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Interview about entrepreneurial employees.
Cando is the key to outrageous success
The louder you talk the less they hear
Exercise your mind, heart and will to SpeakStrong
Interview about entrepreneurial employees.
Cando is the key to outrageous success
The louder you talk the less they hear
Exercise your mind, heart and will to SpeakStrong
Lesson 1: Excellence Through Wholeness: The Method
Lesson 2: Youer than You: Explore Your Full Spectrum and Meet Your Inner Archetype
Lesson 3: Soar with the Expansiveness of Spirit: The Visionary in You
Lesson 4: Relate with the Connectedness of Soul: The Harmonizer in You
Lesson 5: Perceive with the Clarity of Mind: The Analyzer in You
Lesson 6: Succeed with the Power of Will: The Achiever in You
Lesson 7: Optimize the Visionary in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 8: Optimize the Harmonizer in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 9: Optimize the Analyzer in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 10: Optimize the Achiever in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 11: Uniquely You: Creative Arche-typing
Lesson 12: Every Voice at the Table: A Foundation of Inner Wholeness
Lesson 13: Moving Forward: Summary, Action Steps and The SpeakStrong Book
Lesson 14: Closing Quiz: Assess and Certify
Thanks for registering for the SpeakStrong Method Part 1 eCourse.
This eCourse is under construction. Your course will start as soon as it’s ready and launched, on or before November 18th.
In the meantime, take the SpeakStrong Communciation Style Inventory. Contact me if you have any questions.
Think about it. Your SpeakStrong Communication Style Quiz indicates that your leading style is…drum roll please…
Clarifier: Task-Oriented with a Relaxed Pace
Part 1 of The SpeakStrong Method Made Easy helps you express your true self effectively by deepening your experience of your natures. According to this quiz, your leading nature is Clarifier. That doesn’t mean you always embody the traits listed below. It does mean these qualities influence you strongly.
Later in the training we look at other styles and how their qualities influence who you are and how you communicate. But now it’s time to…
The Clarifier in You takes the time to focus deeply on the task at hand. The Clarifier in You thinks things through before taking action and creates standards and systems and procedures for most everything. The Clarifier thinks and speaks logically, which is easy to follow: going from A to B to C to D. The choice of words is precise, which minimizes confusion.
The Clarifier in You is intelligent, logical and inquisitive. Everything is interesting. How does it all work? Order and reason rule. The Clarifier even relates to people, music and beauty logically and rationally. Logic is beautiful to The Clarifier.
The Clarifier in You investigates the inner workings of things. Details matter. They are sorted, structured, named, aligned and categorized. The Clarifier in You defines success by the insights gained and the lessons learned.
The Clarifier in You uses descriptive, impersonal language that clarifies, illuminates and inspires thought.
The Clarifier shares facts and data that inform and educate.
Favored phrases are: “Research shows”, and: “The facts indicate …”
Unless listeners completely lack inquiry skills, Clarifier words get them thinking.
The Clarifier likes to say “Why?” and “How?”
There’s a lot to love about The Clarifier in You. You couldn’t ask for a better informed or smarter associate and team member. Review the strengths on the left.
Of course there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. The center column has possible pitfalls of the style. But observe – the right has mottos and reminders to inspire balance.
Strengths |
Potential Foible |
Balance Mottos |
Precise |
Flips from precision to obsession |
Pick your precision level precisely |
Technical |
Can be cold and impersonal |
Data quantifies something alive |
Detailed |
Will overload, complicate and confuse |
Keep it Simple, Smarty! |
Objective |
Can be detached |
Speak to the subjects in your objects |
Focused |
Focus can be reductive and narrow |
Trees + trees = a forest |
Punctual |
Can obsess about time |
Close enough IS |
Factual |
Can be hypercritical |
Too much truth is really too little grace |
Analytical |
Can get overly theoretical |
Stop thinking and start trying |
Deliberate |
Will over-plan to avoid failure |
Failure is a great teacher |
Organized |
Can conflate order with effectiveness |
Order is a tool, not a goal |
Informative |
Might teach instead of converse |
Talk with, not at |
Systematic |
Routines can lack adaptability |
Routines that are ruts become graves |
Complex |
Can be unmanageably complex |
Complexity is crude. Simplicity is refined. |
Intellectual |
Sometimes substitutes logic for observation and action |
You can see a lot just by looking / |
I balanced the Clarifier in me to create a more effective landing page – and was personally transformed by doing so.
What do you think of this report? If you are a high Clarifier, it probably made a lot of sense for you. If your inner Clarifier is tempered by other styles, you likely recognized yourself in some aspects, but didn’t conclude I was talking about you.
In part 1 of The SpeakStrong Method Made Easy eCourse, you can see just how high or moderate your inner Clarifier is.
