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How to Identify Your Behavioral Style.

This FREE assessment consists two columns of statements.
As you answer each question, it is best to have a focus--at work, at home, or socially.
Read each column (left side and right side) of statements.
Decide which column best describes you in your (work/home/social) environment,
then click on either Indirect or Direct at the top and either Open or Guarded at the bottom.

Are you more INDIRECT or DIRECT?
   
INDIRECT Behaviors
  • Usually reacts slowly/deliberately
  • Usually asks questions or speaks more tentatively and indirectly
  • Usually contributes infrequently to group conversations
  • Likes to think over decisions before making them
  • More patient than average
  • Comes across as more reserved
  • Risk-avoider
  • Tends to listen more than talk
  • Usually responds to conflict slowly and indirectly
 DIRECT Behaviors
  • Usually reacts quickly/decisively
  • Usually makes emphatic statements or directly expresses opinions
  • Usually contributes frequently to group conversations
  • Makes quick decisions
  • Less patient than average
  • Comes across as more assertive
  • Risk-taker
  • Tends to talk more than listen
  • Usually responds to conflict quickly and directly
Based on the above descriptions are you more: INDIRECT or DIRECT?
  
OPEN Behaviors
  • Finds it easy to share/discuss personal feelings with others
  • Tends to take the initiative and introduce self to others
  • Usually responsive to others' agendas, interests and concerns
  • Usually interacts with others in a relaxed and informal manner
  • Usually prefers to work with others as part of a group or team
  • Tends to focus primarily on relationships over tasks
  • When making decisions, relies more on feelings over facts
  • Easy to get to know
  • Open to establishing relationships with people
 GUARDED Behaviors
  • Keeps personal feelings private, sharing only when necessary
  • Tends to wait for others to introduce themselves to him/her
  • Usually directed toward their own agenda, interests and concerns
  • Usually interacts with others in a more formal and proper manner
  • Prefers to work independently
  • Tends to focus primarily on tasks over relationships
  • When making decisions, relies more on facts over feelings
  • Takes time to get to know him/her
  • Guarded about establishing relationships with people

 
Based on the above descriptions are you more: OPEN or GUARDED?

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