True Colors Identifying your personality type and work

True Colors Identifying your personality type and work style

Introduction Today’s session will help you: • • Identify your personality type Recognize your strengths and weaknesses Understand your personality at work Understand how to work with other personality types

Personality Type: Orange • An orange personality type might display the following strengths and weaknesses: Strengths • Adventurous • Generous • Tolerant • Skillful • Charming Weaknesses • Competitive • Loud • Rude • Impatient • Impulsive

Personality Type: Blue • A blue personality type might display the following strengths and weaknesses: Strengths • Warm • Kind • Devoted • Compassionate • Artistic Weaknesses • Untruthful • Unrealistic • Emotional • Self-absorbed • Withdrawn

Personality Type: Gold • A gold personality type might display the following strengths and weaknesses: Strengths • Consistent • Loyal • Thorough • Traditional • Cooperative Weaknesses • Offensive • Self-righteous • Fussy • Compulsive • Demanding

Personality Type: Green • A green personality type might display the following strengths and weaknesses: Strengths • Clever • Level-headed • Logical • Competent • Visionary Weaknesses • Finicky • Critical • Skeptical • Sarcastic • Non-compliant

Colors at Work

Orange at Work • Work with enthusiasm so you can quickly move on to other pursuits • Great at working under pressure • Like your freedom and can grow restless with jobs that tie you down • You are straightforward, realistic, and practical • You are upbeat and social in nature

Blue at Work • Focus on people and relationships • Focus on service, health, and wellbeing of people • Prefer warm and supportive environments and value cooperation • Value creativity, flexibility, and personal expression

Gold at Work • You are thorough, accurate, and systematic • Like to work on a task from start to finish and see the results • You are practical, efficient, and cooperative • Work best in traditional, structured, and orderly environments • Enjoy procedures and routines

Green at Work • Like work that involves an analytical and creative focus • Visionary and independent worker • Most productive when you can perfect an idea before moving on • Work well with complex strategies and abstract concepts • You strive to be competent, logical, and accurate

Working With Other Colors

Dealing with Orange Keys to Stress • Too many responsibilities • Deadlines • Criticism Keys to Reducing Conflict • Help individual understand the reason for the task • Be clear about what needs to be done • Make tasks a challenge, a contest, or a race with time Keys to Good Communication • Can change the subject quickly • Enjoys jokes and stories How to Praise • Praise process more than product • Let individual describe what was done and how • Recognize individual’s cleverness, skill, quickness, and spontaneity

Dealing with Blue Keys to Stress • Broken promises • Paperwork as a priority • Conflict • Rejection Keys to Reducing Conflict • Be sincere and direct • Allow individual to express feelings and ask questions • Allow individual to be creative • Be clear about what needs to be done Keys to Good Communication • Personalized • Honest • Can be very general and subjective • Need opportunities to express feelings How to Praise • Comment on unique contributions and personal achievements • Be honest and sincere

Dealing with Gold Keys to Stress • Ambiguous tasks and answers • Disorganization • Too many things going on at the same time Keys to Reducing Conflict • Be Consistent • Assign one task at a time • Communicate who is responsible for what Keys to Good Communication • Authoritative • Clear and precise • Get right to the point How to Praise • Honest and specific mention of what has been done • Note thoroughness and sense of responsibility • Appreciation needs to be sincere

Dealing with Green Keys to Stress • Lack of control • Lack of independence • Incompetence on the part of those around them Keys to Reducing Conflict • Allow independence • Provide a calm and nonconflicting environment • Allow room to develop new ideas and plans Keys to Good Communication • Might not say what they feel is obvious • Concise, compact, and logical • Minimize small talk How to Praise • Recognize competence and quality of work • Praise individual for independent completion of a job