EFFECTIVE INTERACTION - Luck or Logic??

People generally make the mistake of assuming that others interact and think in the same way they do.

Well at HRGroup and TTI we believe that one of the biggest challenges to Effective Interation is to recognize that people may have a behavioral style different from our own.  Much interaction breaks down immendiately because of a lack of awareness of style differences. People do NOT communicate alike.  Effective communicators will:

1. Learn their own style
2. Recognize the style of others
3. Adapt their style for more Effective Communication

We believe that it is essential to acquire the ability to interact effectively with others.  Zig Zigler noted that over 80% of the  people who move up in corporations are promoted because of their people skills --- NOT technical ability.

Most people already adapt their style to the environment to some degree  --- they sort of "wing it" and hope for the best.  But there is no need to follow a "hit-and-miss" approach when assessments exist that will provide you with behavioral knowledge that will enable you to adapt more quickly to others by observing their behavioral cues.  In other words, you can bring science to the art of Effective Interaction.  Try it!!

Comments

[tadju szaniawski]

So . . . what happened to spell check. Huh!?!? Like I thought I had all the words "good" and look at this.

All that said, this is an inCREDible article. I'd hire HRGroup in a New York minute.

[Ann N. Videan, APR]

Ted, you're a blogger! You know how much I, as a professional communicator, believe in this great stuff. I promise you I'll continue to work on my interactive communication. :oD