JORAS - Nigerian Journal of Religion and Society

Communication by its very nature signifies life and facilitates every facet of life but it has to be managed in the manner that enhances its effectiveness with the sole aim of achieving set personal and organizational goals. Everyone needs to communicate and does so but it does not mean that all are capable of effective communication. While effective communication has immeasurable benefits including the promotion of trust, unity and progress, ineffective communication portents disastrous consequences including unproductivity, misinterpretation and distrust. The aim of this paper is to expound on effective communication for the achievement of goals with the objective to talk over the concepts of communication and effective communication with how it aids the achievement of goals since effective communication is needed everywhere and every time. The conclusion is that as difficult as effective communication may seem to acquire, the benefits are worthwhile for societal development since it aids the achievement of goals, the building of trust, self-esteem, the facilitation of teamwork and for sustainable relationships among people. Some of the hints provided to aid effective communication include not interrupting the other person by cutting him off in the middle of a speech or idea, dominating a discussion with another person so that the person has no room to contribute to it or over flogging an idea being discussed and repeating ideas about it.

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