How Can Couples Develop Stronger Relationship Skills? - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Ways Couples Can Improve Communication Skills One of the best ways to develop strong communication skills is to first of all, be a generous listener and ask questions. I call this thing where a couple gives each other, like for me, my name is Catherine, my husband says Catherine's fifteen minute show, where I get to have fifteen minutes and just talk about everything that's on my mind and get it all out, and then he get's to do it too and you'd be surprised, you may not even do fifteen minutes but there is something about giving the person, it's your showtime, go. You can really learn a lot, especially if you are both very busy and are starting to lose connection with each other.