 Being able to speak someone's communication language is really important. Now, as you can probably see by the vocation I've chosen, I'm an over communicator. Like, I over talk, I over type, I over write, so I have to get better if I've got somebody that I'm working with that only prefers three bullet points, the who, what, and when. I don't need to send him a five-page email explaining everything because he won't receive that information to the degree that I need him to. But you and I might jive with my over communication. I might be able to send you that long email and that resonates very strongly with you. So we have to figure out not only the communication method, but the communication approach or style. What are their preferences? That's a question as leaders we should be asking ourselves all of the time. What does that person on my team prefer?