Can you describe, in just one word, what makes you the powerful positive communicator you are? Hey, now, give it a shot…. What one word streaks across the blue and orange sky of your balanced communicator mind…?
BETTER COMMUNICATION LEADS TO PROVEN PROFITABILITY
I was energized and gratified to be with the Parts Express leadership team presenting Module 3 of the TALK2ME© Communication Roadmap series. I appreciate the president and head honcho, Jeff, very much, because he is open-minded and realizes that growing the success of his leadership team sets Parts Express up for continuing success! (Here’s a chance to review my CliffNotes of The Communication Orchard http://www.drogrady.com/?p=550)
In one interactively customized TALK2ME Exercise, the equal number of Empathizer and Instigator leader participants answered, in one word, what each believed makes a powerful positive communicator. This think tank’s top pick? The group resoundingly voted for the importance of LISTENING AND BEING APPROACH-ABLE.
ACTIVATING INNER STRENGTHS
Are you activating the inner strengths of the balanced communicator? I know you are. Keep up the good work!
▪ INSTIGATORS — OR I-TYPES — SAY THAT WHAT MAKES A POWERFUL POSITIVE COMMUNICATOR IS…
1. LISTENING
2. HONESTY
3. COURAGE
4. APPROACHABLE
5. OPEN-MINDED
▪ EMPATHIZERS — OR E-TYPES — SAY THAT WHAT MAKES A POWERFUL POSITIVE COMMUNICATOR IS…
6. A SMILE
7. GIVE TIME
8. EMPATHY
9. CONTROL OF EMOTIONS
10. SEEK TO UNDERSTAND
What a great list of values to be in the driver’s seat of your communication life. (If you would like to uncover and discover your communicator type for free, visit http://www.drogrady.com/type.php
POWERFUL LISTENING
All the participants voted for “listening and being approach-able” as the calling cards of a positive communicator. Are you electing to be a positive communicator today, no matter what mood you find yourself in?
ABOUT “TALK DOC” DENNIS O’GRADY, Psy.D.
Dr. Dennis O’Grady is a communication expert and developer of the TALK2ME Communication Roadmap. You, too, can profit from better communication! Talk with Dennis at 937-428-0724.