Communication- October 21, 2025 (In Person)

The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present Communication a four (4) hour in person professional development training. 

Effective communication in the workplace refers to the ability to convey information, ideas, and opinions in a clear, concise, and impactful manner.  It involves both verbal and nonverbal cues, active listening, and adapting communication styles.  

The 5 essential communication skills are: 

There are a variety of reasons for which effective communication in the workplace is unsuccessful, which in turn causes employees to have a harder time meeting expectations and deadlines which then leads to employees losing self-confidence, a drop in job satisfaction, and a significant rise in job disinterest.   

Ineffective communication may be as a result of one or more of the following barriers:  physical, perceptual, emotional, cultural, language, gender, and interpersonal.   

The professional development communication training course delves into the following characteristics required for effective communication:  clear, concise, concrete, correct, coherent, complete, and courteous.   

Some of the amazing benefits of effective communication in the workplace are improved employee productivity and job satisfaction, conflict reduction, a healthy workplace culture, improved client relations, and building trust. 

The training will be led by Shawnette Somner, BSc.MEd, a certified Maxwell Leadership Coach, Speaker and Trainer.