Your Communication Style Profile
Core Connect Blueprint™ · Creek & Paddle System™
How to Read Your Scores
One high score, two lower: You are a dominant-style communicator. The high score is your primary style — the one you rely on most of the time and default to under stress. The higher the score, the more consistently you use that style.
Two high scores, one low: You are a blended-style communicator. High Paddle + high Wayfinder = The Kai. High Wake + high Wayfinder = The Wa'a. High Paddle + high Wake = The Iakos. Blended styles use both patterns simultaneously — not alternately.
Flat or even scores: You may be in a period of transition, or you answered based on how you wish you communicated rather than how you actually do. Retake the assessment and answer based on yesterday's conversations — not your ideal self.
Score 14–20: Primary style
This is your dominant mode. You use it automatically, it feels natural, and it intensifies under pressure. You are most recognizable to others through the characteristics of this style.
Score 8–13: Backup style
You use this style when the primary isn't working, or when the situation calls for it. It requires more conscious effort but is within reach without significant strain.
Score 4–7: Limited use
You rarely use this style naturally. It may feel unnatural or effortful. This is also your greatest growth opportunity — developing this style expands your range significantly.
Score 0–3: Seldom used
This style is almost absent from your natural communication pattern. People who rely heavily on this style may find you difficult to read or connect with until you make deliberate adjustments.
Your communication style directly influences how you show up in your Wa'a Leadership Role Theory™ position. A Paddle communicator in the Outfitter seat leads with strategy and directness — clear and fast, but potentially harsh under pressure. A Wake communicator in the Bowman seat leads with empathy and warmth — deeply connected, but may avoid the hard truth the crew needs to hear. Understanding both your WLRT role and your Core Connect style gives you the complete picture of how you naturally lead and how you naturally communicate — and where the gaps between the two might be costing you.
