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.
Most of the time, I hear people describe me as a shy, quiet and soft-spoken young lady. However, I would always respond that I am not a shy lady but rather a quiet person. I like to observe, and that is how I determine my way of communication to certain individuals. I rarely start a conversation, but whenever I get involved into one, I am an active listener. I allow the other person to talk first while maintaining eye contact to express my attention and involvement in the conversation. That being said, within a small group, others sometimes may interpret that I am not interested as much as they are. Furthermore, the activities in
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I consider the other person’s feeling before expressing opinion or showing reaction to a certain topic. I am also an observer, so whenever I have to communicate with people who are different than me, in general, I do put into mind the importance of voice tone, volume and choice of words that may offend the other person or imply connotation. However, most of the time, I consider age as the main determinant of my communication behavior. For example, I will use casual words and share my thoughts more often to a person in the same age group as mine, than to a person who belongs in different age group, especially the children and elderly. In general, my interpersonal communication behavior may vary based on the obvious similarities (age, sexual orientation, and race) between me and the other person
When this assignment was given out, I instantly knew exactly what relationship I wanted to analyze: my ex-boyfriend’s and my relationship. It might sound like an odd relationship to choose, seeing as he is an ex, and it might not sound like a good starting point, but let me first say he is one of my best friends right now.
Robin greets the client in a polite and a professional tone. She acknowledges the client's request, digging deep and transition smoothly into locating the account.
Communication is important whether it’s through Wrike, email, phone or in person. I think its best to speak to someone in person, particularly when questions arise, rather then write all questions in Wrike or email. This helps with building relationships with colleagues. For keeping all important project information in one place where all vested parties have access to, I do like using Wrike. If any relevant conversations take place, I will summarize the information there for all to see.
Being competent in interpersonal communication is one of the most vital skills to have not only in the professional world, but also in everyday life. By being competent in interpersonal communication, a person is able to effectively communicate with other people, enabling them to build better relationships with the people they surround themselves with. In order to be considered competent, one has to be able to be appropriate, effective, adaptable, involved, managing the conversation, and using empathy. Each of these skills helps to create enjoyable conversations for all parties involved. When ranking myself, I found that I am mostly competent in interpersonal communication, but could work on improving my effectiveness and involvement in
Communication is one of the most important and valuable skills we have developed as human beings. It is the basis for how we connect with each other globally and shape the people we are today. Without effective communication, we would not be able to build productive relationships, express our cultural values, or most importantly, voice our thoughts. As we grow, we learn and develop our unique form of communication. Whether we are strong public speakers or prefer an interpersonal approach, it is important to find what type of communication is best suited for us, so we can appropriately and effectively use communication to our advantage. There are several different aspects that make us effective communicators, and knowing our strengths and weaknesses in theses categories will give us a comparative advantage on how to properly communicate on an interpersonal level. In this paper, I will discover the type of communicator I am, what I am good at, and what I can work on, to become an excellent interpersonal communicator.
To have a complete Interpersonal communication, all steps are essential. The senders encode the message, transmits using a channel and receiver decodes and responds. Personally, my biggest challenge is lack of compassion and for a receiver, I come across direct, insensitive and structured. I get to the point and remove the small talk that will smooth out a conversation and focus on getting results or answers to a situation. As a receiver, my challenge is to pay attention to small details. Especially, to long drawn out messages. I miss important information skimming through it. Some challenges are also due to selective listening, overload, judgmental and other related noise.
After we have a conversation with someone, we judge the other person based on the conversation that was just had and we decide whether we had a positive impression or a negative impression. If we have a negative impression of someone we tend to jump to conclusions that the other person didn’t like you or that they were full of themselves or possibly shy. Tannen notes that “conversational style makes or breaks your relations with others” and that when you say something and it is misinterpreted by the other person it can be frustrating (Tannen, 2001).
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
Throughout our whole lives, we spend the majority of our time communicating in some way or form. Many people in today’s society are uninformed of all the key concepts and importance of communication, such as interpersonal communication. One major concept in the field of communication is Interpersonal Communication. Many concepts of Communication can be demonstrated in everyday life or even in our favorite movies. This analysis is from the movie, “Blind Side”. There are many concepts of Interpersonal Communication included in this film. Self Concept, Self Esteem, Stereotype, Perception, and Stages of Relationship are just a few concepts that are utilized throughout this movie.
Another factor that contributes to interpersonal communication is how appropriate one is when interacting with others. Appropriateness is the ability to maintain the expectations based on any circumstances by acting in ways other people in the situation expect you to communicate (McCornack, 2016). I am an appropriate communicator because it was my highest score on the competency scale with a score of 13 out of 15. As an appropriate communicator, I can self-monitor situations so that I can adjust to them accordingly. In addition, I interviewed my friend Kevin about my competence in appropriateness and he replied that I am always appropriate in conversation and that I can adjust my tone and the way I am speaking depending on the level of formality.
I looked up to see the sub, Mrs. Brown, stomping over to the desk where the girl with a cheeky grin plastered across her face was sitting. The teacher stopped right in front of her and bent down until they were eye level. With every second her face grew a deeper shade of crimson. She began taking loud and slow breaths, trying to calm herself. “What is wrong with you,” the teacher spat, “how dare you interrupt my class. Who do you think you are?” The girl had a smile on her face that she was trying to suppress by biting her lip. She failed and she burst out laughing. “Get out,”
The purpose of the Interpersonal Communication Competence Assessment is to educate individuals on his or her ability to adapt to certain communicative situations across different contexts, utilize conversational skills, manage conversations, empathize with others, speak effectively, and have appropriate conversations. This assessment asked me questions that really allowed me to take a step out of my body and thoroughly examine my communication from the outside in. I learned about the types of communication with which I struggle as well as the ones in which I exceed. It specifically taught me about my lack of conversational management, my expertise with appropriateness, my ability to empathize with others, my room to improve in
It is noticed how one’s intrapersonal communication can impact their interpersonal communication. This can be experienced throughout many aspects and specific examples of ones self communication and communication with others, which can be expressed through experiences in lab seminar as well as personal experiences. Firstly, this is seen throughout my own self as I compare myself to others, and feel as if I am always the inferior. Secondly, my ability to grow from a closed off, shy individual to a more open, outgoing person has impacted my communication with others tremendously. Thirdly, my ability to empathize with people is my area of strength and listening, as well as maintaining eye contact, are areas I need to improve on. Lastly, when
The report is limited to the single communication topic of interpersonal communication. The three skills that are in focus, associated with interpersonal communication are listening feedback and questioning. This is then applied through the specific discipline of coaching.
Communication is essential for everyday life. Even if you don’t think about the way you walk in the grocery store can give people either a good impression or a bad one. Talking may seem like an easy task, but the way you talk says something about you. Taking this class will not only help learn how to be a good communicator, but it will also teach you how to be comfortable with yourself and how to be confident.