What language do you speak?

English, you say?

I beg to differ. You really prefer to speak the Sensing, Intuiting, Feeling, or Thinking language or a combination, thereof.

Did you know that if you speak thinking to feelers you will probably insult them, and if you speak intuiting to sensors they won’t understand a word you say?

These languages are based on the functions of MBTI® and they all have their own special dialect. Unless you are tuned into the language someone is speaking, you might not understand what is being said even though you recognize every word

Using a combination of videotapes of speakers of different types and live examples, this three-hour workshop will show you how to: 

• Identify your own communication preferences and how they help or or hinder you. 

• Explain the key factors in communication. 

• Identify the basic Type languages. 

• Experience a human communication wheel.

You do NOT need know your MBTI® type or anything about Type to participate in this workshop. A self-scoring questionnaire will be given that will identify your communication style.

The Communication Wheel™ is an MBTI-based program designed by trainer Dick Thompson of High Performing Systems in Atlanta. This event marks the first time for the Communication Wheel to be made available to Research Triangle audiences.  Thompson himself will come to the Triangle next year to lead a workshop on FIRO-B for RTP/APT (details forthcoming).

Walter R. Smith, D.Min., is a Certified Practitioner of MBTI®.  He is also certified in the Communication Wheel™, FIRO-B, and FIRO Element B™.  He has conducted workshops in the Communication Wheel at the SE APT Conference, with church groups, and with the former Richmond Chapter of APT. He is an Associate Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Lynchburg, Virginia where he uses Type in counseling, committee work, and sermon preparation. He is also co-editor of “Triangle Type,” the newsletter of the Research Triangle Park (RTP) Chapter of the Association of Psychological Type (APT).

What people have said about the Communication Wheel™:

“It transformed my spoken communications with my husband, friends, and colleagues, and my written communications to clients or prospective clients. By understanding the preferred language of my prospective clientele, I can better persuade them to buy my services. Quite simply, this workshop changed the way my brain works and uses language.”

“This workshop has helped me to understand my spouse better and how we can do a better job communicating with each other.”

“Now I understand what my boss is saying.”

“I never liked Tom because he always questioned my proposals. Now I know he was just trying to understand the logic behind them.”

“I never knew my words could hurt other people when all I wanted was to help make things better.”