This document provides 13 tips for improving communication skills as a production manager. The tips include learning to listen actively, over-communicating key points to ensure understanding, avoiding overreliance on visual aids, putting oneself in others' shoes to develop empathy, soliciting honest feedback, engaging audiences, starting and ending presentations by restating key points, understanding the audience, and focusing on earning respect rather than laughs. The overall message is that strong communication skills are important for production managers, and these tips can help improve ones' ability to communicate effectively.