We went to church last week and after church I was talking to a friend that I hadn\u2019t seen in a few weeks. I had almost forgotten that the simplest conversation with him takes a long time. I think we all know people like that \u2014 they insist on giving you every nitty-gritty little step when you wish they\u2019d cut through the chase and just give you the bottom line. All this painstaking detail makes your brain start to hurt. I\u2019m sure there must be a lot of communication \u201cstyles.\u201d\u00a0 In fact, there is an online quiz called \u201cWhat\u2019s Your Communication Style?\u201d If you\u2019re interested, you can check it out and even take the quiz \u2014 it\u2019s free. Anyhow, I though it was interesting\u2026. according to the site, about 21% of people have Functional communication style and roughly 24% have an Intuitive communication style. The Intuitive style seems to be the style more prevalent in very senior executive roles.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Intuitive communicators like the big picture and avoid getting bogged down in details. They prefer a broad overview that lets them skip right to the end point.
Functional communicators like process, detail, timelines and well-thought out plans. They communicate things in a step-by-step fashion so nothing get missed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One benefit of Intuitive communication is not getting bogged down in too many details, allowing greater comfortability with big ideas and out-of-the-box thinking.\u00a0
The benefit of having a Functional communication style is that the communication generally hits all the details and nothing gets missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course the important thing isn\u2019t the style \u2014 the important thing is that there actually is communication, something that seems to be lacking too often today. Even though I prefer someone who gets to the point quickly, I\u2019m working on being more patient with \u201cfunctional communicators.\u201d I keep reminding myself that they\u2019re not just rambling, they\u2019re detail oriented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And now, I\u2019m learning about a whole new set of communication types \u2014 I haven\u2019t figured texting out yet, and don\u2019t get me started on emojis\u2026
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We went to church last week and after church I was talking to a friend that I hadn\u2019t seen in a few weeks. I had almost forgotten that the simplest conversation with him takes a long time. I think we … Continue reading