Developing My Interpersonal Skills With Diverse People

In addition to having a wide range and focus for the appropriate behavior, I must also consider which skills will allow me to transition from thought into action. As a young child, I developed a severe stuttering problem and had to overcome what seemed to be a life hurdle to successfully communicate in today’s society. It wasn’t until I had reached the 4th grade that my mind was capable or realizing there was a better way to communicate. The grueling process of relearning to breathe and pronounce hard onset syllables was awkward, though the more time I spent practicing, the easier it was to learn new habits and develop strong speaking behaviors. Similarly, learning to communicate with a diverse group of people, I had to practice, sometimes with multiple failed attempts, to achieve a level of skillfulness and an ability to integrate. I’ve taken all the strategies I’ve learned from a child to an adult to become skillful communicator. In additional to applying behaviors mastering personal skills to improve my communication platform, the steps required understanding the competent characteristics of an effective communicator, I feel I will be able to successfully manage and lead a

Our human interpersonal communication skills are important to personal and professional growth. The course of interpersonal communication is outlined to make us aware of our existing skills, thus improves our understanding of the human communication both in personal and professional levels. My self-assessment will reflect on my strength and weaknesses, describe my communication style and behavior, and determine the importance of effective communication for my chosen career.

During this class we took many assessments and I learned a lot about myself and what kind of leader I want to be. On your leadership potential I learned my behaviors are the same as leader, these are people who are opened minded, share ideas and values with the company and open to change in the organization. For another assessment t rate your optimism test I found out I am someone who is optimistic and I agree with the statement that people want to follow a leader that is optimistic, rather than someone who is pessimistic. Another assessment I took was called the 5 saboteurs test. There was a scoring grid and what each category means like BP-(be perfect), HU-(hurry up), PO- (please others), TH-(try harder), and BS-(be strong) I found out the my highest score is PO-(please others) and some characteristics include being happy when other others are happy, cares about other people’s needs, can have a hard time saying no, doesn’t like to annoy other people in the work place. Body language and verbal language include facial expressions and saying sure I can do that for you. For another assessment I scored a six which means I right in the middle between high and low resistance to change. I agree with this statement because I think for certain situations my resistance to change will be high or low. After taking all these assessments. I learned that as a leader why it is important to learn about yourself. These assessments can help you improve as a leader figure out your weak spots

Therefore, interpersonal skills with communication can help me be more successful as a manager and improve my working relationships with staff and partner agencies. The way I communicate with other people improves confidence, enhances my relationships with others thereby improving my effectiveness in the workplace.

In this present era, to become a successful professional in the field of Business Management and specifically Accounting, requires a high level of networking and communication skills. The ability to network with a chain of professionals in the business world and becoming successful in Accounting career, entails attending seminars, joining professional organizations and meeting new people every time. On the Custom Network Assessment Report, the type of connection that are in my network was generated base on the information provided on eight number of people in my network. My networking style utilizes both the Brokerage and Closure networking style. The Motivational Style Assessment Report points out my specific strength base on four criterial

Interpersonal skill allows us to build a good team work, and collaboration with stakeholders, which is vital in any work places. This skill helps to get along with others while completing the tasks and being able to communicate well with others is often essential to solving inevitable problems that happens in our personal and professional lives. While I have been working with a large group of people, my job requires to involve various communication between different team and people. My good interpersonal skill gives a good chance to get involved with

The DISC assessment labeled me with an Interactive personality and I actually disagree. I tend to have more of a Dominance personality. I want to be in charge, keep things at a fast pace, and tend to get irritated when there is a delay in my projects. I feel "a good leader is usually passionate about the organization and his or her work, exudes confidence in his or her abilities, can organizes and makes sense of complex situations, maintains high standards and inspires others to do the same, can motivate and inspire employees, and is generally looked up to as a person of vision" (Hill, 2009). This is a quote that I want base my leadership on. I agree with everything it expresses. I feel that I could inspire greatly the members of my group and motivate him or her to accomplish their goals.

