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Communication Styles: Rank from 1 to 4 which style fits you best

P A
Do you... Do you...

• Emphasize harmony, collaboration and • Emphasize quality and accuracy?


consensus? • Want to do things right the first time even if it
• See yourself as “other” oriented? takes longer?
• Work at building harmony and trust? • Make decisions based on analysis and
• Make decisions based on equity and fairness? objectivity?
• Focus on feelings as well as ideas? • Prefer to act fairly independently?
• Like to evaluate pros/cons and cost/benefits?
• Try to get others involved?
• Need to have things planned out in advance?
• Dislike or avoid conflict?
• Feel comfortable with rules and standards?
• Prefer to act in a team environment? • Prefer to minimize/avoid risk?
• Feel most comfortable making decisions that • Lean toward what has worked in the past?
benefit everyone? • Present details logically?
• Describe your communication style as informal • Ask for, and give, in-depth answers?
and friendly? • Describe your communication style as logical
• Freely allow others to be in control? and fact-based?
• Like to build partnerships and networks? • Like to be right?
• Use phrases such as “We’re all in this together”? • Think thoughts like, “If you want it done right, it’s
• Tend to have a difficult time saying no? better to do it yourself”?

E T
Do you... Do you...

• Enjoy taking risks? • Enjoy doing many things at once?


• Emphasize uniqueness and possibilities? • Emphasize actions and results?
• See yourself as a catalyst/facilitator for change? • Like to have many things going on at once?
• Try to sell your ideas using enthusiasm? • Take control of situations?
• Take the lead in most interactions? • Make quick decisions based on summary data?
• Avoid lots of detail and deep analysis? • Hide personal feelings (except maybe anger)?
• Make decisions based on “gut feel”? • Prefer to act fairly independently?
• Stretch or break the rules at times? • Find yourself too direct at times?
• Sometimes talk more than listen? • Prefer brief and to-the-point interactions?
• Show creativity and innovation? • Dislike losing?
• Like to explore fresh ideas and alternatives? • Show impatience with slow progress?
• Sometimes talk before thinking? • Talk and write using “bullets”?
• Talk and write quickly using long sentences? • Use phrases such as, “What’s the bottom line”?
• Use phrases such as “Trust me” and “What if”? • Think thoughts like, “If you want something
done your way, it’s easier to do it yourself”?

My Style Sort: __________ __________ __________ __________

Best practices for communicating with my dominant style: ____________________________________


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Communication Styles Under Stress: Rank from 1 to 4

P A
In your “survival-under-stress” mode, In your “survival-under-stress” mode,
do you find yourself: do you find yourself:

• Doing what it takes to stay connected • Avoiding risk if at all possible?


with others? • Most comfortable with what has worked in
• Seeking out more information informally? the past?
• With an increased need to know where • Caught up in analysis paralysis?
you stand? • Waiting to react?
• Not getting work done on time? • Taking a very safe course of action?
• Procrastinating until the last minute? • Developing a paper trail in case you need it
• Backing off instead of pushing your point? later on?
• Telling others what you think they want to hear? • Very cautious and conservative?

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E T
In your “survival-under-stress” mode, In your “survival-under-stress” mode,
do you find yourself: do you find yourself:

• Bending or breaking the rules? • Putting in long, hard hours?


• Changing approaches at the last minute? • “Firefighting” and dealing with crises?
• Determining your own priorities? • Involved in a high volume of activity?
• Solving problems very creatively? • Taking charge when you perceive things aren’t
• Doing your own thing? happening?

• Forgetting or ignoring time constraints (both • Engaging in conflict and confrontation?


yours and others)? • Delegating less and doing more things yourself?
• Winging it? • Minimizing your interactions with others?

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My style sort under stress: __________ __________ __________ __________

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