There are four basic communication styles - expressive, systematic, direct, and sympathetic. Each style has different characteristics in how they communicate and perceive the world. Knowing your own communication style and being aware of others' styles can help reduce conflicts, misunderstandings, and improve productivity when working with others. The key is paying attention to how others communicate both verbally and through body language.

1. What Young
Communication
Style Says About
You, Why It
Matters, and How
To manage
Everyone Else’s

2. expressive systematic
Sympathetic
direct
There are basic communication four
style.

3. We can avoid conflict and
misunderstanding by paying close
attention to how those around us are
communication.
Communication
can be verbal or
in the from of
body language.

4. Our communication style affects how
others’ react to and perceive us.
Knowing your
communication style and
knowing how to manage others;
communication styles can
reduce conflicts, increase
productivity, and improve
teamwork in the workplace.

5. Expressive tend to be high energy,
speak quickly, and focus on the big
picture. They generally find
conflict or differences in opinion
invigorating.
Perception of Expressive:
They can seem overly
cheerful, vain, or
Perception unpredictable.

6. Systematic focus on the fact and
details and not on the big
picture. They’re generally not
comfortable with conflict.
Perception of
systematic: systematic
can be perceived as
unemotional or
nonchalant.

7. Directs are generally brief in conversation and
often involved in many thing at once. They tend
to see the big picture and are more focused on the
out come then on the smaller tasks.
Perception of Directs:
Direct can appear self-
confident.
intimidating, and
opinionated.

8. Sympathetic like to focus on people and relationships,
are good listeners and generally concerned with
everyone’s needs. Sympathetic typically don’t like
conflict.
Perception of
sympathetic:
sympathetic are
seem as soft-
hearted or overly
helpful. They can
be perceived as
procrastinators
when distracted

9. If you sense an imbalance, then adjust
the way you’re communicating either
verbally or physical.