Working with direct reports requires time and energy. It’s very helpful to know who you are working with and understand their personality preferences. Effective work relationships result from a combination of being aware of, acknowledging, understanding, appreciating, and accommodating these preferences.
This workshop will provide the Do’s and Don’ts and quick tips for understanding and communicating with direct reports of different types.
- If you have ever wondered what’s behind some people dropping by your workspace just to chat or talking non-stop during meetings while others tend to keep to themselves or not talk during meetings…
- If you have ever wondered what’s behind some people needing facts and details and others preferring to know the big picture and talk in metaphors…
- If you have ever wondered what’s behind some people constantly questioning during decision making and others constantly making accommodations…
- And the biggie, what’s behind some people being early-starters and finish projects before the deadlines while others are pressure prompted and more energized with spurts of work at the deadline…
Our Beyond the Golden Rule Workshop is for you. Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment, you’ll…
- Discover what’s behind these annoying behaviors
- Learn to appreciate our hard-wired preferences
- Understand the value they bring to teams and organizations
- Apply “flexing skills” to speak in a way that others prefer to receive information
We promise our workshop is fun, interactive and includes funny video clips and M&Ms and you will walk away with meaningful, practical skills that you could put to good use, immediately.
Key take-aways:
Understand Communication Styles:
- Approach problems with a neutral language and be more productive
- Differentiate between people who prefer practical information (facts and details) and people who prefer the big picture and brainstorm
Understand how People Prefer to Give and Receive Feedback:
- Differentiate between those who prefer direct critiques and compliments and those who prefer less direct and more collaborative, supporting and redirecting feedback
- Know when to approach feedback with either recognition or appreciation