Communications

3.2 Assignment: Personal Communication Styles

Here are my Speed Dotting Test Results:

1. Take the  Speed Dotting Test (new tab) . 

You are a BLUE DOT!

Click on each dot below to read more about this communication style below.

BLUE RED YELLOW PURPLE

Blue DOT (Sensationist)

Your prime concern is how things feel to you. Something might look great, might seem very logical but if it doesn’t feel right then you won’t buy it or do it. You are detailed and methodical in your approach and generally enjoy working as part of a team. You do not like confrontation and will often go to enormous lengths to avoid it. You are very sensitive and have an inner strength. If you listen to your feelings about something, you will never be wrong. You like to know “Why”. You process through your feeling nature (heart). Technical name for the Blue Dot is Sensationist.

2. Watch the video: "Build Don't Break Relationships with Communication - Connect the Dots | Amy Scott | TEDxQueenstown." 

3. Take the personal communication style quiz and read the article at  LeadershipIQ (new tab) .

4. Demonstrate the communication between two individuals by acting out the provided roles with a classmate.

a. Pair up with another member of the class as early as possible.

b. Schedule a time to meet via Zoom to complete the roleplay exercise.

c. Preview the guidelines for recording, saving, and sharing a Zoom meeting by exploring the  IWU Zoom help links (new tab) . 

d. When you meet, use the Zoom tool by selecting the Communication menu tab at the top of your screen in the course. 

e. Record your role-play of the scenario below. (Note: Each student should record the role-play in order to document the exercise.) The recording should be between 5-7 minutes. At the beginning of the video be sure to indicate which classmate is in which role and what personal communication style they are role-playing as. 

i. Classmate 1: You have been with the company for nine years and have recently completed a project that saved the company $100,000 in expenses. (Your company budgeted for this change, so it is not as if you suddenly have $100K in additional budget. But still, your efforts have significantly helped the organization’s bottom line). Your last promotion and raise were four years ago, and you want to discuss additional compensation, benefits, or a title change. You believe a sizeable increase or substantial and meaningful status change is appropriate.

ii. Classmate 2: You have managed classmate 1 for four years and highly value them. There isn’t really a spot in the organization to move them into, but you could change their title if you wanted. You feel as if the budget is tight, but think there is a little money to work with due to some other recent changes. It is probably less than they are asking for, and you have heard that other organizations might be interested in hiring classmate 1.

iii. Classmate 3: Ideally you will be in a group of two, but if you are in a group of three, have classmate 3 be classmate 2’s supervisor. After the discussion with Classmate 1 & 2 ends, start a new conversation with Classmate 3 (in the same Zoom recording) where Classmate 2 advocates for a salary increase or promotion for Classmate 1 – but have Classmate 3 be against it.