Many companies invest heavily in preparing their people to strengthen communication skills. In 2024, U.S. companies spent approximately $98 billion on employee training. And preparation does matter.

I attended my first-ever writing boot camp while writing my master's thesis, and I fell in love. I adored the reserved time and space (plus the food and coffee!) for students to work on their academic ...

Training in interpersonal communication skills and conflict resolution strategies typically involves role-playing exercises to help participants practice the behavior needed to resolve problems. When ...

If you want to be seen as a leader, work on your public speaking skills — that’s the takeaway from a new School of Management study that found strong communication skills reliably predict leadership ...

Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Media, Queensland University of Technology T.J. Thomson receives funding from Australian Research Council through Discovery project DP210100859: Amplifying ...

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Soft skills are in demand, and they don't come cheap for employers; according to research from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, artificial intelligence (AI) is automating certain tasks, such as ...

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 41, No. 3 (September 2006), pp. 213-224 (12 pages) Numerous researchers have employed functional communication training (FCT) to address both ...