Green Light: Approach Behaviors

A decrease in the amount of dissonance within the system results with the introduction of approach behaviors, meaning that the chances that information will actually transfer are increased. Solutions and resolutions to problems are more likely to take place with approach behaviors due to the clarity they bring to relationships- relationships between the topic and the individuals, between the individuals and themselves, and between the individual and others.
 

Approach behaviors contribute to solutions because they help the system process and evaluate by responding to and integrating with the input of others. The ability to process and evaluate supports the development of more effective solutions by creating an environment where information can safely be accepted, rejected, modified or organized without individuals seeing themselves as personally accepted, rejected, modified or organized.

Openness characterizes approach behaviors as a result of information within the message and the emotion used to deliver the message being aligned.  These messages tend to be composed of personally relevant meaning to the speaker (resonating messages). Approach behaviors allow for the communication of deeply held beliefs or positions, even if those beliefs or positions are not popular, and support the rights of others to do the same; in fact, an attribute of approach behaviors is that they invite others to do the same.
 

Feelings are clearly defined and openly revealed with approach behaviors. Feelings are marked as the speaker's own, and create a space that recognizes and confirms feelings communicated by others. As a result, an atmosphere of hearing and being heard is established, resulting in a system where information is more likely to be integrated and more effectively used to reach goals and solve problems.

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