Communication is vital to any organization. Each organization must
             communicate, be it internally with its employees, or externally with
             clients, stakeholders, suppliers and the general public. An organization
             whose employees have good communication skills both internally and
             externally is better at providing quality service. Learning and perfecting
             your communication style as well as knowing when to apply the right
             communication style is the foundation of effective communication. Good
             communicators must recognize that communication styles exist along a
             continuum, and that "gray areas" exist.
             We each have a personal style of communicating. Your communication
             style is simply how you interact or exchange information with others.
             There are three basic types of communication. The Assertive
             Communication Style basically allows you to respect the rights of others
             while upholding your own beliefs and rights. When the Passive
             Communication Style is used you put the rights of others before your own,
             thus minimizing your own self worth. A person communicating in the
             Aggressive Communication Style stands up for his rights but at the same
             time he violates the rights the person with whom he is communicating.
             Although it appears that the assertive style is the best there are times
             when both the passive and aggressive styles will produce better or faster
             I honestly believe that my primary communication style is the
             assertive style but I also know that usually at least one or twice a week I
             am forced to switch to either the aggressive or the passive style of
             communication. I firmly believe each human has intrinsic value. I
             especially believe that each soldier despite our cultural, racial,
             education or other differences is valuable to complete the Army mission.
             In order for us (the Army) to be able to fight tonight each soldier is
             needed. I don't care whose idea we use to successful
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