Tony Alessandra: Adapting Your Communication to Other Peoples Styles

The most effective way to adapt your communication is by knowing the style of the person you are communicating with and then adapting to their specific communication preferences.

Adapting your communication doesn't mean imitating the other person's style of communicating. It does mean adjusting your Supportingness, Controllingness, Directness and Indirectness to be more in tune with the other person's preference. For example, if you are a Socializer speaking to a Director, your normal communication pattern will probably seem unfocused and too social. The Director might think the conversation is just "chit-chat." By reviewing the Director profile, you can see that you would benefit by getting directly to the point and staying focused on the task at hand. In this example, you are both Direct so the pace of your communication is in tune, but your priority preferences are different. As a Socializer, you are a Supporting person and have a relationship-orientation. The Director is a Controlling person and has a task-orientation.

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[GamingTard]

tnx

so if someone is dumb be very explaining xD