12 BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION
A barrier to communication is something that keeps meanings from meeting. Meaning barriers exist between all people, making communication much more difficult than most people realize. It is false to assume that if one can talk, then one can also communicate. The following barriers are common methods of communication used in conversation. Can you recognize any of the "dirty dozen" as your conversation habit?
JUDGING
SENDING SOLUTIONS
AVOIDING THE OTHER'S CONCERN
DEFINITIONS:
Judging – To approve or disapprove of a person's behavior
Sending Solutions – The solutions may be sent clearly as advice, indirectly by questioning, authoritatively as an older, aggressively as a threat, or with a halo around them as moralizing. Sending a solution often compounds a problem and creates a new problem.
Avoiding the Other's Concerns – These barriers focus on redirecting a conversation – getting off track.
