Good communication is key to having successful personal and professional relationships. In some situations it can be necessary to adjust communication styles in order to communicate more successfully (B. Reece & Reece, 2017). In this journal entry I will discuss the dominance, and sociability scales, as well as my own personal communication style.
When looking at my coworkers the person that I think of that is most dominant is Lisa. A person who is considered high on the dominance scale “gives advice freely and frequently initiate demands. They are more assertive and tend to seek control over others.” (B. Reece & Reece, 2017, p. 54). At times, because of where she falls on the dominance chart, she can come across as being bossy or demanding. This can make it difficult to communicate effectively with her. On the other side of the dominance scale, is my coworker Kelli. Unlike those that tend to rate high on the dominance scale, those with low dominance are more restrained and tend to be followers (B. Reece & Reece, 2017). This creates a barrier to interpersonal relationships when she is given the responsibility of being in charge of the other nurses. She has a difficult time delegating
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Reece & Reece, 2017). My coworker Amy has many of these characteristics. Amy is very talkative and open about her personal life. This can be a barrier to interpersonal relationships because sometimes she can revel too much of her personal life, which in a professional setting can come across as inappropriate. Those considered low on the sociability scale tend to be “reserved and formal in social relationships” (B. Reece & Reece, 2017, p.57). One of the doctors that I work with tends to be very serious, reserved, and does not engage in personal conversations. This can make him come across as unfriendly and cold, which makes him difficult to communicate
I received a moderate score of 27 for assertiveness and-and 42 for my level of responsiveness and this information suggests that my social style is amiable according to mapping my results. In general, assertiveness can be defined as a person’s ability to make appeals, actively disagree express positive and negative personal feelings, and stand up for themselves without criticizing another person (Beebe & Mottet, 2016). Likewise, responsiveness is the capacity to be sensitive to the communication of others while being seen a good listener in order to make others comfortable in communicating. There are various ways to respond to others as well as steps that I can use to style flex. Upon sharing my scores with my co-worker, her perception of the results seemed somewhat accurate and she offered suggestions about my social style. Furthermore, there are manners that my social style may affect my listening skills and ways that I can improve as a listener. Also, style flexing can assist with communication effectiveness in different manners.
I understand the effectiveness of each of these styles of communication and I feel a large part of it depends on the situation at hand as well. Personally, I feel that if someone is constantly communicating aggressively, or constantly communicating passively, it no longer becomes effective. However, in certain situations and on occasion certain communication styles are very effective. For instance, I find that passive communication styles work extremely well with more attention seeking students who might feel belittled by more aggressive communication. Passive communication can make a person more willing to listen and cooperate. However, aggressive communication can be very effective in certain situations as well. Personally, if I am working
Dominance style employees have the chance to give up control and take after authority's directions. D styles have such solid conclusions that they have a tendency to not listen to others thoughts. The chance for the D style would be to quit charging forward and take more opportunity to listen to different employees or colleagues. D style representatives can likewise discover opportunities in requesting assistance from others instead of tackling an excess of work since they don't care for the way other individuals may do the work
When I first met my client, Jackie Hart, she was in the hospital with a broken hip. She lives alone in a senior apartment complex and she has no family. She was transferred to a nursing home for six weeks of rehab after her hip surgery. Jackie was adamant that she was going to return home after her stay in the nursing home. I got Jackie set up with Comfort Keepers so that once she returned home they would provide a bath aide 3x a week, light housekeeping aide 2x a week, and an aide to transport Jackie to the grocery store 1x a week. Comfort Keepers also set Jackie up with a toilet extender, shower seat, and walker. Jackie is to meet with registered dietician Kim Letts to go over proper nutritional needs to help her gain her strength
Elisha, this month I met with you at a customer that was having internet problems. Based on my observations, you interacted professionally with our customer. You communicated clear and concise. You asked the customer the appropriate questions and answer her questions professionally. I also observed your vehicle. It was clean and organized. You had your uniform and your ID badge displayed. During team meetings, you interact professionally with everyone in the
Our communication styles define who we are, how we interact in a relationship, and we communicate with a group and teams. According to Amy Scoot, our communication styles depend on the what color we are. She characterized individuals by colors dots that identified our communication styles. First, she mentioned purple dot as individual who is talkative, and their thoughts and ideas constantly come to their mind. Second, yellow dots as people who are quiet, practical, process information, and keep their environment neat and tidy, also time is extremely important to them. Third, blue dots as individuals who get things done, sensitive, and pragmatic. Finally, red dot as individuals who quiet, cautious, and thoughtful. What I comprehend from her
Communication is an integral part in health care settings and is the basis of all interactions. Different communication styles can be used depending on the situation to facilitate interactions and create effective environments in health care. Communication itself is any behaviour that is perceived by another whether through knowledge, feelings or thoughts (Dwyer, 2005). Forms which are used can be placed under verbal and non-verbal styles, each with their own advantages and disadvantages on the client and the health care worker when displayed. Different styles and types of these are used depending on who the health care worker is in contact with as all clients enclose diverse requirements and issues.
