In today's competitive job market, communication skills are highly recommended in the business world. Effective communication is the act of improving one's own communication skills so that ideas can be transmitted effectively and efficiently. Finance experts typically used historical business performance analysis to support decisions. Finance professionals of today analyze data from the past, present, and future to produce insightful conclusions and make decisions. The future? Smart tech is enabling Finance professionals to predict trends and plan ahead when it comes to business spend, policies, and processes. Plus, to find relevant data and make meaning of it, the finance teams work in collaboration with multiple stakeholders not directly associated with finance. This is where communication skills are needed the most.The Finance team must broaden their skill set and improve their communication abilities since the function increasingly extends outside the financial sector.To become an effective communicator in the finance role, you should:• Keep meetings engaging and interactive• Translate your financial acumen into layman terms for others• Understand departmental goals to have relevant conversations
• Learn effective body language for strategic conversations.
• Discover how to be approachable throughout your career.
• Explore how to build successful business relationships.
• Learn how to be emotionally intelligent
• Apply how to Speak up at meetings
This course is designed to lead to practical skills to enable the finance team to become more effective while communicating with team members or with clients. Therefore, anyone who wishes to improve their communication skills will benefit from attending.
