Remember The 7 Cs To Communicate More Effectively

Remember The 7 Cs To Communicate More Effectively

Your day is filled with constant communication. Weblog Mind Tools offers a communication checklist to help ensure that your emails, phone calls, and meetings are always productive.

According to the 7 Cs, your communication should always be:

  1. Clear: Make the goal of your message clear to your recipient. Ask yourself what the purpose of your communication is.
  2. Concise: Your message should also be brief and to the point. Why communicate your message in six sentences when you can do it in three?
  3. Concrete: Ensure your message has important details and facts, but that nothing deters the focus of your message.
  4. Correct: Make sure what you’re writing or saying is accurate. Bad information doesn’t help anybody. Also make sure that your message is typo free.
  5. Coherent: Does your message make sense? Check to see that all of your points are relevant and that everything is consistent with the tone and flow or your text.
  6. Complete: Your message is complete when all relevant information is included in an understandable manner and there is a clear “call to action”. Does your audience know what you want them to do?
  7. Courteous: Ensure that your communication is friendly, open, and honest, regardless of what the message is about. Be empathetic and avoid passive-aggressive tones.

Think about the 7 Cs every time you need to communicate something and you’ll always know you’re delivering the clearest message possible. If you want some more information on the 7 Cs or would like to see some examples of each one, check the link below.

The 7 Cs of Communication [Mind Tools]


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