Understanding Communication Styles
Following are the strengths and weaknesses each communication style might bring to the work
team.
Direct
Strengths:
Direct
Results-oriented
Assertive
Likes challenges
Independent
Decisive
Quick to act
Confident
Adventuresome
Weaknesses: Blunt
Demanding
Domineering
Too brief
One-way listener
Poor listener
Impatient
Pushy
Competitive
Friendly
Strengths: Self-controlled
Sincere
Patient
Stable./oyal
Cooperative/team person
Empathetic
Good listener
Easygoing/relaxed
Predictable/unobtrusive
Weaknesses: Indirect
Deliberate
Slow to respond/change
Passive
Possessive
Too accommodating
Avoid conflicts
Lenient/complacent
Low-key
Talkative
Strengths: Persuasive/Influential
Responsive to others
Enthusiastic
Trusting
Optimism
Confident
Open-minded
Articulate
Generous
Weaknesses: Oversells ideas
Talks too much
Impulsive
Self-promoting
Too emotional
Excessive information
Defensive
Too lenient
Procrastinates
Analytical
Strengths: Thorough
Organized
Cooperative
Accurate
Courteous
Sensitive
Factual
Perfectionist
Diplomatic
Weaknesses: Withdrawn
Worrywart
Excessively detailed
Overemphasis
Low trust
Evasive
Critical