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Since humanity drew its first picture or spoke its first words interpersonal communication has been an important part of daily life Interpersonal communication is embedded in everything we do as humans from the first time you cried as a baby to every time you speak to your Soldiers In my opinion interpersonal communications are one of the essential skills for being a great leader In this essay I will be exploring what interpersonal communications are why interpersonal communications are important and how interpersonal communications can pertain to Army leadership In order to understand why interpersonal communications are important and how they pertain to Army leadership you first must have an understanding of what interpersonal communications are Interpersonal communication is defined by SelfGrowth com as the process of sending and receiving information between two or more people There are two ways in which you can communicate you can communicate verbally or nonverbally Verbal communication is using spoken words or sounds to communicate with the audience whereas non verbal communication is body language which is defined by Merriam Webster as the gestures movements and mannerisms by which a person or animal communicates with others Within verbal communication there is encoding decoding and feedback Encoding is the effort the speaker makes to ensure the listener understands the message
