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and/or personal relationships. If you are uncomfortable discussing your communication style, you may speak about the communication styles you have encountered and how they impact you. Your speech should not be a report of the content of this project. This project includes: The Discover Your Communication Style questionnaire A 5- to 7-minute speech
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Context – both styles have deep roots Both direct and indirect communication styles exist in all cultures and all communities. However, clear majorities will be found in different contexts. The direct style consists in choosing words that faithfully express the speaker’s thought. The meaning is in the word.
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direct communication, the speaker is responsible for clear communication. In indirect communication, common in high-context cultures, the meaning is conveyed not just by the words used but by nonverbal behaviors (“pauses, silence, tone of voice” [Ting-Toomey, p. 100]), implication, understatement, and a
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- CONTINUUMS OF COMMUNICATION
- PEOPLE FOCUS TASK FOCUS
- FUTURE FOCUS
- PRESENT FOCUS
- COMMUNCIATION STYLES
- IDENTIFYING COMMUNICATION STYLES
- INTERACTING WITH SOMEONE WITH A DIFFERENT STYLES
- GAINING THEIR RESPECT
The first continuum contrasts emphasis on relationship with emphasis on tasks, preference for spontaneity versus preference for structure, and reliance on intuition rather than reliance on facts. At one end is PEOPLE FOCUS, where trustworthiness is established by getting to know a colleague personally; at the other end is TASK FOCUS, where it is e...
The goal of people-focused behaviors is to produce good outcomes with people. These behaviors include: using facial expressions and body language to convey message: it’s not just what you say, it’s how you say it talking about your feelings asking about and sharing information about your personal lives outside of work determining your trustworth...
The goal of future-focused behaviors is to finish what is current (present) to get to the next (future). These behaviors include: approaching risk, decisions, and change quickly using direct language, which includes exaggeration (“ASAP”), the use of superlatives (“the best”) and absolutes (“always”) preferring to take action and then think (“leapi...
The goal of present-focused behaviors is to optimize the present to prepare for the future. These behaviors include: approaching risk, decisions, and change slowly and cautiously using indirect language, which includes qualifiers (“possibly”), accurate (“two” vs. “many”), and self-deprecating (“we” v.s ‘I’) preferring to think and then act (“loo...
The intersection of these two continuums results in following four communication styles. THE CONNECTOR The Connector combines people and present behaviors. As one you tend to: prefer working with people and in teams rather than working alone prefer a collaborative, friendly, and polite work environment prefer verbal communication; one person at a ...
Each communication style has its own observable behaviors and appearance.
So now that you know you are a Seeker and you are speaking to a Planner, how do you package your message so that it makes sense to them? There are a few strategies when dealing with them:
An essential part of creating good working relationships is gaining their respect. How you do that across styles differs greatly.
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Download the PDF – “The Sixteen Specific Communication Styles” Filters and Frames The Matrix is a very helpful tool because it lets you see the relationship between all sixteen styles at a glance. You can see how the styles at the top of the Matrix are the most assertive, while those at the bottom are the least so.
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COMMUNICATION STYLE Good communication skills require a high level of self-awareness. Understanding your personal style of communicating will go a long way toward helping you to create good and lasting impressions on others. By becoming more aware of how others perceive you, you can adapt more readily to their styles of communicating.
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Jul 6, 2020 · What different communication styles exist at work? 1. Direct Communication Style. A Direct Communication style is clear, concise, and unfiltered. There is no hidden message and no subtlety. People with a direct communication style prefer clear and actionable information. They want to get to the point quickly and want others to do the same.
