What's your social learning style?

Many thanks to bohnsack.com for blogging his experience's in a social learning style class. When I attended the Internet and blogging did not exist.

Social styles consideres two main ways that others perceive your behavior:

• Assertiveness: The way in which a person is perceived as attempting to influence the thoughts and actions of others. This scale ranges from "Ask" to "Tell" and is ultimately about "pace".
• Responsiveness: The way in which a person is perceived as expressing feeling when relating to others. This ranges from "People" to "Task" and is ultimately about "showing emotion".

When combined and split into quadrants, the following classifications emerge:

• Amiables (ask-directed assertiveness and people-directed responsiveness (slow pace, lots of emoting)):
  • Cultivate loyalty and dedication
  • Offer support and reinforcement
  • Encourage cooperation and teamwork
• Analyticals (ask-directed assertiveness and task-directed responsiveness) (slow pace, little emoting)):
  • Weigh all alternatives
  • Offer consistent, well-organized data
  • Make practical business decisions
• Drivers (tell-directed assertiveness and task-directed responsiveness) (fast pace, little emoting)):
  • Provide clear expectations
  • Offer solutions based on facts and options
  • Produce results efficiently
• Expressives (tell-directed assertiveness and people-directed responsiveness) (fast pace, lots of emoting)):
  • Create excitement and involvement
  • Share visions and ideas
  • Motivate and inspire

When you add four levels to each axis, a 16 element matrix is formed:

Ask-Directed Assertiveness (slow pace)	Task-Directed Responsiveness (shows little emotion)	Tell-Directed Assertiveness (fast pace)
	D C B A 1 Analytical Analytical Driving Analytical Analytical Driver Driving Driver 2 Amiable Analytical Expressive Analytical Amiable Driver Expressive Driver 3 Analytical Amiable Driving Amiable Analytical Expressive Driving Expressive 4 Amiable Amiable Expressive Amiable Amiable Expressive Expressive Expressive
	People-Directed Responsiveness (shows lots of emotion)