Weekly Tools and Tips to Improve Any Relationship
If you are like most, your pie chart looks similar this one, which means you have a primary color (one driving core motive) but you also have a secondary color (another motive that influences they way you think and/or behave). Just as no two snowflakes are alike, no two Reds, Blues, Whites, or Yellows are alike either. We all have our differences, our nuances, our quirks. Just because the Color Code assessment indicates a person is a Core White personality, doesn’t mean that person necessarily possesses all of the White strengths or limitations. In most cases, an individual will naturally possess both strengths and limitations from one or m
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Dear Jeremy, I am a blue married to a white and we are so struggling. Any tips for us? Linda Hello, Linda. I'm so sorry to hear that you are struggling. That is heartbreaking, but I ABSOLUTELY have some tips for you that can help if you are both open to hearing them. First of all, I obviously don't know you or your husband and we haven't talked specifically about what is going on, so I'm going to speak in more general terms here. Whenever advising couples, the first questions I have to ask is "Do you both know the Color Code? Have you both taken the assessment
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With the baseball season underway, we thought it would be fun to go back in time and describe the personalities of two of the most popular players from the famous 1927 New York Yankees. Quick Code Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, be one of the first 10 readers who correctly code the players and you will win a Color Code t-shirt of your choice. Be sure to include the answer, the t-shirt size and the t-shirt color you prefer when sending answers.
In 1927 Lindberg completed his first solo across the Atlantic; new cars were being sold for $375.00; and the New York Yankees won the World Series. Read More
Who is to blame? It wasn’t my fault! Far too many of today’s organizations are afflicted with this pandemic of finger pointing. If it is not a person, it is a circumstance or somehow an act of God. Similar to the backseat that creativity has taken in many organizations; the lack of personal accountability has been even subtler and more elusive in the manner by which it has infiltrated businesses worldwide. Although it is difficult to quantify the hard costs, we understand that the lack of personal accountability within an organization has a drain on time, resources and overall employee morale. Understanding this, we as leaders, must be w
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How Color Code Changed My Life Becky: In this journey we call life, we believe what we have been taught and conditioned to believe. We give little conscious thought to our behaviors and actions; we respond subconsciously and often speak before we think. It usually takes some major event happening in our lives (such as the death of a loved one, divorce, job loss, or life-threatening illness) to stop us in our tracks and make us reflect on who we are and exactly what it is that makes us tick. Prior to me knowing the Color Code, I spent 20 years in a sales and marketing role in the corporate world. I consider
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My oldest son is getting married in June. He is forty years old and this is his first marriage. No, he isn’t ugly, stupid, or unmarriageable in any obvious way. He is a White. He has been in long-term relationships before, but nothing ever happened. He seemed content, and as is with many Whites, that was enough. Not so for the other halves of those relationships. Finally, he found his Blue fiancé—or to be more precise, she found him. They have been together for 3 years and it looked to me as if the relationship would be the same as the others, until one night he called to let me know that he had proposed. Stunned, I didn’t ask why, bu
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One textbook definition of harmony is a situation in which there is agreement…a worthy goal for any effective work environment. However, when I hear the word harmony, I think of my husband, the choral conductor. He has developed his natural talent and acquired remarkable skills in creating harmony out of disparate student voices from years of education and experience. The process is not so dissimilar in the workplace. Using the Color Code, leaders can become talented conductors, of a sort. Understanding how various core colors interact with each other can build on your natural talents and help you acquire greater skills to minimize conflict
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As you may or may not be aware, we are on the verge of launching our newly re-designed website at the end of this month-unless our web developer is playing a mean April Fool’s trick on us.
But seriously, we can’t wait for you to see the new look and features we’ve added. And along with this new look will come new t-shirts, mugs and all sorts of fun Color Code products.
So in the spirit of our new look, for our “At Play” section of the blog this month we’ve decided to hold a contest:
Dear Jeremy, I have a Yellow staff member who is great when dealing with clients. People love him, and he brings a lot of business to the company. However, he does not do well with turning in paperwork, expense reports, etc., on time. I have had to come down on him time and time again, but he just gets flippant and tells me to relax. What can I do? Daphne Dear Daphne, Thanks for writing. I appreciate your question, and as a Yellow myself, I may have some insights that will help improve your situation. The key to dealing with this staff member effectively is to understand how Yellows thin
Read MoreIn his book, Life on the Mississippi, (1883) Mark Twain wrote, “Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.” Rubbing my chin… I smile. Yep, I like simple things. I was first introduced to the field of mind development while coaching employees in my first professional career. After graduating from Georgia Southern University with a degree in Human Resource Management, I worked in H.R. and used several different tools to help develop and build leadership, interpersonal skills and individual performance in our employees. Some of the tools we used to try to help people improve were behavioral profiles.
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