Eportfolio Assignment

Kayson Gines
Comm 2110-Personal Change Proposal
June 3, 2016

Goal:
I will work on my communication skills in the work place.
Rationale:
I have notice that when I am quite around my job and the work place people perceive me
differently than if I was to have the willingness to communicate(Beebe, pg 42) and engage
more socially at work. The effect form this is people assume things when I am quite and do not
talk and communicate throughout the day. I sometimes do not realize that I am doing this and
have to try really hard and put forth the effort to make a point to communicate more with others,
when I do I notice that people are more willing to work and communicate with me and have a
better relationship in the work place which I realize that is very important to have.
Strategies:
1. I will use my strategies and perception skills to my full potential by thinking about what
other people think and how my coworkers see and value me as a person. These Strategies
can be looked at more in a positive way like self-efficacy and focus more on the other
oriented side of communicating with other people.

A. Using my perception skills to my full potential and being aware of my environment

around me in communicating. Perception will help me connect to the individual on a
different level though good communication. (Beebe, pg 63)
B. Self -efficacy, having the control of my thoughts in the work day on a more positive side
than a negative, will help me see more positive outlooks at work and home. I realize that
opportunity will come up to be negative and think bad about someone or something but if
I can channel my focus and energy to be positive I think this will help me stay more
positive in the future. I think this will be a great strategy to help me and my willingness to
communicate better with people. (Beebe, pg 43)
C. Being other oriented I will have to think, care and act on how other people think and feel
by doing this more I should have a better sense perception, control of my self-talk and the
willingness to communicate with people on a daily basis being other oriented should

become a practice and a choice to care and show more interest when I am talking to
someone face-to-face (Beebe, pg 2)

Implementation:
I will start applying and practicing my communication skills in the work place on 6/3/2016
I am going to start by putting a reminder on my phone and really trying to think about how I can
accomplish this goal throughout this class and apply these skills for the rest of my life. Using the
strategies that I have come up with I think will help me complete this goal and become better in
communicating with people in an everyday life. I also think that keeping a journal will help me
with accomplishing this goal and realizing the things that I need to work on and help me go
through this process by making me a better person and have more experiences in the
communication field because communication is everything in this life without it our society
would be non-existent.

Works Cited: Beebe, Steven A., Susan J. Beebe, and Mark V. Redmond. Interpersonal
Communication: Relating to Others. 7th ed. New Jersey: Pearson Education, 2014. Print.

This assignment opened my eyes to be more aware and to be other oriented towards
people by using my perception with other people when I communicate to them. This assignment
really helped me understand the importance to communicate properly and effectively in the work
place and in my life.
I will take this proposal assignment and keep applying this in my life to help me
understand and keep my communication skills sharpened. With this classes topics it has helped
me understand communication in a better way for communication, I think lessons could be used
in everyday life whether school, work, or home life communication is the key to relationships
and our person wellbeing this is what I have learned in the importance of this course. This
semester learning communication is very important in so many ways in my life and can be look
at and used in different way and to help us better understand relationships and people in todays
world.