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True Colors - Team Building Workshops

I have decided that it is time to get back into doing more True Color Workshops.  True Colours is a stand alone program or a very effective kick off event for a team building retreat.  The Personality Dimensions (True Colors) workshop is designed to help participants become more effective communicators and enhance team building skills.  

For the past few years, since moving to Europe, I have been promoting and using The Platinum Rule for my team building activities. I still love this tool but I have missed doing the True Colors.  The Personality Dimension assessment could be viewed as a "simplified" Myers Briggs Type Indicator.  It is so much easier to grasp and remember.  More importantly, it doesn't box or label people.  So for those who like Jung and MBTI - this is a fantastic team tool.

 Personality Dimensions (True Colors) Intro 

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What it is?

The Personality Dimensions workshop is a self-awareness program that builds on the foundations established by the work of David Keirsey, Linda Berens and Don Lowry. It helps people become more effective communicators and enhance team-building skills. Through the use of four colours, Resourceful Orange, Organized Gold, Inspiring Green, and Authentic Blue, workshop participants become aware of four basic personality types. Each personality is unique and needs to be differently rewarded. This is often used successfully as a kick off event for a team building retreat. 

How it works? 

In the activity-based presentation, participants learn to appreciate their diversity and improve their self-esteem by being introduced to the Personality Dimensions theory and sorting various four colour-coded cards as well as completing a validated short word sort instrument. Participants are then regrouped according to their ‘personality colour’ and, with the aid of colour coded props, present answers to specific questions. Presentations are analyzed and discussed for similarities and differences. The presentations also allow them to scrutinize the skills they need to strengthen to become even more effective team members.

Programme structure 

A minimum of 2.5 hours deliver time is required to introduce the concepts and complete the activities. Ideal group size is 12 to 20.   Handouts are kept to a minimum but the Participant Package, with a 13-page booklet, is part of the materials required. (Cards must be returned along with the top page of the instrument.) The workshop is delivered in English but materials are provided in either French or English.

This workshop is highly interactive and energetic. I am Level One certified to deliver this material and has personally delivered this workshop to over 600 people.  Please feel free to contact me directly if you need any other information or some references. 

Cyndi Lauper's song and lyrics are wonderful and I sometimes use it to move between activities - enjoy.

 

 

Testimonial

“Colour us THANKFUL!... we found you to be a dynamic, knowledgeable and, certainly an entertaining leader. We talked about it for days and we were all anxious to find out if our hunches about family members were right.  Thank you so very much for an informative, informal, fun evening. It allowed us to better understand the people we work with and to appreciate how vital different colours are to a properly functioning team."

Online Team Assessment Study Reveals Accountability Crisis on Teams

The Table Group, the consulting firm of business author Patrick Lencioni, identifies a major trend plaguing teams today - team members readily avoid holding their peers accountable for both their performance and behaviors that might hurt the team.

The trend is a conclusion of The Table Group's Online Team Assessment, a 38 question online tool that evaluates teams based on the model outlined in Lencioni's New York Times best -selling book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.  Nearly 15,000 participants have taken the online assessment.  A full 68% of teams scored "red" on accountability - or lowest on The Table Group's three tiered rating scale of green-yellow-red.  Other red scores for the remaining four dysfunctions include: absence of trust (44%), fear of conflict (39%), avoidance of commitment (25%) and inattention to results (28%).

Best know for The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni's five best-selling business books have sold over one million copies.   Original posting on HR.com - free registration is required.