This week I
learned more about my communication styles through a series of three
assessments. The assessment included communication anxiety, verbal aggression,
and listening styles. In addition, I asked my husband and former colleagues to
complete the assessment based on their perception of me. I was not really
surprised by the results. I do have some anxiety when talking in groups or to
people I do not know. I have the usual symptoms associated with situational
anxiety such as my heart will race, and I feel tense. However, I was surprised
that my colleagues viewed my communication anxiety as being mild. I was
surprised that I am able to mask the symptoms and my anxiety when I am speaking
in public or in groups.
One insight
that I took away from this experience is that it is ok to build relationships
and be people-oriented; however, I need to be aware of that trust can be
violated in a relationship. I need to draw a line between professional and
personal relationships, and the level of trust I devote to the relationships. Professional
relationships need to be professional and focus on families and children.
Another
insight is that is it ok to disagree with another person’s ideas or beliefs,
but you need to remain respectful. By being respectful to a person, you should
never attack them personally since this will damage a relationship and the
communication and trust that was built between you two.
Hello Tanya,
ReplyDeleteGreat blog post! I like the insight that you have shared with us about your experience you had on this week. I will agree with you building mutual and relationship is the key to effective communication, I have learned so much from this class until now when I see others communicate I feel we all can learned from other. I have realize myself that you may not always agree with everyone communication style but you very well have to respect people for who they are. Very informative and again thanks for sharing your experience with us!
Temika McCann
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Hi Tanya! I like the conclusions you had about maintaining professional relationships and being able to disagree with another person's views. I feel that both of these attributes come with maturity as a professional. I watch many teachers, both students and professionals, that do not understand the importance of these two concepts. Great post!
ReplyDeleteHi Tanya, great post! I also found out that my listening style is people oriented like your. We both have similar skills and I agree that we have to set boundary between professional and personal life. It is important to be aware as trust can be violated. So, true! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteI also think that is it completely okay to disagree with another person’s ideas and beliefs because we are all uniquely different. Having a disagreement will create more debate and this makes a conversation more interesting in my opinion, maybe that’s cause I'm a debatable person? It is interesting to see how differently different groups evaluate us, I think based on our comfort level and zone we tend to act differently.
Hello Tanya,
ReplyDeleteI understand how you feel about trusting others to much. I am the same way. When I begin to build relationship with certain staff members I tend to have a certain type of sensitivity for them.