The document discusses the True Colors personality assessment. It describes the history of the theory dating back to ancient Greek philosophers. The True Colors test identifies four personality types (Orange, Blue, Gold, Green) based on scores in colored boxes. It then provides descriptions of the leadership styles and strengths associated with each type. The document notes misconceptions about the types and discusses the importance of understanding types for student organizations. It provides an example of matching types to careers using O*NET codes. Finally, it poses questions about understanding one's own type and working with others and quotes the creator of True Colors on the importance of understanding types.
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2. TRUE COLORS:
• History of True Colors: The theory behind True Colors can be
traced back to when Hippocrates (460BC) identified four
different temperaments of humans: Sanguine, Choleric,
Phlegmatic, and the Melancholic and in Plato’s (428BC) ideas
about character and personality.
• Today we are using a sample of True Colors
• Everyone has some degree of each color. However, most
people have a dominant main color. There are no bad or good
colors
• Increasing the understanding of ourselves helps in decreasing
conflict.
• True colors was created by researchers and psychologists:
Isabel Briggs Meyer
Katherine Briggs
David Keirsey
Don Lowry
3. TRUE COLORS:
• The True Colors test will help you discover the
qualities and characteristics of your personality and
temperament.
• True Colors is divided into four different colors—
which represent four different personality types:
* Orange
* Blue
* Gold
* Green
7. If the scores in
the colored
boxes are less
than 5 or
greater than 20
you have made
an error.
Need help?
11. Leadership Style:
GREEN: Excellent Problem
Solvers
Your Leadership Style is:
Calm, logical , intellectual
Your Strengths as a Leader are:
• Pride in technical decisions
• Does not base decision on
emotion
• Considers all possible
solutions
GREEN Expectations:
• Analytical approach
• Encourages
change/improvements
• Follow-through on tasks
12. Leadership Style:
Orange: Natural Negotiators
Your Leadership Style is:
Competitive, action-oriented,
exciting
Your Strengths as a Leader are:
• Attracts people
• Makes tasks fun
• Flexible/versatile
ORANGE Expectations:
• Quick action
• Focus on the “here and now”
• Keep the energy of a task
fun
13. Leadership Style:
GOLD: Natural Leaders
Your Leadership Style is:
Traditional, Trustworthy,
Detail-oriented
Your Strengths as a Leader are:
• Organization/structure
• Punctual and precise
• Follows rules.
GOLD Expectations:
• Loyalty/commitment
• Respect
• Be on time
14. Leadership Style:
BLUE: Excellent Relationship
Builders
Your Leadership Style is:
Harmonious, Caring/concerned,
Democratic
Your Strengths as a Leader are:
• Inspirational
• Creative
• Positive/optimistic
BLUE Expectations:
• Express opinions
• Sensitivity to others
• Individual development
15. TRUE COLORS: MISCONCEPTIONS
BLUE
Over-emotional
Smothering
Hopelessly naïve
Talks to much
Ignores policy
GREEN
Intellectual snob
Heartless
Critical
Unrealistic
Unappreciative
ORANGE
Irresponsible
Manipulative
Indecisive
Scattered
Unfocused
GOLD
Rigid
Controlling
Judgmental
Bossy
Too Predictable
16. TRUE COLORS: STUDENT ORGS.
True Colors is important for student organizations because:
1) It helps members understand student organization members’ strengths
and weaknesses.
2) Good for decreasing conflict because you understand what each
personality type values and you can bypass stepping on members’ “pet
peeves”
3) Great for team building
4) Teaches you about your leadership philosophy
5) Teaches you about areas you need to grow in
6) Teaches you how to motivate, appreciate, and relate to other people
who have different personalities than you.
7) You need the foundation of knowing your strengths and weaknesses to
lead others effectively.
