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​Effective communication between employees and supervisors will help maintain healthy, supportive and productive relationships.

​Sharing insights about your personal wellbeing is useful for:

• ​building awareness

• ​building better relationships

• ​solving problems

​Appropriate methods to communicate about your wellbeing include:

• ​face-to-face

• ​telephone

• ​email

• ​other (maybe)

​Different communication approaches

• ​Your communication style comes from the attitudes behind your tone, words and body language.

• ​Different styles have different advantages and disadvantages.

​Some of the different styles include:

• ​passive

• submissive

• aggressive

• ​manipulative

• ​assertive

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• ​An assertive style may help you communicate more effectively in the workplace.