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media type="youtube" key="JnyCTeKmef0" height="344" width="425" =** Colors-at-Work **= Most of us have experienced at least one “workplace challenge” with a boss or coworker. Often that quintessential **difficult person** is a colleague with a personality type that is opposite of ours, or at the very least, someone who exhibits personality traits that are “annoying” or otherwise push our buttons ;-)

The intention of this activity is to heighten your awareness that these differences are not “wrong” or “abnormal” (well, let’s just stick to that theme for now ;-) They’re just //different.// //And// if you understand where that “difficult person” is coming from – i.e., his or her perspective, prevalent attitudes and behaviors, you might not get “triggered” so easily. So… in this activity, you will take a mini-version of the Colors Personality Inventory to deduce your dominant color (or personality) type.

By Color Group (Orange, Blue, Gold or Green), you will then jointly create a wiki page in class to address the following:

My expectation is that you collaborate on the wiki in class. Brainstorm for the next 25 minutes and address the questions above. We will then review each group’s wiki responses on the “big screen.”
 * 1) Describe five attitudes and/or behaviors that you value in coworkers.
 * 2) Identify and explain five attitudes and/or behaviors that cause you stress and/or frustration in a work setting.
 * 3) Develop five strategies FOR OTHERS WHO ARE UNLIKE YOU to more effectively work and play well with “your kind”…

*If this was way too easy, here’s the bonus round: Any guesses on what Karly’s personality type is? If that’s too hard, which type do you believe Karly ranks woefully low on?

Note: the above YouTube link gives a bit of background on personality inventories (like the Colors Inventory) in the field of psychology...