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Workplace Communication

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Workplace Communication Effective communication skills are the building blocks in a workplace environment. Understanding how to express an issue professionally is a skill that each employee must know. Many businesses will invest into training classes on business communications so their employees know how to effectively communicate with others. The benefits of effective communication can help businesses develop a workforce that is able to communicate effectively with not only coworkers but customers and suppliers as well. My experience with business communication is not set in the typical office environment. The United States Army is now considered to be a profession of arms. My occupation title in the military was a Finance Management Specialist …show more content…

For a particular week I was in charge of conducting a training class on how to use a certain type of software, to the new incoming soldiers. I had orders from my supervisor, to send an email of a summary with details on what I was going to teach, what equipment would be required and a copy of the power point. Even though I could just tell him everything that he asked me to do in person, the Army is big on communication by email so it can either be sent to the higher ups or for proof that the task was done in case of a unfortunate circumstance arising. When I received a reply from my supervisor the email was extremely professional. His response was clear, simple and he told me what needed to be added or fixed and then asked for feedback. He used simple but strong words and addressed me by my title, which at the time was Private First Class Singleton. In my opinion, I thought my supervisor emails is considered an effective communication skill because it was straight to the point, easy to understand and he kept it very professional. From observing him, professionalism was taken a step further, not only to emails, but on how he spoke to others in the office as

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