The fourteen day eCourse: The SpeakStrong Method Made Easy Part 1:
If taking it is as transformational as preparing it has been, it will turn your world around – in a good way!
Includes:
Lesson 1: Excellence Through Wholeness: The Method
Lesson 2: Youer than You: Explore Your Full Spectrum and Meet Your Inner Archetypes
Lesson 3: Soar with the Expansiveness of Spirit: The Visionary in You
Lesson 4: Relate with the Connectedness of Soul: The Harmonizer in You
Lesson 5: Perceive with the Clarity of Mind: The Clarifier in You
Lesson 6: Succeed with the Power of Will: The Achiever in You
Lesson 7: Optimize the Visionary in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 8: Optimize the Harmonizer in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 9: Optimize the Clarifier in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 10: Optimize the Achiever in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 11: Uniquely You: Creative Archetyping
Lesson 12: Every Voice at the Table: A Foundation of Inner Wholeness
Lesson 13: Moving Forward: Summary, Action Steps and The SpeakStrong Book
Lesson 14: Closing Quiz: Assess and Certify
Take heart! Enjoy! Your SpeakStrong Communication Style Quiz indicates that your leading style is…drum roll please…
Harmonizer: People-Oriented with a Relaxed Pace
Part 1 of The SpeakStrong Method helps you express your true self effectively by deepening your experience of your natures. According to this quiz, your leading nature is Harmonizer.
That doesn’t mean you always embody the traits listed below. It does mean these qualities influence you strongly.
Later in the training we look at other styles and how their qualities influence who you are and how you communicate. But now it’s time to…
The Harmonizer in You is social, friendly and all about relationships.
Everything is personal, not just family and friends: even things like shopping, services and work. The Harmonizer will even relate personally and sentimentally to things such as cars and homes. Do you name yours?
The Harmonizer takes time to experience life. Details matter: at least personal details, like the dog’s name and the kids’ games. The thoughts and feelings of just about everyone, but especially those close to you, matter to The Harmonizer in You as well. The Harmonizer in You loves and appreciates the beauty of life. Success is defined by the quality of relationships and by how much richness there is in each moment. The Harmonizer in You has the ability to savor every moment. So savor this report!
The Harmonizer in You speaks words that nurture, connect, and appeal to listeners’ hearts and emotions.
The Harmonizer shares stories and personal examples that move people emotionally.
Favored phrases are: “How does that feel?” And: “Don’t you just love it when…?”
Unless listeners completely lack heart, they are moved by your harmonizing words.
The Harmonizer doesn’t analyze people; he/she embraces them with graceful,
personal, and aligned expressions.
The Harmonizer likes to say Yes! to others..
Strengths and Balances for The Harmonizer in You
There’s a lot to love about The Harmonizer in You. You couldn’t ask for a better or more supportive friend and team member. Review the strengths on the left.
Of course there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. The center column has possible pitfalls of the style. But take heart – the right has mottos and reminders to inspire balance.
Strengths |
Potential Foible |
Balance Mottos |
Generous |
Can give to the point of depletion |
Share the fruit, keep the seed |
Nurturing |
Will smother and/or enable |
Empower, not enable |
Collaborative |
Often avoids decisive stands |
Own your expertise |
Supportive |
Tends to neglect own aspirations |
Be your own advocate |
Amiable |
Will avoid conflict |
Care enough to share honestly |
Attentive/listens |
Can be intrusive |
Respect autonomy |
Accommodating |
Will overcommit |
Under-promise to over-deliver |
Encouraging |
Can reinforce denial |
Useful feedback is a gift |
Trusting |
Tends to overlook warning signs |
Trust and verify |
Sensitive |
Can personalize |
It’s not all about you |
Subtle |
Sometimes hints instead of asks |
Say what you mean |
Conversational |
Can lose focus on outcome |
Converse in context |
Personal |
Sometimes overshares |
Court first, then engage |
Relational |
Can be “too touchy-feely” |
Imposed intimacy is abuse |
Forgiving |
Prone to play victim |
Don’t water your weeds. |
I balanced The Harmonizer in Me to create a more effective landing page – and saved some heart for later.
How well did you relate to all of this? If you are a high Harmonizer, you probably identified with almost everything I wrote. If your inner Harmonizer is tempered by other styles, you probably recognized yourself in some aspects, but didn’t sense I was talking totally about you.
In part 1 of The SpeakStrong Method eCourse, you can see just how high or moderate your inner Harmonizer is. You also will get a better sense of how the other styles influence you.
The fourteen day eCourse: The SpeakStrong Method Part 1:
If taking it is as transformational as preparing it has been, it will turn your world around – in a good way!
