Commnon scenarios that play out everyday.  

• A boss decides not to promote his employee after the employee's poor presentation.

• A sales person fails to win the valuable new contract because his sales pitch wasnt convincing. 

• A manager makes a poor impression with his team because he failed to connect to his audience during his first presentation.

Should something like this happen to you, you probably won't even know. Usually when we dont get the raise/promotion, or our team isnt receptive to us, we usually blame it on everything outside our control - our boss doesnt like us, our team is against us, the potential customer chose another solution because it was better than ours...  

And while these reasons may be the case, they are outcomes when our communication isnt landing the way it should. Our boss should love us, because we are awesome. Our team should be on our side, because we're right and the other side is wrong, obvi. And we should win the sale even if our solution isnt the best fit, because you are a better sales person than the person from the other company.  

Improving our communication skills is like upgrading everthing in your life. Suddenly, issues become less frequent. People starting supporting you a little more. And that raise or promotion becomes a more than likely scenario.