By Donna Dunning
In my personality type based communication workshops I sometimes have participants complete this thought -“To communicate most effectively with me, please…”. This exercise helps participants think about and express their personal communication style and preferences.
I can’t take credit for this exercise. It is modified from one created by Jean Kummerow.
Here is a photo of a response from an individual with INFP preferences.
I like that these points are succinct and easy to understand.
They clearly show the INFPs’ preference for communication to be calm, relaxed, and supportive. This serves the INFPs’ dominant function of Introverted Feeling (Fi).
The INFPs’ auxiliary function, Extraverted Intuition (Ne) can also be seen as this individual asks people to explain by using analogies and starting with the big picture.
What’s Your Type?
Learn about your personal approach on our What’s Your Type? page where we’ll introduce you to personality type and the 8 Ways of Working.
Resources
For more thoughts on communicating well, read Introduction to Type and Communication.
If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Communication