17. TRUE COLORS: O*NET CODES
• Match your true color to careers
• Identifying 1st, 2nd, 3rd top colors
• Link to careers that often utilize these personality types
http://www.truecolorsassociation.org/career.html
• Click one of these for an example:
* Orange Jobs
* Blue Jobs
* Gold Jobs
* Green Jobs
18. TRUE COLORS: O*NET CODES
Example:
1st color: Orange
2nd color: Blue
3rd color: Gold
Career Examples:
19. TRUE COLORS: O*NET CODES
Example:
1st color: Orange
2nd color: Blue
3rd color: Gold
Career Examples:
20. Copy and paste the code into the O*NET website:
http://www.onetonline.org/
This will lead to the summary report for that particular job.
TRUE COLORS: O*NET CODES
21. Summary Report Includes:
Tasks
Tools & Technology
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs)
Work Activities/Context
Education
Credentials
Interests
Work Styles/Values
Related Occupations
Job Openings
Wages and Employment Trends
TRUE COLORS:O*NET CODES
23. TRUE COLORS:
• Answer these 3 questions:
1) What do you wish others understood about
your true color?
2) What do others need to know about
working with your true color?
3) Why is knowing your true color important
for this student organization?
24. TRUE COLORS QUOTE:
Successful people know who they are and what their True
Colors are… when you know what your core values and
needs are and feel good about them, you can perform at
your highest potential in every area of life. And when you
share a working, mutual understanding of other’ core
values and needs, you have the basis to communicate,
motivate, and achieve common goals with utmost dignity,
efficacy, and mutual respect.”
-Don Lowry, creator of True Colors.
Editor's Notes
Tell a Story about how True Colors Has Changed You. (Could involve knowing your supervisor, your professor, student org., or roommate’s True Color)
Prep Notes for LC: How many students are you presenting to? Do they have a projector? Check one out from CSA, if needed
Do you have a laptop? Check one out from CSA, if needed. Check out the wireless clicker from Emily
Do you have enough copies for your entire group? Do you have pens for students? Have you practiced?
At the end, plug yourself for more Trainings
*Tell Students “You can only use each number ONCE in each row”
Give out True Color Dots, have someone from each color read their section
Bring up volunteers of each color and have them read their box
GREEN=Excellent Problem Solvers
Born in 1875, Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychotherapist and psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology. Jung proposed and developed the concepts of the extraverted and the introverted personality, archetypes, and the collective unconscious. His work has been influential in psychiatry and in the study of religion, literature, and related fields. Jung created some of the best known psychological concepts, including the archetype, the collective unconscious, the complex, and synchronicity. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a popular psychometric instrument, has been developed from Jung’s theories
ORANGE=Natural Negotiators
Born in 1897 in Atchison Kansas, Amelia Mary Earhart, was an American aviation pioneer and author. She was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Her spirit of adventure was evident even as a child when in 1904, with the help of her uncle, she cobbled together a home-made ramp fashioned after a roller coaster she had seen on a trip to St. Louis and secured the ramp to the roof of the family toolshed. Earhart’s well-documented first flight ended dramatically. She emerged from the broken wooden box that had served as a sled with a bruised lip, torn dress and a “sensation of exhilaration.” She exclaimed, “Oh, it’s just like flying!”
GOLD=Natural Leaders
Born in 1863 on his family’s farm near Dearborn, Michigan Henry Ford’s natural abilities became evident early on, when at 15 years of age his father gifted him a pocket watch, which he promptly took apart and reassembled. Friends and neighbors were impressed and requested that he fix their timepieces too.Unsatisfied with farm work, Ford left home the next year, at age 16, to take an apprenticeship as a machinist in Detroit. In the years that followed, he would learn to skillfully operate and service steam engines, and would also study bookkeeping.Ford would later go on to create the Ford Model T car in 1908 and to develop the assembly line mode of production, which revolutionized the automobile industry.
BLUE=Excellent Relationship Builders
Martin Luther King, Jr. an American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African American Civil Rights movement was born in 1929. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King has become a national icon in the history of American progressivism.
“I Have a Dream” is a 17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963, in which he called for an end to racism in the United States. The speech, delivered to over 200,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement . During the delivery of this now famous speech king departs from his prepared text and describes dreams of freedom and equality arising from a land of slavery and hatred. The speech was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century by a 1999 poll of scholars of public address.