AS! The starting point for improvement in this area is to implement a number of techniques. * Cognitive conditioning to effectively understand - and appreciate - the need to empathise. In other words, accepting that there is an important need to try and understand others and making it a personal development priority to do so. Reflective listening helps to achieve this. It involves effective hearing of another person and their feelings. * Listening from a first person perspective is doing so from your viewpoint; * Listening from the second person perspective is from the viewpoint of a third-party. Reflective listening means moving into a second person perspective to effectively understand the other person. Without a concerted, conscious effort to place oneself in the position of another person, effective empathy and understanding of the viewpoint of a third person will be impossible. Without true empathy, implementing the changes as a manager to bring about improved output and performance will not be realisable either. * Empathise with others: put yourself in their position both mentally and practically. Communication also involves non-verbal activity such as body language. The less demonstrative, more rigid prose and limited physical response actions of a person with Asperger mean that non-verbal communication is much more limited. The negatives -- and dangers -- associated with this have been previously listed above. "Active listening" involves indicating to an opposite party understanding of their communication which, in turn, gives the opportunity to adjust the communication further. Non-verbal communication is an essential