Communication in businesses is critical to the success of the firm. Companies that communicate effectively with their employees have more dedicated and motivated staff. Aside from the communication that takes place within businesses, everyone has their unique communication style. Communication patterns can influence how successfully one interacts with everyone, how well they are comprehended, and how effectively they get along. Hence, knowing one’s communication style might be a powerful tool for projecting self-confidence and motivating others. As such, this work focuses on the benefits of the communications style assessment and strategies that can be implemented after the test.
There are several essential concepts and discoveries that I have learned while taking the assignment. First, I have acknowledged that my default communication style is process-oriented. The process-oriented speaker is concerned with facts, protocols, details, and evidence. They are more methodical and rational, pushing forward with precaution. The benefit of this information lies in the fact that, depending on the scenario, people can alter their approach (Beldarrain & Diehl, 2019). The more one comprehends their dominant communication style and the patterns of others, the easier they can connect (Bratu & Cioca, 2018). Finally, the information one needs to convey remains constant regardless of the stakeholder’s communication style (Ramlan et al., 2018). Thus, the benefit of the self-assessment is that people can adapt their communication style more effectively to understand and present their messages to others.
I have considered a few actions to take as a result of the assessment. As such, I decided to develop strategies for communicating with people whose styles differ from mine. For example, when interacting with action-oriented individuals, I may adjust to this approach by eliminating any unnecessary build-up and backup information and focusing solely on the key activities and one particular piece of advice. Such a strategy would work since Action-oriented persons are not interested in having to choose between several possibilities and want to ensure that things will be done. Next, I decided to practice the strategies I will conceive when interacting with diverse people, especially those with whom I find difficult to connect. Consequently, these actions will help identify my strengths and weaknesses in communication, as well as practical and disruptive strategies.
I have come to the understanding that I can use the information described above to improve my human relations communication style. Namely, I can interact and organize the employees better when I know their communication styles and can adapt to these circumstances. Moreover, by practicing recognizing and changing my communication style, I can become more attentive to others, as well as develop my listening skills. However, the most crucial part is that I will use multiple styles instead of my default one and know in what context I should change the approach. As a result, my human relations communication style will improve in terms of flexibility and universality for different kinds of people, communication contexts, and workplace situations.
To conclude, the communication style self-assessment is essential in human relations. This tool allows one to understand their internal strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, it reveals differences with others that need to be referred to when interacting. As a result, a person can adapt to various situations by appropriately changing their style. Thus, the test helps to improve the use of communication styles in ever-changing environments.
References
Beldarrain, Y., & Diehl, K. (2019). Compensating for the lack of physical nonverbal cues in a virtual team context, based on cultural background and preferred communication style.The Wiley Handbook of Global Workplace Learning, 369–394.
Bratu, M. L., & Cioca, L. I. (2018). Adaptation of managerial style to the personality of engineers, in order to increase performance in the workplace.Polish Journal of Management Studies, 17(1), 67–77.
Ramlan, S., Abashah, A., Abu Samah, I., Abd Rashid, I., & Wan Muhamad Radzi, W. (2018). The impact of language barrier and communication style in organizational culture on expatriate’s working performance. Management Science Letters, 659–666.