How to Get Along with Different Types of People - WomenWorking

Do you ever feel like you are not comfortable communicating with another person? Social style differences may be the reason. Type-differences often trigger negative feelings such as defensiveness and frustration. It’s not that there is anything “wrong” with you or the other person or either of your intentions. We each prefer to think in different ways. It’s commonplace to judge the other person by how they communicate. Knowing the common social style types can empower you to adapt your communication for an easier rapport. I will share four social styles that cover most people. For this topic, I am using Wilson Learning’s Social Style types. Let’s start with YOUR social style. Ask yourself two questions: Are you more ask-oriented or tell-oriented? Ask–oriented communicators tend to be quieter in the way they speak, more indirect in their approach, ask more questions than tell, and take more time when communicating. Tell-oriented communicators are direct, ask few questions, speak louder, faster and respond more quickly. Are you more task-directed or people-directed? Task-directed communicators talk about tasks first and then relationships, share fewer feelings and tend towards being more objective in their decision-making, relying on logic. People-directed communicators start with relationships, then move to […]

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