This semester I have focused on learning about who I am

and growing as a professional entering the business

world. In order to best understand myself and my areas
of growth I surveyed myself and my peers. I've learned
that many perceive me exactly as I perceive myself, but I
want to improve upon having a friendlier professional
persona.

Throughout this summary, I will be focusing on my

communication styles, my professional persona, my
work styles, and what more I've learned throughout this
semester.

KENNEDY BAILEY
Expressive Communication How I Describe Myself
A few words to describe me would be
leaderlike, driven, outgoing, and
I surveyed fourteen of my peers to hardworking. I am very involved in my
analyze and rate my composite academics and in the University of
assertiveness and responsiveness. Eight Arizona community.
of the respondents found that I had a high
composite assertiveness and an average Many of the survey respondents not only
composite responsiveness. In regard to see me in the classroom, but also see me
my communication this translates into at the library and in club meetings. My
having an expressive style meaning I am peers agreed with these adjectives, but I
very emotional and enthusiastic. was surprised to find that I describe
8 myself as sensitive but many of my peers
6 didn't.
Responsiveness

4
2
0
-2
-4
-6
0 2.5 5 7.5 10

Assertiveness
The other six of the respondents found I
had a high composite assertiveness and
very low composite responsiveness. This I am a very sensitive person, but struggle
translated into a driver communication to be sensitive with others. When giving
style meaning that I am very action feedback to my teammates I am very
orientated. When communicating with my direct and to the point. It can come off
peers I have found I am a nice mix of both with a major lack of empathy, even though
and have used these qualities to that is not my intention.
communicate positively while stressing
urgency.
 A Direct Leader
During my first team meeting with my Eller
group this semester, I was the first person
to volunteer to be the team leader.
In this survey I scored the highest in leading
and persuading in a work environment.
When it comes to leading and deciding I
feel it works best when having one true
leader of the team to make major
decisions. It decreases the possibility of
confusion and simplifies the decision
making process.
communicating
evaluating
persuading
leading
deciding
trusting
Feedback
Through written feedback from my peers, I
was able to see that to improve my
professional persona I need to be a little
more 'myself'. In an everyday setting I am
very carefree and outgoing, but in a
professional setting I can be perceived as
serious and a bit uptight. I like to get right to
business during team and executive
meetings and need to work harder to
incorporate my outgoing personality.
"You are a leader that so
many look up to."
"You can express more of

disagreeing
scheduling
your everyday personality

0 1 2 3 into your professional

persona."
As for communicating and scheduling I
scored the lowest meaning I prefer to have
a set schedule and short, but productive "You are always focused on

meetings. During executive meetings with the task at hand and have a

my sorority, I always have a set list of items more serious demeanor and

to discuss to ensure I am working in a get to business."

productive and timely manner.

Key Takeaways

Through this activity I have learned a lot more about myself. I've learned that many do
perceive me as I perceive myself, but I can work harder to be a more approachable and
sensitive person and teammate. I am very extroverted and energetic in my everyday
persona and can work on integrating this into my professional work. I will do this by
starting every team meeting with asking my teammates how their weekend was.
Furthermore, when delivering feedback and criticism I will offer a helping hand to show
my compassion for the person and their situation.

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