Communication skills and behaviors

Will and Hannah bowling

Will and Hannah in stage coach

William built this castle for Hannah for Christmas

Will and Hannah on the boat

For your blog this week, think of someone (e.g., family member, celebrity, politician, friend, or professor) who demonstrates competent communication within a particular context. What behaviors does the person exhibit that make him or her effective? Would you want to model some of your own communication behaviors after this person? Why or why not?

My son, William, is a good communicator on his job.  He is a design/marketer for a landscape company, he goes out and finds clients.  With his particular position, he goes into areas of prestigious business people.  Most of the homes are valued at over a several hundreds of thousands of dollars.  He conducts himself in a professional and business-like manner.  His people skills are precise and demonstrative.  He has a manner that shows people he cares about them, the product he is showing them, and he cares about how the landscape product will look on their property. 

I am not sure where he got all his communication skills.  His mother is not great at communication. William has practiced his skills through many avenues: when he was in high school, he entered a national preaching contest and won second place among over a hundred young men.  His wife is a good communicator and when they talk to each other, they are respectful and open to listening to each other, that is not to say they do not have disputes but on an overall, they communicate with each other, honoring each other. 

There are many points when Will’s communication skills I envy; his professionalism, his well-placed words, his body language gives positive non-verbal symbols.  I do know that his father-in-law is a man of “perfect communications skills”. William’s downfall is when he gets frustrated; he is always very colorful in his speech, but not one I want to hear.  Sorry, son, you know it is true.  William is a person I admire greatly and am proud he is my son.