Social Styles

The F with the Facilitating Style

Your communication style is basically the same as that of your conversation partner, ie cooperative in nature. Sharing the same basic need in this situation can make it difficult for you to get something out of your hands. Your conversation partner is not naturally focused on tasks and will not take a dominant position towards you. The initiative to learn from him or she should almost completely come from you. Your conversation partner will activate you on your ability to initiate and structure matters. Stay attentive to your own motivation and which mental instruments you should use. Your own reflection is in this case just as big a challenge as your own opposite (the instructive communication style).

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The F with the Promoting Style

Your communication style is cooperative in nature and that of your conversation partner more expressive. Both your conversation partner and you are relationship-oriented, but with an essential difference: your conversation partner is more dominant than you and is aimed at recognizing himself (his basic needs). You want the approval and acceptance of your conversation partner based on your natural inclination. Learn from the openness of your conversation partner and his ability to stand for his / her own opinion. Your interlocutor will activate you to focus more on achieving structured results without losing contact with your own norms and values. Take advantage of this and use your greatest strength, namely empathic contact with others. By nature, you are focused on the here and now, while your conversation partner will activate you on being focused on the future.

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The F with the Controlling Style

Your communication style is cooperative in nature and that of your conversation partner more instructive. A challenging combination because of the danger of being persuaded by your conversation partner. From his natural inclination, he will push you to achieve results. Despite your aversion to this behaviour, your basic need to accept him/her as he/she is immediately activated. Realize that your conversation partner is task-oriented and you are relationship-oriented. We are talking about a diagonal interaction. In your opposite pole you naturally come across your biggest challenge, namely focusing on results. Your natural tendency is always to improve yourself. Take advantage of this and be attentive to your feelings and attitude when you are reactivated to go for the result.

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The F with the Analytical Style

Your communication style is cooperative in nature and that of your conversation partner more analytical. You have a relationship-oriented communication style and your conversation partner is more focused on the task. Your basic needs differ greatly from each other although you both display less dominant behaviour. Be attentive to the core quality of the analytical style to display behavior that reinforces reliability in others. Your conversation partner is focused on gathering information to create safety and security. Learn from your conversation partner how he / she approaches this while you use your most important quality, namely the acceptance of others. Realize that your conversation partner has a focus on the past and you are more focused on the here and now. You share a common challenge in making decisions.

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