Evaluate Your Communication Style

Individually we are all different people inside and out, yet are expected to learn and communicate the same way as the people around us. An example would be in classes, each teacher teaches their class in a different way expecting someone who excels at learning hands-on, learn like a person who excels at verbal learning. Noticing the varied differences, we can improve how we communicate with others and make sure every person is learning without struggling. To insure each of us enforces our learning to the best of our ability, we can evaluate our communication style. Evaluation can show where we might lack or exceed. Evaluation can happen in various ways, one way we evaluated ourselves was by the activity “Communications Style Inventory.” After the class was done completing the activity we saw that out of the four groups each of us had a group that described us completely or almost correct. The style I found myself in was the Supporter/ Relater. I feel as if this accurately describes myself as I dislike adjustment , I’m non-judgmental, and an exceptional listener. With being in this category, there are several joys and frustrations on how others may view myself. A few of the frustrations that can come is not
The first would be eye contact, when we use eye contact we feel as if they are talking directly towards us and their attention is solely on us. Next would be attitude, your attitude towards someone could make or break how that person sees you. The final component would be listening as when you listen you can gain people’s trust and overall learn more about that person. These three components help communicating effectively no matter what group we fall in. Situations that these could be helpful would range from a job interview for your dream job all the down to just sitting in class listening to the professor/ teacher