#21 Your COMMUNICATION style sucks

I'm not saying YOUR communication style sucks. I am talking about when you feel like your communication style sucks, or the way someone talks to you. So many times in life do we find ourselves in conversations that hurt, that make us sad, make us feel less intelligent, super frustrated, angry, scared, pressured, humiliated even. All the feelings. And of course all the good ones. But today's episode focuses on the conversations that are difficult, and using a Personality Character Profiling System called DISC. We are all fairly easily categorized into four different communication styles. For our personality, we can be strong in one, two or even three categories, but our communication style is often peaking in one of the four different styles. D is the driven, big picture, results, and task-oriented person who loves being in charge and challenges the status quo. I is the talkative, optimistic, encourager that loves to inspire teams to move forward together, fun to be around and very social. S is the loyal, reliable, good listener that wants and makes sure that everyone is OK, makes the coffee and brings fresh bread to the office, avoids confrontation and is a great mediator when one is needed. C is the critical, analytical, sharp and focused person who loves detail, facts, statistics and reports. They want outlines and data and will double-check their work three times before feeling content. Also focus on the task rather than the relationships. So what happens in your life when you have to communicate with someone who has a very different communication style? Well, you easily feel that your communication style sucks, because you can't get your message across. You get angry, frustrated and irritated. What if that is your boss? What if it's a family member, or even tougher, what if it's your partner, that you live with, AND work with in your family business. Looking at if from this perspective, it's easy to see how valuable it is to know your communication style, to understand what communication style your parnters, friends, family members or colleagues have, to achieve the results you want and nurture positive relationships. You are most welcome to reach out to me if you have any questions about the DISC profiling system. Let me know how this episode helped you!