Public speaking is crucial in today's business environment.
There are many skills that employees in today’s world need such as technological competence and the ability to organize, but one important skill might be overlooked: public speaking.
A recent advice column on ComputerWorld’s website, said that public speaking is a critical skill in the workplace irrespective of one’s position. Being able to articulate one’s ideas, thoughts and plans clearly is crucial for everyone who needs to interact with anyone during work.
While public speaking may make many people nervous, it is important to do and one way to relax one’s self before having to address a large (or small) group of people would be to take a minute and perform some breathing exercises to get into the right state of mind.
The column in ComputerWorld focuses on a question from a “back-room IT guy” who is unsure of why his superior has asked him to take a public speaking course. The column says that even such a job would present potential opportunities to address a large amount of people, such as a scheduled system outage. Such advice can also be applied to other seemingly isolated jobs such as accountants and proof-readers.
Taking public speaking classes will not only show employers that you are committed to being an employee with excellent communication skills but that you are someone who understands the importance of personal development as well.
