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Overview
Effective communication is the very lifeblood of any organization. If communication is not clear and persuasive between managers and employees, and between employees and customers, then other vital goals are forever out of reach. Say goodbye to your aspirations for successful leadership, teamwork, customer service, or even the ability to execute a coherent business strategy.
If you want to bring about meaningful improvements in communication skills, the best way to begin is to build a better understanding of personal communication styles and their effects on other people. What’s My Communication Style? is a proven training assessment that identifies an individual’s preferred style—Direct, Spirited, Considerate, or Systematic—and the communication behaviors that distinguish it.
Part of the bestselling HRDQ Style Series, the assessment and its supporting materials provide a practical and easy-to-use language that enables lasting insights into how to gain mastery over one’s own communication behavior and how to interpret the behavior of others—in any situation. What’s My Communication Style is a powerful centerpiece for management development and interpersonal skills training.
Learning Outcomes:
Identify a preference for one of four communication styles
Uncover the characteristics of each style
Discover how style affects communication
Learn how to “speed read” a person’s communication style
Understand how to “flex” style for effective communication with others
Uses for the Assessment
What’s My Communication Style is appropriate for use with anyone and is equally effective for personal and management development. The assessment can be used as a standalone training development tool, or it can be incorporated into a more comprehensive training program on communication skills. This assessment is an effective foundation for a variety of soft-skills training topics, including communication, leadership, team building, and supervisory skills.
How It Works
What’s My Communication Style starts with a self-assessment that takes approximately ten minutes to complete. Individuals respond to 24 different items relating to both verbal and nonverbal communication by selecting the statement ending that they believe best reflects their perceived communication behavior. Each response is scored, providing individuals with a total score for each of the four personal communication styles: Direct, Spirited, Considerate, and Systematic. The majority of individuals will show a clear preference for one of the styles, which is their Dominant Style.
The self-assessment is followed by approximately one hour of interpretation of scores, topic discussion, debriefing, and action planning. The What’s My Communication Style Facilitator Guide also offers an easy-to-follow workshop outline that expands What’s My Communication Style into a 1.5-hour classroom training program.
Product Type
Assessment
Measures Personal communication style
Number of items 24
Dimensions
Direct
Spirited
Considerate
Systematic
Time Required
1 hour
Author
Eileen Russo, PhD Assisted by: Stephanie McBrier Hannett, PhD and Deb Topka, MS
