For your blog this week, think about the similarities and differences between how you evaluated yourself as a communicator and how others evaluated you. What is the one thing that surprised you the most? Why? What other insights about communication did you gain this week? Choose at least two to share with others through your blog and consider how each might inform your professional work and personal life.
Well, I found these tests very interesting and the results for some aspects shocking. My husband and best friend found that I was a better communicator than I thought I was. My best friend thought I was a better listener than I thought I was. I found that interesting. I don't know if it had to do with gender, or age, (my hubby is younger than I), or the fact that my friend has known me longer. I was shocked at some of the questions on the exam because I would never think to offend someone because they didn't agree with my way of doing things or my opinion.
Some things I learned are that others perceive us differently for many reasons. It is our job to try to give the perception we desire.
Johan,
ReplyDeleteI agree that the test had some extremely interesting questions that I never would have considered to think about when communicating with others. I also tested my husband and my best friend but he rated me as a great listener which is strange because he often tells me that I never listen!
That is an excellent point about others perceiving our communication strengths and weakness differently than we do. This can be a nice surprise, or perhaps a wake-up call to the work we have yet to do as a communicator. It will all benefit us in our future EC careers!
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