Building Effective Relationships Between Men and Women


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Target Audience
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Overview/Description
Guess what. Men and women are different. Socially, the differences offer an attractive mystique. But in professional situations and in the workplace, the significant differences in male and female communication styles can cause problems. There is no denying that women and men vary significantly in their verbal inflections and tone, their body language, and how they listen to others. They pick up on different cues in conversations, and often the meaning they interpret is not the message the speaker intends. It's almost as if men and women speak different languages. And, in fact, that's nearly the case. Communication confusion and breakdown between men and women at work can lead to inefficiency and expensive business errors. This course explains the differences in the language and communication behaviour of men and women so each can understand what the other is really saying. The course also provides tips on how to modify your own communication behaviour to be more clearly understood by the opposite sex.

Target Audience
Anyone who works or interacts with the opposite sex in a professional setting

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

His and Hers

  • recognise benefits of understanding why men and women communicate differently.
  • identify examples of developmental factors that influence the ways in which men and women communicate differently.
  • identify examples of typical communication styles used by men.
  • identify examples of typical communication styles used by women.
  • apply effective feminine or masculine communication techniques in a conversational situation.
  • Using Different Approaches

  • recognise benefits of developing skills to communicate better with the opposite sex.
  • match examples of specific delivery styles with the gender that commonly uses that style.
  • determine which elements of gender stereotyping to change to avoid stereotyping in a work communication scenario.
  • identify the elements of the SAVE model for intergender business communication.
  • determine whether speakers are using the SAVE model for communication between men and women.
  • Unspoken Communication

  • recognise the value of understanding how non-verbal behaviour contributes to communication.
  • match examples of non-verbal behaviour with the associated sex.
  • match examples of listening behaviour with the associated gender.
  • identify responsive listening techniques.
  • apply responsive listening techniques to men and women in a work scenario.
  • Course Number:
    COMM8193