Communication Style
These assessments map how you express yourself along two axes: direct versus indirect, and expressive versus reserved. It also identifies your default mode under pressure: passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, or assertive.
Some people believe that they show up, or present themselves, differently at home versus at work, that they communicate differently, and that they handle conflict differently. To help you understand how you may show up differently, there are three distinct Communication Styles assessments on the platform: One for the workplace, one for how you learn, and one for how you communicate in personal relationships. With this perspective you can understand how and why you interact differently in different situations.
Why take it
There is often a wide gap between how we intend to come across and how we actually land. Direct communicators are heard as harsh when they mean to be efficient; indirect communicators are heard as evasive when they mean to be considerate. Most recurring misunderstandings are style collisions, not character conflicts.
The awareness you gain
You will learn how your words are likely received by people wired differently from you, and you will gain the ability to flex: to soften or sharpen, expand or condense, depending on who is listening. That flexibility is one of the most immediately useful skills Sparks teaches. It’s one that immediately helps reduce stress, anxiety, and conflict.
