Struggles or successes in your career may stem from a number of different factors. However, one that you may not have directly considered could be your conversational style.
There are said to be four distinct conversational styles and that people generally lean toward one over the other depending on their personality type. If you are having any trouble communicating at work, you may want to assess your position in this matrix and the goals that are outlined for you in order to see if it might make sense to work on adjusting your communication style toward achieving better results in the workplace.
The four conversation styles are said to be:
- Analytical Communication Style
- Intuitive Communication Style
- Functional Communication Style
- Personal Communication Style
Analytical Communication Style: If your job requires that you work mainly with metrics and statistics then developing a fluency with this style is key. Others will appreciate your preparation with exact numbers to back up any conclusions you might make and they will look to you to make sure that their conjectures can be corroborated with hard numbers.
Intuitive Communication Style: If others look to you for vision and large-scale thinking, you will have to find a way to be more intuitive. This might mean letting go of some of your practical nature and proposing things that at first glance seem disruptive, even at the risk of sounding a little out there.
Functional Communication Style: Most people would love to be more organized. Those who thrive with to do lists, milestones, and deadlines are functional communicators. There are a number of apps as well as ways to train yourself to be better at this style. One thing to do is to make sure that you leave a meeting having assessed everything that was said and followed up by outlining corresponding action steps.
Personal Communication Style: While it’s difficult to learn to be more personable, there are ways to practice better empathy and to consider warmth when working with others. Think before you respond sharply to situations.
This visual from Nextiva below has a great overview of how best to assess and work with co-workers that display particular conversational styles. If your boss or coworker tends a certain way, you might want to adjust your communication in order to create more cooperative success in your workplace.
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