People You Work With

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People YouWork With
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The Happy Employee
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The Greedy Employee
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The Joker
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The Leader
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The Loud Mouth
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The Busy Body
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The Disgruntled Employee
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The Informatics Specialist
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Keeper of the Nuts
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The New Guy
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The Expert
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The Supervisor
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The Mole
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The Frustrated Employee
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Exploring Personality Types
Finding Your True Colors
Presented by Wm. (Bill) J. Fetter, Ph.D.
william.fetter_at_uth.tmc.edu Human Resources -
Training and Development
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Introductions
Name, Function, Department 3 Adjectives that
Describe You Fictional Character You are Most
Like
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Objectives

• Identify Your Personality Style
• Understand 4 Basic Styles
• Understand Strengths Weaknesses
• Build Positive Satisfying Relationships
• Understand Your Leadership Style

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History of True Colors
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator http//www.myersbriggs
.org/ http//www.personalitypathways.com/type_inve
ntory.html Keirsey Temperament
Sorter http//keirsey.com/ Bryce Insight
Personality Instrument http//www.insightlearning.
com/Home.htm
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History of True Colors

• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• Captures Essence of individuals view of the
  world
• Discreet Independent Personality Types
• Oriented and Focused toward Outside World
• No attention to Intelligence or Character

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History of True Colors

• Keirsey Temperament Sorter
• Comprehensive Model - non linear
• Temperament and Character Traits
• Interests, Orientations, Values,
• Self-image, Social Roles

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History of True Colors

• Bryce Insight Personality Instrument
• Personal Style, Communication, Values,
• Growth Areas, Management Styles,
• Team Dynamics, Blind Spots
• Personality is NOT Discreet and Independent
• Blend of different Colors

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History of True Colors
Colors Compared with Other Systems
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Color Types

• Complete True Colors Questionnaire
• What is your True Color?

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Personality Styles Why Bother?

• Helps understand people better
• People learn in different ways
• Process information differently
• Communicate differently
• Relationship building differences
• Values/Purpose for life vary
• Different Goals

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Color of Words
Words different Colors Use Blue Attentive, Warm,
Kind, Spiritual, Patient, Likable, poetic,
genuine, devoted, caring, Compassionate,
personal, sensitive, Artistic, romantic,
accepting, idealistic, Perceptive, gentle,
emotional
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Color of Words
Words different Colors Use Green Curious, deep,
independent, factual complicated, Inventive,
loner, clever, egghead, fair, level headed,
skeptical, theoretical, expert, Non-conformist,
technical, scientific, distant, bookish
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Color of Words
Words different Colors Use Gold Stable,
responsible, consistent, organized, Concerned,
loyal, procedural, dependable, Firm, thorough,
punctual, conservative, Structured, sensible,
traditional, practical, Cooperative, protective,
goal-oriented, orderly
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Color of Words
Words different Colors Use Orange Active,
adventurous, impulsive, fun-loving, flashy, bold,
optimistic, tolerant, smooth, energetic,
skillful, open, competitive, powerful, charming,
generous, brave, flexible, exciting, daring
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Personality Color
Green Strengths Weaknesses Clever Finicky Leve
l-headed Critical Logical Skeptical Competent
Sarcastic Visionary Non-compliant
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Personality Color
Blue Strengths Weaknesses Warm Untruthful Kind
Unrealistic Devoted Emotional Compassionate
Self-absorbed Artistic Withdrawn
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Personality Color
Orange Strengths Weaknesses Adventurous Violent
Generous Loud Tolerant Rude Skillful Impati
ent Charming Belligerent
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Personality Color
Gold Strengths Weaknesses Consistent Abusive L
oyal Self-righteous Thorough Fussy Traditiona
l Compulsive Cooperative Demanding
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Building Relationships
Green Listen to their ideas Allow independent
work Provide mental challenges Allow access to
resources Recognize their competences Allow
sufficient time
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Verbs and Color
Green Affect, analyze, answer, ascertain, ask,
break, challenge, choose, clarify, classify,
concentrate, critique, debate, decide, define,
design, delineate, determine, differentiate,
direct, discard, discern, discount, dispose,
dissect, divide, evaluate, fix, focus, grade
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Building Relationships
Gold Recognize leadership skills Set attainable
goals Provide structure Give responsibilities Reco
gnize achievements Value their work
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Verbs and Color
Gold Abide, arrest, assign, boss, caution,
check, close, command, conserve, defend, delay,
demand, detail, detain, discipline, endure,
enlist, ensure, goad, grow, guard, halt, hire,
hold, initiate, step
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Building Relationships
Orange Recognize their talents Promote
optimism Provide chances to shine Appreciate
their humor Give leadership roles Give immediate
rewards
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Verbs and Color
Orange Act, assume, believe, build, crash,
create, dance, develop, divine, dream, expand,
explode, explore, fire up, generate, germinate,
grow, guess, hint, hope, imagine, tease, venture,
view, visualize, win, wish..
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Building Relationships
Blue Show caring and concern Give creative
opportunities Recognize individuality Accept
their feelings Express appreciation Help in
building relationships
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Verbs and Color
Blue Add, associate, attach, band, bind, bond,
bridge, build, care, cement, cluster, collect,
combine, mix, hug converge, couple, group,
snuggle, include, merge, partner, relate, sew,
share, splice, team, touch
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Blue Green Gold Orange
6 Green
40 Orange
44 Gold
10 Blue
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Jobs and True Colors

• Blues
• Concentrate on people and relationships.
• Focus on service, and health and welfare of
  people.
• Warm, supportive, harmonious environments where
  workers are free to cooperate and communicate
  with each other.
• Are imaginative, enthusiastic and concerned about
  the personal welfare of those around them.
• They dislike competition, conflict, bureaucracy
  and domineering authority figures
• They promote creativity, flexibility,
  individuality and personal expression.

