Insights Discovery: Colour Energies
The Insights Discovery System recognises and celebrates the fact that each person in an organisation is unique, with different styles, needs and expectations. In these differences are great strengths for the organisation, but how do we recognise and make the best of them?
The Insights Discovery system uses a very easy to understand model of four colour energies to describe personality.
If you have a preference for Fiery Red energy you can become completely committed to an idea and then discard it within a few weeks if it loses its excitement. You may therefore appear to others as shallow, impractical and unrealistic at times of difficulty. Your optimism can mean that you will be prone to denial at times.
Typically you are concerned primarily with action. You deal quickly with the present situation and appear to have little concern for the past. Your responses are efficient, effective and focused. You know what you want and where you are going. You are impatient with delays.
Your Opposite – Earth Green, this is the personality type you may have most difficulty communicating with, selling to, motivating and generally building relationships with. You may see this person as – Docile, Bland, Plodding, Reliant and Stubborn
SUNSHINE YELLOW
People with a high level of Sunshine Yellow energy may spend their efforts racing towards their dreams for the future. You build the possibilities of tomorrow. You will often move from one idea or activity to another, impatient to find the vision of the moment. Your behaviour can be fun and others get caught up in this. Because you focus your attention upon the future and often intuitive visions, you may be perceived by others as more imaginative and creative than the other colours.
You can become completely committed to an idea and then discard it within a few weeks if it loses its excitement. You may therefore appear to others as shallow, impractical and unrealistic at times of difficulty. Your optimism can mean that you will be prone to denial at times.
People with a strong Sunshine Yellow colour energy preference, are strongly extroverted, radiant and friendly. You are usually positive and concerned with good human relations. You enjoy the company of others and believe that life should be fun. You approach others in a persuasive, democratic manner, radiating a desire for sociability.
Your Opposite – Cool Blue, this is the personality type you may have most difficulty communicating with, selling to, motivating and generally building relationships with. You may see this person as – Stuffy, Indecisive, Suspicious, Cold and Reserved
People with a high level of Cool Blue energy tend to live their lives according to the principles, facts and logic they find in reality. You often like to analyse all the possibilities to ensure you will avoid making an illogical or ill-informed judgement. You are a planner, organiser, administrator and academic, with the ability to work out tasks systematically from start to finish.
Your Opposite – Sunshine Yellow, this is the personality type you may have most difficulty communicating with, selling to, motivating and generally building relationships with. You may see this person as – Excitable, Frantic, Indescreet, Over the Top and Hasty
EARTH GREEN
Still, Tranquil, Calming, Soothing Sharing, Patient, Amiable, Caring and Encouraging People with a high level of Earth Green energy are often concerned with the feelings of and relationships with other people. Your concern for other people’s welfare can often lend personal warmth to a situation. You can be sensitive to the values implicit in people’s actions and can act as a useful barometer to the ethical consistency of your organisation’s actions.
People with a strong preference for using their Earth Green energy can be slow or reluctant to modify their personal values despite the apparent logic of an argument or situation. You may tend to avoid decisions that could involve violation of their values or risking the unknown.
You focus on values and depth in your relationships. You want others to be able to rely on you. You will defend what you value with quiet determination and persistence. You prefer democratic relationships that value the individual and are personal in style, radiating a desire for understanding.
Your Opposite – Fiery Red, this is the personality type you may have most difficulty communicating with, selling to, motivating and generally building relationships with. You may see this person as- Aggressive, Controlling, Driving, Overbearing and Intolerant
