{"id":46,"date":"2023-10-09T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/?p=46"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:04:21","slug":"business-communication-requires-tact-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/business-communication-requires-tact-a-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Communication Requires Tact \u2013 A Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I trust that my readers have been able to understand the concept of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/emotional-intelligence-training.htm\"><strong>Emotional Intelligence\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>through the stories I brought forward in my previous blogs. For a few weeks from now, I shall be focusing upon communication, the backbone of all successful relationships \u2013 be it personal or professional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The focus of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/\">Momentum Training Solutions<\/a>\u00a0has been to improve\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/business-writing-skills-training.htm\"><strong>business communication\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>in the workplace. There are many elements that, which when put together, constitute effective communication. I shall focus an important element today \u2013 tact and delivery. Let us now understand this concept with a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A long time ago, a Sultan summoned one of his wise men to ask how long he would live. \u201cYour Excellency\u201d, replied the wise man promptly, \u201cyou would live long enough to see all your sons and their children dead.\u201d Upon hearing this, the Sultan flew into a fit of rage and ordered that this wise man be executed at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some weeks later after this incident, the Sultan called upon another wise man of his province and asked him the same question. Now this man was really wise. After some thought he answered, \u201cYour Excellency, I see that you shall be blessed with a successful life, wherein you will live so long that you will outlive your loved ones.\u201d The Sultan was delighted and rewarded the wise man with gold and silver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the difference in the way both these wise men communicated to the Sultan? Both of them perhaps said the truth, but there was a stark difference in the results. The difference lies in tact and delivery of content \u2013 the first wise man failed in this aspect, while the second wise man succeeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most important lessons in\u00a0<strong>business communication\u00a0<\/strong>is that you should deliver your content after a lot of careful consideration and thought. A business environment is very sensitive and the method in which you communicate holds a critical key to your growth and success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Four things cannot come back \u2013 the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life and the neglected opportunity.<\/em><br>~An Ancient Proverb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I trust that my readers have been able to understand the concept of\u00a0Emotional Intelligence\u00a0through the stories I brought forward in my previous blogs. For a few weeks from now, I shall be focusing upon communication, the backbone of all successful relationships \u2013 be it personal or professional. The focus of\u00a0Momentum Training Solutions\u00a0has been to improve\u00a0business&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,57],"tags":[77,87,93,121,135,150,162,163,176,179,182],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-leadership-skills","tag-business-communication","tag-communication-skills-training","tag-corporate-training","tag-interpersonal-communication-skills","tag-listening-skills","tag-personality-development","tag-soft-skills-trainer","tag-soft-skills-training","tag-training-in-communications","tag-verbal-communication","tag-workplace-communication-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2810,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/2810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}