Although effective communication does not guarantee success of a farm business, its absence almost always assures problems. More specifically, communication influences the effectiveness of the hiring and training of employees, motivation of employees, providing daily instructions, performance evaluations and the handling of discipline problems. These are the obvious roles of communication. Communication also affects the willingness of employees to provide useful suggestions. Employees feeling a part of the business requires communication.
Employees typically are hesitant to state their goals, their concerns and their disappointments.
This paper is about improving communication skills. Removing barriers to communication is one of the easiest ways to improve communication. Removing these barriers starts with an understanding of a communication model. The model in Figure 1 identifies the major components in the communication process. The process starts with a sender who has a message for a receiver .