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Jobs and True Colors

• Orange
• Tackle their work with enthusiasm so they can
  quickly move on to other pursuits
• They are great at working under pressure and
  prefer to work on jobs that are lively, risky,
  and unpredictable.
• They grow restless with jobs that tie them down
  and limit their personal freedom.
• They are straightforward, realistic, and
  practical workers who bring a flair, energy and
  excitement to the workplace.
• They are talented, resourceful, skillful and
  adaptable.
• They are upbeat and social in nature, and present
  a positive self-image of themselves and their
  company.
• They are action-oriented workers who know how to
  get results they desire.

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Jobs and True Colors

• Green
• Driven towards work that involves an analytical
  and creative focus
• Visionary and independent workers who can tune
  out the world as they work on things that capture
  their interest.
• Most productive when they can perfect an idea,
  then move on and leave the project to be
  maintained and supported by others.
• Work well with complex strategies, abstract
  concepts and theoretical models.
• Prefer a work environment with minimum structure
  and little bureaucracy.
• Enjoy taking risks to test their innovative
  ideas.
• Their biggest asset is their drive to be
  competent, logical and accurate.

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Jobs and True Colors

• Gold
• Prefer jobs that allow them to be thorough,
  accurate, and systematic.
• Prefer to work in situations where they can see a
  job through to the end, and then touch and feel
  the results.
• Are practical, efficient and cooperative workers
  that respect authority, discipline and
  punctuality.
• Work best in environments that are traditional,
  structured, orderly and filled with other
  hard-working people.
• Have a compelling need to follow established
  procedures and routines and do things the right
  way.
• Are stable, honest and dependable workers who
  generally put the needs of the company above
  their own.

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Basic Leadership Temperaments

• An understanding of personality types in general,
  and YOUR OWN in particular, helps to recognize
  and appreciate the unique GIFTS of yourself and
  others.
• Success, in any enterprise, demands the unique
  skills of each type.
• Pragmatics (SJ) Guardian Logistical - Gold
• Vision (NT) Rational Strategic - Green
• People Skills (NF) Idealist Diplomatic -
  Blue
• Analysis (SP) Artisan Tactical - Orange

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16 Personality Types

• (Keirsey-Bates)

SJ ISTJ ISFJ ESTJ ESFJ Guardian NT INTJ INTP ENTJ
ENTP Rational NF INFJ INFP ENFJ ENFP Idealist SP I
STP ISFP ESTP ESFP Artisan
Gold
Green
Blue
Orange
Four Temperaments break down into 16 personality
types
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Traditionalists (SJ) Guardian - GOLDISTJ, ISFJ,
ESTJ, ESFJ

• See world as facts and realities
• Want to organize them
• Give stabilization to organization
• Strengths Practical
• Decisive
• Planning
• Dependable
• Systematic follow through
• Weakness A rule is a rule is a rule
• Want to be appreciated for
• Their careful, thorough, accurate work

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Visionary (NT) Rational GREENINTJ, INTP, ENTJ,
ENTP

• See world as possibilities, meanings,
  relationships
• Want to examine their consequences analytically
  and impersonally
• Are architects of change
• Strengths Looking ahead and designing change
• Setting high standards
• Seeing The Big Picture
• Contagious enthusiasm for ideas
• Taking the challenge it cant be done
• Weakness Lose people with their fascination for
  complexity
• Want to be appreciated for quality of their
  ideas and intellect

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Catalyst (NF) Idealist - BlueINFJ, INFP, ENFJ,
ENFP

• See world as possibilities, meanings,
  relationships
• Want to judge their value to people and for
  people
• Get people to work effectively together
• Strengths Participative leadership
• Sensitivity, empathy
• Being creative, good marketers
• Learning new things
• Enthusiasm
• Weakness Biting the Bullet, hurt easily
• Want to be appreciated for
• Themselves as someone who makes important
  contributions

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Troubleshooter (SP) Artisan - ORANGE ISTP, ISFP,
ESTP, ESFP

• See world as facts and reality
• Want more facts to manipulate
• Give action, excitement, competition to
  organization
• Strengths Good in crisis
• Ingenious, resourceful
• Make things happen
• Flexible
• Risk takers
• Weakness Ready, fire, aim
• Want to be appreciated for
• The clever way they get things done

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Conclusion
10 Commandments of Color

• Dont stereotype others
• Dont try to change people
• Dont negate the values of others
• Dont let strengths become weaknesses
• Dont use Colors as an excuse
• Keep your observations private
• Give good gifts
• Carry your Colored Lenses with you
• Validate the strengths of each Color
• Learn from Others

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Insight Learning Systems

• To Learn More about Nathan Bryce and Insight
  Learning Systems, Inc.
• Visit their website at
• http//www.insightlearning.com/Home.htm

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Should You Have Questions Or Would Like
Additional Information.
Contact Dr. Wm. (Bill) J. Fetter William.Fetter_at_ut
h.tmc.edu 713-500-3136