I guess what surprised me the most in my communication assessments this week was that all three score sets were within 2-3 numbers of each other! My sister and my co-worker scored almost the same as I did for myself. I really expected my sister to have a little different score just because our interactions are more socially and not in meeting-type situations. I felt like the assessment questions were very much business like.
Two additional things I learned about communication this week revolve around non-verbal communication. As much as I work on my non-verbal communication skills, I still find that people misconstrue my message at times. I am a person who wears my heart on my sleeve most times so I have to watch even closer than most that I am not sending an inappropriate message. I have also been working on using language that helps break down what I am trying to say within a group. I use humor a lot and sometimes that can be mistaken as well.
I guess my biggest lesson is the more I talk, the more I learn!
Hi Rebecca
ReplyDeleteIn this week assignment I was able to see how others percieved my communication skills in bothe public and private places. I learned that others say that I am out spoken. Thandks for sharing.
Rebecca,
ReplyDeleteIt is funny because my fiancé did an assessment of me and his results were almost identical to mine. Your coworker must know you very well to have similar results to yours. The coworker that evaluated my communication had very different results than I did. I thought she would have more similar result to me.
Anna
Anna