

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A barrier to effective communication is something that keeps information and thoughts from transmitting from one person to another. A primary reason for lack of effective communication is that, without realizing it, people typically inject communication barriers into their conversation making communication much more difficult that most people seem to realize. There are twelve barriers to effective communication. These barriers can be divided into three categories, judgment, sending solutions, and avoidance of other’s concerns. These twelve ways of responding are viewed by behavioral scientists as high-risk reposes. Whenever you or the other person is experiencing stress, avoid all communication roadblocks. We are most likely to use these high-risk responses when stress is experienced. (Bolton, (1986)
Looking at these major communication roadblocks, the three specific communication roadblocks that I personally tend to use are criticizing, ordering, and advising. For example, I was a team supervisor of IP Deployment at Asiacell Telecommunications. In my role, I focused on the operational aspect of managing and protecting our network infrastructure. I always made sure all team members got all their tasks done on time and performed them well.
However, I did not always listen to my team members, on occasion, introduced communication barriers that blocked our interaction as a team. The first roadblock that I personally tend to use criticism. Overusing criticism was

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