Communication Tips: Connecting With Outgoing, People-Oriented People

May 11, 2010 by Guy Harris  
Filed under Communication Skills, DISC Model

One way to improve your communication effectiveness is to communicate in a way that best fits the other person’s DISC behavioral style.

When you find yourself communicating with a person who is outgoing and people-oriented (primary Inspiring behavioral style), remember these key communication tips:

  • Smile — they tend to be very much in-tune with your body language and facial expressions as a way to “read” your emotions.
  • Show some enthusiasm — if you seem bored, they will be bored.
  • Use stories and experiences more than facts and figures — they tend to relate to the communication of emotion over the communication of facts.
  • Be friendly and not too business like — they respond better to people who like them.
  • Ask about them, their family, and their friends — they tend to connect on a personal level before they are concerned with doing business, they want to know that you care about them.

Remember these suggestions the next time you interact with people who are fast-paced and people-oriented, and you will improve the odds that they listen to, understand, and take action on your message.

Check this post, for more insights on how to guess at a person’s DISC style.

This article is from the Connecting With People series. Use the links below to read more from this series.



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About Guy Harris and this blogGuy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. Navy. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. He has spent many years learning to connect and communicate with other people more effectively. With concerted effort and focused study, he has become a Human Behavior and Conflict Resolution Specialist. He now enjoys speaking, writing, and teaching these relationship principles to others. — Learn More…

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