Eighty percent of people who fail at work do so for one reason: they do not relate well to other people. One's productivity as a supervisor or manager, nurse or secretary, mental health worker or janitor, laborer, attorney, physician, clerk or minister is greatly enhanced by the ability to communicate well.

A mechanical engineer mused, "I thought my engineering degree was all the training I would need. But I spend most of my time on people problems." A teacher commented, "I was educated to be a physics teacher. Since I 've been in the classroom, I discovered I teach people. I spend most of my time trying to restore order. Why didn't my graduate program help me with this?"

People need people. "When somebody's presence does really make itself felt, it can refresh my inner being, it reveals me to myself, it makes me feel more fully myself than I should be if I were not exposed to its impact."

Conversely, lack of communication or frequent exposure to poor communication diminishes ones selfhood both emotionally and physically. Many believe that mental illness is primarily a problem of inadequate communication. The psychologically sick individual has not achieved good relations. As Carl Rogers wrote, "The whole task of psychotherapy is dealing with a failure of communication."

Hi there, Im new to this. Im a first year nursing student with an interest in taking up the child branch nursing. I live in wales.

We've been given an assignment to do which has to be 4000 words long on some aspect of communication skills in the nursing profession and on wards. I have absolutely no fluffing clue where to start. Does anyone have any suggestions. Please please please