Abilene paradox - group decisions that all member of the group view as irrational | Ad nauseam / over discussing something |
Authoritarian language (e.g. you must ...) | Being overly serious |
Cliches - saying things that have been said too often | Close-mindedness / biases |
Cowardly language - not making a point in order to avoid criticism | Credibility shortfall |
Dishonesty / lack of candor | Disinformation |
Disinterest | Disorganized communications |
Dumbing down / oversimplifying | Failure of imagination - static and unimaginative communication |
Failure to consider your audience (motivation / attitudes / expectations) | Failure to persuade / poor influencing skills |
Fallacies - types of arguments that are known to be invalid | Fear of criticism |
Fear of public speaking | Finishing other people's sentences |
Going off on a tangent - random directions in conversation | Groupthink - social pressure not to say what you really think |
Inappropriate disclosures of private / confidential information | Ineffective body language |
Ineffective communication channel (e.g. emailing something that deserves a conversation) | Ineffective questions |
Ineffective visual communication | Information bubble - overestimating how much others agree with you due to living in a social bubble |
Information overload | Interrupting |
Invalid Assumptions | Lack of compassion / tolerance |
Lack of eye-contact | Lack of grit - allowing small slights to get to you |
Lack of rapport - inability to establish trust and goodwill | Lack of transparency |
Language proficiency | Linguistic accuracy - using words incorrectly |
Linguistic errors such as mispronunciation | Linguistic inflation - overly dramatic word choice |
Low cultural competence | Misinformation |
Missing the point | Misstating the facts |
Needlessly complex language | Needlessly exclusionary language (using jargon to exclude outsiders) |
Needlessly obscure language | Negative politics |
Noise - distracting sounds, visuals or information | Not anticipating objections - expecting no resistance to your ideas when obviously there will be |
Not getting humor | Not listening |
Overcommunication | Overconfidence / arrogance |
Overly emotion communication | Overly logical communication / neglect of the human aspects of things |
Overly unemotional communication (e.g. lack of sympathy) | Overstating certainty -- pretending your opinion is an obvious or proven fact |
Overstating your case | Poor behavior (e.g. passive aggressive comments) |
Poor message framing | Poor sarcasm / being unfunny but offensive |
Pretending to understand when you don't | Repeating yourself |
Rumors | Self-absorbed communication (not considering how others feel) |
Sidelining | Staircase wit - a missed opportunity to say something you should have |
Thought-terminating cliche - using truisms in place of thought | Tone of voice |
Unintended insults and slights | Violating norms of civility |
Wasting time / not getting to the point | Weasel words - claiming support from an anonymous authority e.g. "The science says" |