Includes:
Lesson 1: Excellence Through Wholeness: The Method
Lesson 2: Youer than You: Explore Your Full Spectrum and Meet Your Inner Archetypes
Lesson 3: Soar with the Expansiveness of Spirit: The Visionary in You
Lesson 4: Relate with the Connectedness of Soul: The Harmonizer in You
Lesson 5: Perceive with the Clarity of Mind: The Analyst in You
Lesson 6: Succeed with the Power of Will: The Achiever in You
Lesson 7: Optimize the Visionary in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 8: Optimize the Harmonizer in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 9: Optimize the Analyzer in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 10: Optimize the Achiever in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 11: Uniquely You: Creative Archetyping
Lesson 12: Every Voice at the Table: A Foundation of Inner Wholeness
Lesson 13: Moving Forward: Summary, Action Steps and The SpeakStrong Book
Lesson 14: Closing Quiz: Assess and Certify
If you’re looking to develop a persona to impress and persuade, this isn’t the site for you.
If you’re looking to tap into the power of authenticity, Welcome!
Come on in and enjoy this brief introduction to The SpeakStrong Method.
You knew you rule, now it’s official! Your SpeakStrong Communication Style Quiz indicates that your leading style is…drum roll please…
Achiever:Task-Oriented with a Swift Pace
Part 1 of The SpeakStrong Method helps you express your true self effectively by deepening your experience of your natures. According to this quiz, your leading nature is Achiever. That doesn’t mean you always embody the traits listed below. It does mean these qualities influence you strongly.
Later in the training we look at other styles and how their qualities influence who you are and how you communicate. But now it’s time to…
The Achiever in You is highly focused on direct action for results.
The Achiever wants what he/she wants and he/she wants it NOW, with little patience for excuses or social nicety.
Getting things done is key to this style. In order to accomplish goals effectively, eliminating waste is essential.
The Achiever in You uses verbs, the language of action.
The Achiever likes action steps, imperatives and directives that move toward a clearly stated goal.
Favored phrases are “Make it happen” and “What’s the bottom line?” “Success” and “Win” are preferred as well.
Unless listeners completely lack motivation, Achiever words get them going.
There’s a lot to respect about The Achiever in You. You couldn’t ask for a more effective friend and team member.
The Achiever in You makes sure things get done. Review Achiever strengths on the left.
Of course there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. The center column has possible pitfalls of the style.
But keep moving forward – the right column has mottos and reminders to inspire balance.
Strengths | Potential Foible | Balance Mottos |
Targeted/Goal-oriented | Can miss or dismiss “collateral damage” | No end can justify the unknown costs of the means |
Intense | Will burn people out | When’s recess? |
Impassioned | Sometimes intimidating | Shine your light, manage your flame |
Pragmatic | Inclined to use and manipulate people | Cherish the goose that lays the golden egg |
Focused | Can overlook opportunities and unintended ramifications |
Think globally as you work locally |
Purposeful | The utilitarian can obscure beauty | Just be. There’s more to a rose than what it can get you |
Directive | Prone to dominate and miss input | All of us are smarter than any of us |
Candid | Sometimes insensitive | There’s more to truth than being right |
Decisive | Impatient with the process | If 100% buy-in comes at the price of 50% efficiency, it’s expedient |
Deliberate | Can miss opportunities | The shortest distance between two points isn’t always a straight line |
Quick | Can skip critical steps/cut corners | Slow down to speed up |
Efficient | Can efficiently do something that shouldn’t be done | Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things |
Strong | Will substitute strength for skill | You’ve got to be tough if you’re going to be stupid |
Willful | Uses willpower to triumph over obstacles | An ounce of inspiration is worth a pound of willpower |
I am balancing The Achiever in Me not just to create a more effective landing page. I also balance The Achiever in Me to create a more balanced and joyful life where completions come without pressure.
If this style-typing process has half the impact on others that it has had on me, it will be well worth every bit of effort and bump.
How does this report motivate you? If you are a high Achiever, you may have seen yourself throughout it. (If you’re like me, it might have stirred you up a bit.) If your inner Achiever is tempered by other styles, you probably recognized yourself in aspects, but didn’t conclude I was talking about you.
In part 1 of The SpeakStrong Method eCourse, you can see just how high or moderate your inner Achiever is.
The fourteen day eCourse: The SpeakStrong Method Part 1:
If taking it is as transformational as preparing it has been, it will turn your world around – in a good way!
