Communication Skills & Development

'It is impossible not to communicate'
 ( Paul Watzlawick)

We constantly communicate,
both by what we do and by what we don't do,
by what we say and by what we don't say,
by the messages we send to ourselves and others,
both deliberately and by a host of mainly unconscious non-verbal signals.
In fact non-communication does not exist.

On this basis it is clearly in our own interest to be able to SPEAK with IMPACT and LISTEN for MEANING.

We need to understand.....

  • what effective communication really is and means
  • what makes our messages come across the way we intended
  •  how culture affects the way we communicate
  • how to become an active listener
  • how to take and give constructive feedback

We provide professional training and facilitate workshops on business communication skills, cultural awareness, leadership and personal development.

My name is Margareta Lindström. I hold qualifications in such subjects as English, German, linguistics, pedagogy, rhetoric. I am a qualified language teacher/trainer and coach and certified to use NLP techniques. However my experience from working in business, language teaching and instructing and coaching business people has given me the best knowledge and most useful skills to use in my job. Since 11 years I have been running courses on business communication skills for multi-cultural groups within the Swedwood (IKEA) group.

I provide the skills to help you:

  • develop your rhetorical skills of verbal and non-verbal communication
  • improve your language accuracy of English and German
  • use professional English
  • understand the effect of culture
  • facilitate your learning
  • raise your self-confidence and set compelling goals for yourselves

NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming
NLP is the study of human communication and learning strategy. NLP provides us with a set of powerful tools for communicating, training, learning and coaching. It brings together three areas:

Neurology - the mind and our thought patterns
Linguistics - the language we use and how it affects us
Programming - how we communicate constructively with ourselves and others to achieve our goals.

My partner, David Woodford , has had over 35 years of business experience in various disciplines and has had over 30 years of training experience.

David provides the skills to help you to:

  • make a confident and persuasive presentation
  • develop your business English in targeted areas
  • understand the problems and benefits of cross-cultural communication

We look forward to working with you!

Margareta Lindström

David Woodford