Q The self-assessment exercises can be used as an opportunity to evaluate your own communication skills. The point of these exercises is to challenge you to think about how you communicate and how you can improve your skills. This first self-assessment is designed to illustrate that different people have different communication styles. This can help explain misunderstandings, conflicts, and why we feel more comfortable working and communicating with some people versus others. Note that there is no one right or best communication style. There are strengths and limitations to each! Take the first assessment, "What's your communication style," provided by Forbes.com, then view your results (the quiz service will send you an email within seconds after completion). Next, read the Forbes article and answer the four questions below in a one-page written document. The link to the assessment is: http://www.leadershipiq.com/blogs/leadershipiq/39841409-quiz-whats-your-communication-style (Note: feel free to give an alternate email address or name when you take the assessment, since this is a commercial site). The link to the Forbes article is: http://www.forbes.com/sites/markmurphy/2015/08/06/which-of-these-4-communication-styles-are-you/#5a815fee1ecb The 4 questions are (include the question in the assignment and then your response following it): 1) Which of the four communication styles described in the Forbes article, above, are you? Were you surprised by the outcome of the assessment? Why, or why not? If you feel another communication style describes you better, which one is that? 2) What is a specific example of a time when your communication style was helpful and valuable? 3) With what other communication style do you have the most difficulty? Can you think of a particular person or situation where you have a lot of conflict within communications? Using your understanding of these four communication styles, why might communications be more difficult with this person or in this situation? (do not name the person) 4) Choose two of the other communication styles and, for each, provide an example of what you might do differently to communicate more effectively with them.