Strategies for effective managerial communication Ensuring effective managerial communication is a difficult challenge. Every manager must find their own “path” to skillfully communicate with their employees, employers, suppliers, business partners and customers. How do you achieve effective communication between employees? Effective communication between employees is achieved by understanding themselves, the differences within the workforce, and the company's operating environment. It is based on the successful use of the communication process, avoiding interpersonal communication barriers and promoting active listening and feedback from the audience. It is important for managers to understand the communication process. Without understanding the process, how can managers communicate effectively? Communication can be verbal, non-verbal, written or visual. According to Interpersonal Communication: Lifeblood of an Organization, “the basic process of communication begins when a fact is perceived or an idea conceived by a single person. That person (the sender) chooses to decipher the perception in a message and subsequently transmits the message through a communication medium to another person (the receiver). The recipient must then interpret the message and provide feedback to the sender indicating that the message was understood and the appropriate action was taken. (Sethi, Seth 209) There are many opportunities for misunderstanding! First, the sender must be clear about the message. If the sender doesn't fully understand the topic, how can the recipient? So the sender must clearly communicate the entire message through the appropriate medium. How do you decide on the appropriate medium? The topic, timeline and recipient should be in the center of the paper…message and ask for clarification as needed. Works CitedCliffsNotes.com. Interpersonal communication. March 20, 2011.Sethi, Deepa and Seth, Manisha, Interpersonal Communication: Lifeblood of an Organization (December 21, 2009). The IUP Journal of Soft Skills, Vol. III, n. 3 and 4, pp. 32-40, September and December 2009. Available on SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1526500 James M. Richardson “Listening and Feedback: Two Essential Elements of Interpersonal Communication.” Medical director. FindArticles.com. March 20, 2011. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0843/is_n2_v17/ai_10698486/Talking from 9 to 5, Women and Men at Work, by Deborah TannenJohnson, Kenneth R. Effective Listening Skills. Information Technology Management White Paper, http://www.itmweb.com/essay514.htm