Title: Communication Skills Self Assessment

How strong are your communication skills?

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Strong Communication Skills

You seem to have great communication skills! Your strengths in this area are evidenced by your ability to keep your cool in heated arguments, maintain eye contact in conversations and speak confidently and clearly. Continue to build these skills in new professional and work settings.

Good communication skills

Satisfactory Communication Skills

There is a good foundation there, but areas to grow in and strengthen as well. Continue to learn and build these skills as you progress through this unit.

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Developing Communication Skills

You have some work to do to develop your communication skills. Look carefully at your stronger areas and use those to develop your weaker areas.

Plan and act

Poor Communication Skills

Your communication skills at the moment seem quite poor. You are in the right place as you will have many opportunities to develop these skills during this unit. Focus in on your 3 weakest areas and start thinking about situations where you could work on developing and improving them.

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Exactly like me

strong communication skills,satisfactory communication skills

Somewhat like me

satisfactory communication skills,developing communication skills

Not like me at all

developing communication skills,poor communication skills

I am open minded and am willing to change my viewpoint based on the valid opinion of others.

Strong communication skills

I prepare for important communications and think things through before I speak.

strong communication skills

Very much like me

satisfactory communication skills

developing communication skills

poor communication skills

I always tailor my message to suit the person(s) I am talking to.

I find it easy to listen to what other people have to say without interrupting.

Strong communication skills,satisfactory communication skills

A little like me

I am good at making eye contact with people when I am talking to them.

Rarely like me

Never like me

I am not intimidated by situations where I must communicate with difficult employees or people.

somewhat like me

Poor communication skills

I am confident when I talk to people and speak clearly without mumbling.

I am good at getting my point across in a clear, concise manner without waffling.

Satisfactory communication skills

Developing communication skills

I find it easy to concentrate on what others are saying and don't lose my focus.

Not like me at all, I am usually thinking about what I will say next while the other person is talking.

I don't start planning my response whilst the other person is talking.

Exactly like me, I value highly other people's opinions

somewhat like me; I sometimes feel my opinion is the most important

Not like me at all; my opinion is most often the most important in the room and needs to be heard.

I don't think that my opinion is the most important in the room.

Not like me at all, I talk a lot, in fact I'm usually the most talkative person in the group.

I only speak up if I have something valuable to contribute to the conversation and I avoid talking just for the sake of it.

Not like me at all; I have no idea what my body language is conveying and haven't ever thought about it.

I make a conscious effort to match my body language to the message I want to convey.

some of the time

I don't feel like I read body language of others well at all.

I am good at reading the body language of others.

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