International School In Mumbai

Stephen Covey in his book, ‘7 Habits of Highly Effective People’, mentions ‘seek first to understand and then to be understood’ as an important habit that people must practise in their lives to be effective individuals.  When we use the word- understand in communication, it means to understand what the speaker is intending to convey to us and not we want to understand. Many a times we comprehend information according to our experiences and our point of view. Due to this misunderstandings take place as the message conveyed is not the one intended. Our IGCSE board schools in Mumbai , understands that good communication skills are an integral part of day to day functioning. There are innumerable benefits of having good communication skills. It helps us in building good networks, makes us confident, we become good listeners etc. Most often, listening is not seen as a communication skill. In listening we focus more on paying attention but that is just one aspect. Being empathic listener is