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15 Mar 2015

Communication Style Reflection

The communication survey report was quite revealing of my ability to communicate effectively. I enjoyed taking the survey because it touched on a wide range of aspects related to communication. I value this report because it shows that I have weaknesses in some areas of communication. For instance, the report shows that I need to take time to reconsider and reflect on my approach to communication by focusing on both receiving and sending messages. When it comes to planning my messages, my score was 6 out of 10, which means I need to improve a lot on my planning. This score revealed that I need to be more objective, focused, and straightforward in my messages, ensuring to avoid any unnecessary information. It also reveals that I need to understand my audience better and seek feedback regarding the messages I send. When it comes to encoding messages, I had a score of 15 out of 25, which is quite on the average. This score reveals that I need to have a clear understanding of what I need to say as well as to anticipate how the other person is likely to respond to my message. Besides, I need to choose my words and body language carefully to facilitate better understanding by the other party. When it comes to writing, I need to review my style, to avoid slang and jargon, to check my writing for punctuation and grammatical errors, as well as to check my tone and attitude. I was quite impressed with my score on choosing the right channel because I had 12 out of 15. This score reveals that I tend to select the appropriate channel most of the time. To improve on this score, I need to consider aspects such as sensitivity of the subject and content, ease of communicating the details, time constraints, and the receivers’ preferences. However, my score of 13 out of 20 on decoding was not very impressive as it shows that my skills of receiving and interpreting messages are not adequate. To improve on this score, I need to avoid distractions, look at the other person well, pay close attention to body language, to avoid interrupting others, to reflect on what others are saying, to demonstrate acknowledgement, and to allow others to speak. Lastly, my score on feedback was 6 out of 10, which is also quite on the average and requires improvement. This result shows that I need to improve on my confidence levels, comprehension, level of interest, and level of engagement, among other aspects.