Speak's Patterns Quiz

Giving a presentation is stressful. We teach our clients to deal with this tension and to stand on stage from your strength. In doing so, they experience which survival strategies (Patterns) they unconsciously employ, and how these affect their contact with the audience. We teach them how to deal with their patterns and nerves, so that you really connect with yourself and your audience.

Speak's five Patterns

Over the years with Speak to Inspire, we have seen that many of these types of survival strategies can be traced back to (a mix of) five Patterns.

1. The Giver/Taker: a good entertainer, who senses his audience, but usually scores a bit lower on authenticity and sometimes leadership.
2. The Perfectionist: prepares everything to perfection, which can be at the expense of connection and sometimes authenticity.
3. The Warrior: has little problem firing up the troops from the stage, but is very self-focused and thus scores lower on connection and sometimes authenticity.
4. The Visionary: no shortage of ideas and vistas, but not always in connection with the audience, some may also score lower on leadership.
5. The Carrier: puts the other central, making the audience feel seen, at the same time the focus on the audience can be at the expense of leadership and sometimes authenticity.
   

Patterns Quiz

Can you match the speakers below to any of the 5 patterns? Or at least, does your view match ours (because let's face it, there is no ultimate truth in something like this)?

Take the test! And then see our matches at the very bottom.

Jesse Klaver

Greta Thunberg

Jim Carrey

David Beckham

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Our Matches:

The Carrier: Jesse Klaver

The Giver/Taker: Jim Carrey

The Warrior: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The Perfectionist: David Beckham

The Visionary: Greta Thunberg