After reading chapter three and learning about the four different communication styles. I had a hard time choosing between two of them. I had a lot in common with the supportive style and reflective styles. So I picked the main things that sounded like me in each of them.
The four communication styles are emotive which is highly social and dominant, directive which is highly dominant and low socially, reflective is low dominance and and socially and supportive is high socially and low dominance. I believe that I am reflective because I am one to think before I speak and I am quiet at times because I'm in thought or thinking deeply into a task I am working on. Also, I usually will not make decisions until I think them through. I communicate easier with reflective people because we think a like. I would say supportive are the next easiest because they aren't dominant. I don't communicate as well with people who make quick decisions without thinking about the circumstances involved. Also, I don't communicate with
The work of Knutson and Lashbrook (1976) provides a useful base upon which to begin our review of the effects of communication apprehension on other people's perceptions. Their research focused on the relationship between perceived social style and communication apprehension. As they hypothesized, people with high communication apprehension were perceived a's low in both assertiveness and responsiveness, the two central components of social style perceptions, while people with low communication apprehension were perceived high in both assertiveness and responsiveness. Previous research by Merrill (1974) characterized people who are perceived as responsive as warm, communicative, easy-to-know, friendly, and relationship oriented: people low
As a Dominant, I usually focus on results, problem-solving, and the bottom-line. It is a mixture of positive and negative aspects that helps me to keep up with my decisions and motivation to succeed in achieving what I want. However, I could be a little tempered and aggressive sometimes, but it is necessary to show strong in front of your employees. In compliance to the DiSC, (Sugerman, 2009, p151) I do not like the pressure and try to avoid difficult circumstances. Follow facts and rules are very important in my
After taking the platinum rule assessment twice, I believe my primary style of communication falls into the relator and my secondary style of communication falls into the thinker. I believe the degree of my inward focused behavior is higher than my outward focused behavior. Therefore, I am indirect most of the time. I also believe I exhibit open and guarded behavior depending on the situation. I give more priority to relationship than task. However, I often find myself being analytical. I ask so many question on specific instances and try to account for as many variables as possible. My actions and decisions tend to be cautious and slow specially if I don’t have personal relationship. Due to this my behavior is relator at times and thinker
As a training professional, you need to be able to differentiate effective and ineffective communication styles, and understand that their style of communication may often conflict with the way messages are interpreted. By understanding different communication styles, we can help our students begin to understand how to separate the message from the communication style of the person with whom they are communicating and to appropriately respond to the content of the message.
Two of the most prevalent forms of communication styles are direct and indirect communication; these two communication styles impact how members of a culture interact with each other (Morreale & Pearson, 2008). According to Craddock (2002), Kierkegaard, regarded direct communication, “as the mode for transferring information and considered it totally appropriate to the fields of history, science, and related disciplines” (p. 70). Direct communication can be defined as, “speech that specifically states and directs an action. When someone hears direct speech, they know immediately what needs to be done. There is no question about who is in charge, and usually no need for discussion” (Gaddis, 2006, p. 11). On the other hand, Kiergaard believed that, “the indirect was the mode for eliciting capability and action from within the listener, a transaction that did not occur by giving the hearer some information” (Craddock, 2002, p. 70). Unlike direct communication, “a indirect style of speech is not typically authoritative, rather it encourages input from the listener” (Gaddis, 2006, p. 11). The direct and indirect communication styles are often used in different fields, disciplines, and industries ranging from education, workplace, literature, and entertainment, to church services (Morreale & Pearson, 2008). For example, the population relies on the news media as the main source of information and the basis on which they form their opinions and voting decisions” (Fog, 1999, p.
This FAQ exists to reduce the volume of messages I get. I have noticed that I get asked the same questions over and over--hopefully, this will serve us all well.