My Competent Communicator

Competent communication must be effective and appropriate and as such communicators must adjust their behavior to suit particular individuals and situations (O'Hair eta al, 2015) person who demonstrated that for me was my father, Rev. Earl Nobles. He was an educated, highly intelligent (he was a rocket scientist), articulate, and most importantly a Pastor.  All of those attributes didn’t make him a competent communicator, it was the fact that he knew how to treat people and interact with them. He was a great listener and I feel that is one of the most important characteristics of effective communication. His disposition was calm, inviting, and comforting that drew and welcomed anyone who spoke to him. He had a wonderful sense of quirky humor and that along with all of his other attributes are what I have tried to model for years. Why? My dad, in my opinion, was one of the greatest people that walked the face of the earth, not perfect, but a wonderful person, husband, father, friend, confidant, and grandfather, just to name a few and I can only wish to walk in his shadow and hope to catch the rays of the sun that shined so brightly on his life.

Reference

O'Hair, D., Wiemann, M., Mullin, D. I., & Teven, J.  (2015). Real communication (3rd. ed). New York: Bedford/St. Martin's.Chapter 1, "Communication: Essential Human Behavior" (pp. 3-26)