Developing Communication Competency for Professional Success

Running Head: DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION COMPETENCY
Topic- Reflective practice assignment- Developing your communication competency
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“Regardless of the change in technology, the market for well-crafted messages will always have
an audience”-Steve Burnett (The Burnett Group)
The essence of effective communication is the ultimate language of leadership.
Communication is a skill that could be sharpened through continuous learning. An individual
learns to communicate with others right from its birth (Argyle, 2013). Though the essence of
organizational communication is quite different from general communication but still the
importance is no lesser in both forms. Communication skills differentiate a leader from the rest
of individuals (Bunglowala & Bunglowala, 2015). The way of presentation, use of tone,
selection of words and many such criteria play important role in enhancing the effectiveness of
the message to be communicated. The technological advancement has made communication
easier but the core importance of communication has not been changed anyhow. Developing
communication competency is of utmost necessity for shaping professional career front
(Burgoon, Guerrero & Floyd, 2016). Candidates with good communication skills always have an
added advantage over the other ones.
The reflective essay, as a part of practice assignment submission paper, is a scope of
developing my communication competency and will show how well I am able to use the
communication concepts in practical world of professionalism (Castaneda & Bateh, 2013).
Future career development and improved line of work are the two main aspects covered by this
reflective summarization. My learning on communication concepts in the ten-week module is
elaborated here focusing on one core concept. I have considered body language as superpower
communication concept. Lots of research have been made on the importance of body language in
communication and here I will share my feelings about the same with support from my academic
understandings and other relevant sources. Though it is an essay but a fixed structural format is

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maintained to increase the effectiveness of the purpose of it. First the communication concept is
chosen, which I already chose. Then its importance is explained in relation to my career
developments. Elaborate literary review on the concept of body language is made and then two
other relevant concepts are considered for my future career aspirations. I would like to choose
interpersonal communication and group and team support for the same. Discussion of all relevant
points will lead to final conclusion that will just provide the jest of the whole writing.
So, body language it is, from week 2’s communication concepts. Body language is
simply the non-verbal form of communication. Physical behavior is used for conveying message
and information (Dinică, 2014). If body language and expression do not match with the intended
message then the effectiveness of the message gets decreased considerably. There need to be
good sync between the message and the body language expression. Body language includes in
itself facial expressions, body posture, gesture, eye contact, touch and use of space (Ellis &
Beattie, 2017). It is the unspoken element of communication that we mostly use to reveal our
true feelings and emotions. Good communicator has the ability to decode these signs and read
them easily. It helps us getting the true message, good or bad it may be, and increase our
awareness on the subject (Fletcher et al, 2014). Chances of mis understanding is lessened if the
message with correct body language is interpreted on the right time. Body language may be
under our control at sometime but it may be involuntary in many cases. Negative body language
is very fatal both for the individual perceiving the message and also for the overall organizational
success (Gupta, 2013). Positive Kinesics increase the ease of communication and provide better
end results. On a wider not it could be said that body language and their interpretation varies
from culture to culture and from country to country. There is no universally acclaimed body