c​ommunication Skill Rating” Please respond to the following:

ommunication Skill Rating” Please respond to the following:

How skillful is your communication right now? Let’s explore that.

Note: You are strongly encouraged to record and upload a video response to the following questions. Practice is the key to success!

Instructions: Record and Upload a Video. You can also review these step-by-step instructions on how to create a video discussion post.

• • What are your communication strengths? Provide specific details.
  • What are the areas you would like to improve? Why? Provide specific details.
  • Rate your current level of professional communications skill based on the following five categories and explain how you arrived at your rating.

Note: Your goal is to identify accurately your current level of communications proficiency and to grow in this course and throughout your MBA program.

Communication Skill Levels

• • Novice: You tend to “wing it” when communicating. Your messages seldom achieve your desired goals.
  • Intermediate: Your communications are sometimes effective, but you lack an established process for communicating (and you aren’t actively testing your methods).
  • Proficient: You apply some tools and techniques of communications and, while you may do so inconsistently, you are fairly effective when you communicate.
  • Distinguished: You are considered highly professional. You regularly influence outcomes through communications and you are highly communications-oriented.
  • Expert: You have extensive experience in business communications, are well-versed in the topic, and can influence goals strategically while driving action with your messaging.