I have been the Third-Year Representative for HSA, the Vice President and President of Psi Chi, and a volunteer lead on several occasions for Signature Service Days. These positions have provided me with great experiences that make we well suited for this position. An area that I have been able to develop because of these experiences is my leadership style which is centered around being task and relationship oriented. Being task-oriented is a crucial quality in my leadership style because it aims the focus of the group towards a goal and helps ensure that the goal is being completed. In addition, I am the type of leader that values the individual members and the work that they do. I want to have a personal relationship to ensure that the members are content in the work they are doing and can have a positive

According to the personal development plan that I conducted, I found myself with various leadership traits such as commitment, and flexibility, where I can handle all my assignments correctly and on time. I need to be tolerant and avoid being temperament. Lastly, I also need to have faith in myself and believe that I can do what am supposed to do perfectly without

Here are my scores – directive style with 25 points, supportive style with 22 points, participative style with 24 points, and achievement-oriented style with 20 points. A common score for directive style is 23 points, so with a score of 25 points it suggests I’m a person that likes to give directions and expectations. A common score for participative style is 21 points, so with a score of 24 points it suggests I’m a team player and collaborator. I like these results because it shows that I like to give clear directions to others and makes sure they know what they should do. I expect clear communication with others and I want people to succeed, that’s why I tend to explain a lot. The results also show I value the feedback and input of others. I enjoy working with people and I prefer working in a team. I firmly believe important and challenging decisions must be made in a group setting.

My leadership style aligns closely to servant leadership. I lead with others in mind. I value everyone’s contributions and regularly seek out opinions. Cultivating a culture of trust is incredibly important to me. A culture of trust creates a harmonious environment where each person can be appreciated for their contribution and can feel a sense of personal accomplishment. I do not mind people making mistakes but I prefer them to learn from their mistakes. I seek to unite all parties in a controversy and can readily see the validity of alternative points of views. I’m exceptionally open-minded to untested or unconventional ideas and have a high tolerance for differences. However, I have enormously low tolerance for individuals putting their own egos or desires for self-promotion ahead of the team. When I see evidence of people acting in such a manner, I like to address the problem immediately with the individuals. If the behavior continues after a couple of warnings, these individuals will not continue to be part of my organization. When my loyalties and values are threatened, I can become very stubborn, rigid, and demanding.

During week one of the course, I completed a project that allowed me to identify my strongest and weakest leadership traits. The project required input from six individuals with whom I have a professional relationship. They rated me in different areas based on a scale, to determine the results. I also rated myself, and when I compiled the data I was able to identify the areas of leadership that I am strongest and weakest. The results are:

I am not too surprised trait was my lowest because I do not agree fully that “leaders are born, not made” (Northouse, 2015, p. 4). Yes, certain traits for a particular situation demanded are necessary, but leaders can most definitely be made, or at least the skills can be attained. I can see behavior as being one of my lower scores because there are areas in this category I can see myself improving on. Behavior is very observational, this is what followers and others look for. Behavior is broken down into two parts: task behaviors, and process behaviors. Both are required to be considered leadership. I think that I can work on helping people feel more comfortable while working together rather than ignoring the issue, which is something I look forward to improving on, and also my strength of being harmonic is something to focus on as well, since avoiding debate and conflict is something I do, but I can work on my strength more in harmonizing a situation.

The ability to gain a self-awareness of one's strengths and weaknesses is essential for personal growth to occur, both as a person and as a leader. Having a clear understanding of personal competencies is exceptionally valuable in becoming a more effective communicator, manager and leader in that it provides insight into how to better provide support and assistance to others as well. The intent of this analysis is to discuss the ways in which understanding personal competencies will help in becoming a better communicator and manager. An assessment of how my communication techniques can be changed to work more effectively with different function areas of the business is also discussed. In conclusion, a list of competencies I should specifically on to adapt communication techniques is also discussed.

Based on the findings made, the main area to address to ensure effective collaboration with others will be to speak up frequently while handling tasks or assignments. The manner that I express my opinions to others while working reflects the way people experience who I am and what I represent as part of the team. I thus need to polish my communication skills to avoid being at a disadvantage in working with others. When working alone, others cannot identify my value to the organization. Consequently, there is a likelihood of being misrepresented by the other members for failure to consistently provide my opinions and what is on my mind consistently. Speaking up my thoughts and ideas directly and honestly with others will