WEEK 4 BLOG POSTING

The importance of perspective taking was stressed by late Peter Drucker when he said that an "outside-in perspective" (seeing things as a customer or client would see them) is responsible for the creation of some of the most innovative businesses of the past and present. Having a glimpse at how other perceive us or things will help us greatly in communication, as one will likely communicate with them based on that awareness and thus communicate better. Knowing how others feel and their perspectives help us learn how to relate with them.

This weeks learning exercise has really give me a glimpse as to how my family members perceive me as a communicator. My husband and my daughter completed the survey as I did. I discovered that my husband and daughter's responses were almost the same and were quite different from my own responses. If we are to judge then by majority, then their responses can be adjudged to be right.

I realized that after the completion of this exercise and with the surprised result, I have been making efforts to improve on my communication based on the outcome.