Communication Improvement
The skill I consider for communication improvement is listening. I am going to improve on listening skill through paying attention to the speaker and listening to information attentively. I will focus on understanding the message being delivered and asking relevant questions.
How I will know if I am getting better
In communication, I will consider paraphrasing information from the speaker and seek for clarification. This ensures as the audience I am listening and interested in understanding the information delivered. In conjunction with clarifications, I am supposed to ask pointed questions. These questions are essential in requesting for more information to have a full understanding of the topic or message communicated. While using voicemail, I will ensure proper etiquette to show good communication skills. Voicemail helps in leaving a short and descriptive message to the speaker with the aim passing information. It requires speaking clearly, leaving information, and phone number even twice for the listener to get it easily.
While communicating, I will consider eliminating noise as it distracts and interferes with information delivery to the listener. This is achieved through focusing on the specific person and be given undivided attention. If I am practicing active listening such as eye contacts and responding to gestures such as nodding shows that I am interested and paying attention to the speaker. This would be followed by asking appropriate questions related to the message delivered and observation of nonverbal messages. Finally, while communicating complex and technical information, I will always be patient to go an extra mile of requesting for explaining from the speaker. This is for clarification of the technical information in areas that I am not experienced as I have little knowledge in technical areas.
