In this week, I learned that a lot of my classmates or the people that my classmates talk about in there primary task, have different communication styles. Amanda Headly mentioned a communication style that I can relate to and that is passive style. I will sometime let other people say anything to me and I don't say nothing back. Sometime I feel the things that they say to be disrespectful or hart my feelings do not need a response back, so I just go on about my day. In Rosemary Arline primary task, she mentioned different communication as well and the one that I can relate to is assertive style. When I have something very important or a sensitive matter to discuss, I rather discuss it face to face to that individual. Sarah Tucker comment on
a. Do you agree with your assessment of your most preferred style? How about your results on your secondary style?
I do need to be aware that I will need to adapt the way I communicate with different audiences because different people all require me to connect with them in a variety of different styles, i.e. adult-adult, child-child, adult-child. By using effective communication I am able to help clear up conflicts, build harmony and overcome any communication gaps which, themselves can create conflict amongst people.
Edmonson, J. (2009). Let's be clear: How to manage communication styles. T & D, 63(9), 30-31.
Communication can be adapted very easily, usually without you realising. However, the style used can make a big difference, and help build and maintain positive relationships.
Edmondson (2009) discusses four different basic communication styles. The first style is expressive which have a tendency to speak quickly, focus on the big picture, and have a high energy level. They can be perceived as unpredictable, vain, or excessively jovial. Next are systematic who tend to focus on small details, not on the larger picture, and try to avoid conflicts. The third type listed is sympathetic. These individuals focus on people and relationships. They are good listeners and so concern for everyone’s needs. Sympathetics also do not like be at odds with others. Lastly, the fourth communication style identified is directs who generally keep dialogue short and are perceived as a multitaskers. The study recommends that the individual discover her own communication style and adjust the style according to the situation.
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.
Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize feelings and judge which feelings are appropriate for a given situation.
This skill is essential not only during college but for the remaining years of your life following it. Participation in group discussions and peer reviewing not only help improve one’s understand of this course but it also aids in freely expression one’s stance on an idea to other peers in order to receive positive feedback. Although each person has a different viewpoint on a specific topic, it could serve as a basis for the advancement of innovative ideas that could spark up new interests as well. The enhancement of this skill goes beyond education and daily life. Both of the two types of communication, verbal and nonverbal, go hand-in-hand and are essential in bringing about one’s success. Verbal communication aids in expressing a writer’s opinion and concerns in a rhetorical manner through writing and oral speech while nonverbal communication involves the use of tone and position for construction a writers’ stance in his or her writing. Although nonverbal was not discussed at all during the course, it does play an important role in the structure of students’ arguments. In the end, the use communications skills not only allowed me to cooperate efficient with my fellow students but assisted in achieving the common goal that was set in our creative
Kerri effectively and clearly feeds information and ideas to coworkers, junior and senior levels colleagues. She speaks persuasively and searches for answers when in doubt. She articulates effectively in both written and oral communications and has demonstrated excellent skills in grammar and spelling. As a result, she has consistently produced high quality transcripts. Additionally, she has cultivated a culture of openness in information sharing. She listens carefully, welcomes other people suggestions and points of view, and build consensus through shared decision. Kerri readily adheres to deadlines and transcript production benchmarks. She plans, organizes, and completes tasks in the established time frame.
When people having a communication with other people, they don’t actually care about how they listening and which listening or response style they use. To know my styles of listening and non-listening style I did a observation when I having a conversation with other people. The thing I found is my listening styles are changing when I change my language and I’m using a various kinds of response styles based on who am I talking with.
Our ability to communicate well with others is important to personal and professional success. The interpersonal communications course is planned to help us in being familiar with the system of effective, and to assess our own interpersonal ability to sharpen our critical understanding of the communication, also to improve the interpersonal skills. Mainly assess our interpersonal skills and to put in goals for improving our communications ability. To development of self-concept and identity are examined as basics for understanding personal communication. We explore our own communication behaviors and to identify areas of personal strengths and
In interpersonal communication there are many theories that are similar yet different in many ways. The theories can be combined to describe people and how those people interact and communicate with each other. Many of these theories help explain how people in society form impressions of others, how they maintain these impressions, why people interact with certain people in society, and how people will use these impressions that they have formed later on in life. These theories also help people to better understand themselves, to better understand interpersonal communication, and to better understand people in general. There are two theories in interpersonal communication that, despite their differences, can go hand in hand. The first is
Perhaps there is nothing more important than understanding how we communicate if we want to ensure that we are able to convey our ideas and intent to people across a wide variety of cultures in a wide variety of settings. Thus, it is vital for me to understand my verbal communication style if I want to be an effective speaker.
In the 21st century our communication mediums have changed, know we Whats App Facebook or email rather than calling or visiting in person. What hasn 't changed is that when we communicate most of the time another human being is on the other end and. This chapter will discuss not only how to communicate with diplomacy but how messages of communication are interpreted. In the workplace communication is probably one of the most important factors as people need to receive clearly communicated messages to be on the right track. It could be that you need to so some public speaking at the workplace and not only is your confidence being shook up, your nerves are on edge worrying how to communicate you message. Not only how we communicate with others that impacts our success what’s also a key part is how we communicate with ourselves and overcome internal negative dialogue. Did you know that only 8% of our communication is based on the words we say? Also did you know that 37% of our communication is based on our tone of voice? Did you know that the remaining 55% comes from our facial expressions and body language? If you find this hard to believe just think of when someone says something to you and they come across as rude. More often than not it was the way they said it vs the actual words they said. When communication is open and employees are connected
Upon reading this week's assignment I have identified that I have a blended communication style between feeler and a thinker (Cardon, 2013). To begin with, I place a high value on building and maintaining functional relationships at work. Therefore, I am on often consumed by how well we work together as a team and collaborate with our business partners. Nonetheless, I also display strong thinker tendencies in my communication style. Subsequently, I place a high premium on using precise language, given that the words we utilize to communicate our thoughts matter. Moreover, the business decisions I make are typically driven by facts, data, and intuition honed by experience and I rarely allow my emotions to influence my decisions.