The Link between Communication Skills and Personal Success among Professionals

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

"Knowing English is like possessing the fabled Aladdin's lamp”. Communication skills are essential for the successful future career of an individual. Vagos and Pereira (2010) continue to defend that individuals with a low sense of worth may have trouble in standing up for themselves because they view others' thoughts, feelings, and rights as more important than their own and therefore a man must know his worth but keep things under his feet.

METHODS

The study utilized descriptive research design and used the perception of the respondents about communication life skill and personal success among professionals. The main source of the data was the survey questionnaire, which is prepared by the researcher and statistically treated by the use of the simple descriptive statistics such as standard deviation, frequency, percentage and the average weighted mean.

RESULTS

The following important findings were summarized as follows: The level of perception of respondents regarding good communication as a life skill in terms of English as a language had an over-all mean value of 4.50 which was interpreted by the respondents as "strongly agree" or "very high. While in terms of in terms of fluent English speakers, it has over-all mean value of 3.90 with an interpretation as "agree" or "high”. On the other hand, the respondents had frequently practiced their professional life, social life, and work place as well. In terms of professional life, it has a low mean value of 2.36 with a remark of "rarely practiced”. Moreover, the level of perception of respondents regarding aspect of personal success in terms of building rapport, decision making, building confidence, assertiveness, facilitation skills, conflict resolution marked by the respondents as "frequently practiced" . The profile of the respondents is not significantly related to personal success among professionals in terms of building rapport, decision-making, building confidence, assertiveness, facilitation skills, and conflict resolution. On the other hand, communication life skill is significantly related to personal success in terms of building rapport, decision-making, building confidence, assertiveness, facilitation skills, and conflict resolution.

DISCUSSIONS

In the light of the findings and conclusions of the study, the following recommendations were drawn: 1.) the professionals may develop more their rapport .2.) The school may conduct series of seminars and trainings featuring the development of confidence. 3.) The teachers should be able to practice professionalism in accordance with the Code of Ethics. 4.) The teachers and other professionals as a whole must have knowledge 5.) The teachers and other professionals should be professional enough.