Social Styles

Social Styles

My Social style is an Expressive, but I had strong secondary driver characteristics as well. I think this is a pretty accurate assessment of myself. I am quite emotional and animated when I talk and people often tell me to either slow down or give them a chance to speak. I mostly enjoyed conversations with other expressives. I find their company the most entertaining to be around and find I don’t have to adjust the way I engage in conversations when I am speaking to them. I also have very productive conversations with drivers, probably because I have strong secondary driver characteristics too. I like the fact that they have strong personalities and can make a decision readily. Their hesitance to talk of their feelings however can be problematic, especially if you are in a relationship with one. My Father is a driver and we always have managed to have non-controversial discussions, just keeping to the facts. I do not usually do well talking to analyticals. I find them the most difficult group to have a conversation with. I find their constant need to be right about everything very annoying. My Mother is an analytical and there has always been some difficulty in conversation with her. Most analyticals seem to also be very slow to stop researching things and make a decision. I tend to grow very impatient waiting for them to come to a conclusion. I don’t mind talking to amiables if the conversation is very casual and not much input or a decision is required of them. I ran a quilt group for years that had a large amount of amiables and found their avoidance behavior when anything controversial came up. It is very hard to reach a decision as a group when no one will speak up. I will work to improve my control of my emotions as this aspect can make all the other social styles uncomfortable. Remembering to pause and catch my breath