The person that I have observed demonstrating competent
communication is the Director of a child care facility that cares for children
from 2 to 5 years of age. I have seen
her interconnecting with other parents and their children to form
relationships. Having the help of
parents can always help you achieve the goals that have been set. She exemplifies what the authors call
affiliation. She shows that she loves the
students that attend her center.
She
also shows competent communication in the way that she communicates with the
different diverse families and their children that attend the center. Her actions give them a sense of belonging
which makes the parents trust their children to her care. She works really good with her staff and she
influences them to work hard to achieve the goals that has been set for the
center. She makes certain that the goals
for the child care facility are known throughout the center. She has complete control of her staff and
have formed great relationships with all of them. She has truly shown me that communicating
competently creates trust, accuracy, honesty, and accuracy (O'Hair &
Wiemann, 2012).
I would model
all of my communication behaviors after this person. She is clearly a competent communicator and
she enjoys communicating effectively with everyone that she touches. I would model myself at Dr. Minor because she
is clearly a great effective and competent communicator.
Reference
O'Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2012). Real communication:
An introduction. New York: Bedford/St.
Martin's.
Sharon,
ReplyDeleteA peer co-worker is a great person to learn communication skills from. It is great to have someone that works with you , to give advice. In addition this comunicator is the best kind.You are in the workplace and the advice is still present. This co worker is a mentor of sorts.
Hi Sharon,
ReplyDeleteDr. Minor sounds like someone I’d model my communication behaviors after too. Connecting with the children, families, and staff shows that she cares about people and values relationships. I think it's great that you have a mentor such as Dr. Minor.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your post. If it weren't for the fact that we are from different parts of the world, I would think that we are talking about the same person. I also wrote about a friend that's an early childhood professional. She connects very well with the children, families, and staff. Dr. Minor sounds like she has great communication skills.