Communication

My communication skills are normal especially when I already know you and feel comfortable talking to the person. I have to work on speaking in front of crowds and holding conversations with random people. In my opinion, I have a great voice, when talking to someone my body language is accurate, and my observations are good too. I assessed myself on communication and also another person which was my husband who I communicate with on a daily basis assess me as well.I also talk with my coworkers and ask them to share what they think of my communication skills. My husband said that I am a great communicator because I am easy to talk to, I listen, and I never make him feel like that I am not listening. I thought that was interesting because I already knew that I do what he explained.My coworkers told me that I am not a person who just starts a conversation off I wait until the person comes to me and then I start talking which is also true. I never start talking first unless I just have to I always wait on the person to say something to me first, but it just depends on the situation. I agree with my husband and my coworkers because their insights about me is the same way that I feel.

One insight that I gained this week is making a first impression is important. I find that others view you in seconds so much of what you need to make a good impression is common sense. Interacting with other people helps them to feed off you to know what kind of person you really are. I learned how the people I communicate with daily thinks of me and this will help me professionally to speak in a crowd. I know that I can do this because my opinion of myself and what others think is making my confidence even higher. We should not judge people, but everybody does have their own opinions whether good or bad. I think communicating with a person for yourself you will find out what you need to know without having to assume.

Another insight that I gained this week is my confidence to be a great communicator through interacting with classmates on discussions, and blogs. We may not see each other in person, but we do communicate and share our ideas. I feel this is our way of implementing our communication skills and we are getting stronger with them weekly because this class is helping us with this. I feel this will help me professionally because what I learned in this class will help me be a more effective communicator at my job and when I move up in leadership.