Includes:
Lesson 1: Excellence Through Wholeness: The Method
Lesson 2: Youer than You: Explore Your Full Spectrum and Meet Your Inner Archetypes
Lesson 3: Soar with the Expansiveness of Spirit: The Visionary in You
Lesson 4: Relate with the Connectedness of Soul: The Harmonizer in You
Lesson 5: Perceive with the Clarity of Mind: The Analyzer in You
Lesson 6: Succeed with the Power of Will: The Achiever in You
Lesson 7: Optimize the Visionary in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 8: Optimize the Harmonizer in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 9: Optimize the Analyzer in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 10: Optimize the Achiever in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 11: Uniquely You: Creative Archetyping
Lesson 12: Every Voice at the Table: A Foundation of Inner Wholeness
Lesson 13: Moving Forward: Summary, Action Steps and The SpeakStrong Book
Lesson 14: Closing Quiz: Assess and Certify
Hats off! Celebrate! Your SpeakStrong Communication Style Quiz indicates that your leading style is…drum roll please…
Visionary: People-Oriented with a Swift Pace
Part 1 of The SpeakStrong Method helps you express your true self effectively by deepening your experience of your natures.
According to this quiz, your leading nature is Visionary. That doesn’t mean you always embody the traits listed below. It does mean these qualities influence you strongly.
Later in the training we look at other styles and how their qualities influence who you are and how you communicate. But now it’s time to…
The spirit of The Visionary in You soars to great heights. The Visionary is highly social and tends to be on the go.
Fun and adventure keep The Visionary in You vital and alive as does being the center of attention.
The Visionary in You looks toward the future, is full of ideas of possibilities and thrives on change and innovation.
The Language of The Visionary in You
Visionary words inspire and persuade. They appeal to the imagination.
The Visionary uses metaphor and imagery to tell stories that paint motivating pictures in peoples’ minds.
The Visionary likes phrases like: “What if?” And: “Imagine this!”
Unless listeners completely lack imagination, they see the vision too.
The Visionary doesn’t overload people with detail. Words tend to be general, colorful, and optimistic.
The Visionary in You likes to say Yes! to life.
Strengths and Balances for The Visionary in You
There’s a lot to enjoy about The Visionary in You. You couldn’t ask for a more dynamic friend and team member.
Review the strengths on the left.
Of course there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. The center column has possible pitfalls of the style.
But the good news is – there are mottos and reminders to inspire balance.
Strengths |
Potential Foible |
Balance Mottos |
Expansive |
Tends to overreach |
Less can be more |
Open |
Sometimes lacks discernment |
Courtship precedes marriage |
Imaginative |
Can be unconnected with reality |
Head in skies, feet on ground |
Big thinking, global |
Often overlooks details |
Pixels matter |
Creative |
Prone to neglect completions |
Stop starting, start finishing |
Enthusiastic |
Can seem ungrounded |
Enthusiasm: curb it but don’t kill it |
Multi-dimensional |
Will lack focus and go on tangents |
One foot in front of the other |
Spontaneous |
Often fails to plan |
Well begun is half done |
Intuitive |
Can lack common sense |
Intuit and verify |
Optimistic |
Sometimes overcommits |
Space for Grace |
Swift |
Can be impatient and sloppy |
Do it well instead of over |
Symbolic, metaphorical |
Can confuse symbols with reality |
Seek facts behind the fanfare |
A Personal, Confessional Illustration
I balanced the Visionary in me to create a more focused landing page – and saved some of what I know for later.
You
How well did you relate to all of this? If you are high Visionary, you probably identified yourself in almost everything I wrote. If your inner Visionary is tempered by other styles, you probably recognized yourself in some aspects, but it didn’t seem like I was talking totally about you.
In part 1 of The SpeakStrong Method eCourse, you can see just how high or moderate your Inner Visionary is.
The fourteen day eCourse: The SpeakStrong Method Part 1:
If taking it is as transformational as preparing it has been, it will turn your world around – in a good way!
Includes:
Lesson 1: Excellence Through Wholeness: The Method
Lesson 2: Youer than You: Explore Your Full Spectrum and Meet Your Inner Archetypes
Lesson 3: Soar with the Expansiveness of Spirit: The Visionary in You
Lesson 4: Relate with the Connectedness of Soul: The Harmonizer in You
Lesson 5: Perceive with the Clarity of Mind: The Clarifier in You
Lesson 6: Succeed with the Power of Will: The Achiever in You
Lesson 7: Optimize the Visionary in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 8: Optimize the Harmonizer in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 9: Optimize the Clarifier in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 10: Optimize the Achiever in You: Build on Strengths and Balance Weaknesses
Lesson 11: Uniquely You: Creative Archetyping
Lesson 12: Every Voice at the Table: A Foundation of Inner Wholeness
Lesson 13: Moving Forward: Summary, Action Steps and The SpeakStrong Book
Lesson 14: Closing Quiz: Assess and Certify
Do you say what you mean and mean what you say WITHOUT being mean when you say it?
Are your words weapons, or expressions of wisdom?
Sincerity is far more effective than brutal honesty. The SpeakStrong Method is gracefully effective.
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