Nursing- Leadership Assignment – COLORFUL PERSONALITIES
Answer the following questions. APA format. Include citation from Kouzes and Posner for question 4.
For question 2, my myers briggs personality is INJT and for color personality is Gold, I attached what the meaning of Gold is.
Assignment instructions
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- Make a list of four or five experiences from the past that have been “turning points” for you- experiences that have truly influenced the direction you have taken in your life. These experiences can be from twenty years ago, or from the present. The importance is that they made a real difference in your life. Describe each experience in a few words.
- Now review the experiences in your list. Do you see a pattern? Is there a common theme? What is the pattern? What are the themes? What do they tell you about what creates meaning for you? How does this relate to your Myers Briggs and Colorful Personality inventories?
- Imagine that you are attending a dinner given by your colleagues to honor you as “Leader of the Year”. One after another, your colleagues and your family talk about the contributions you have made to the organization and the community. What do you hope they will say about you?
- Are you clear about your organization’s vision? If not, where do you need clarity, and how are you going to find it? What if there is a conflict? How will you deal with that? What does Kouzes and Posner say about vision?
Nursing- Leadership Assignment – COLORFUL PERSONALITIES
COLORFUL PERSONALITIES
Create an understanding of who you really are
Put words to feelings and stresses
Celebrates uniqueness and talents
Gives a general idea of what your personality style is all about
Understand other’s differences to achieve effective communication
GOLDS
Believe in following through on commitments; dependable, prepared, punctual
Loyal; understand what is right and wrong in life
Value home, family, traditions
Faithful and caring friend; loves helping others and fulfilling sense of belonging
Plan things out carefully and orderly in concrete steps to see things through to completion
Sense of duty and responsibility; taken very seriously
Go the extra mile
Work on one project, fully complete it well then move to next one
Good team players
Organized; make lists
Strict rule followers-follow policies
Not risk takers, conservative
Practical, detail-oriented
Get stressed by mess and clutter
Nursing- Leadership Assignment – COLORFUL PERSONALITIES
BLUES
Idealist, intuitive
Seek harmony; easily connects with others
Love team work; everything revolves around relationships
Always looks for good in others
Excellent caregivers, mediators, peacemakers
Often get taken advantage of; deeply affected by criticism, harsh words, cruelty
Heart on their sleeve; spiritual
Follow their heart
Sacrifice own wishes to accommodate others
Good listeners
Positive and optimistic
Work on touching peoples lives and having a positive impact
Cannot be phony or insincere
Strong need to feel included
Needs to express when feelings are hurt
Forgive but never forget
Frequently say “I’m sorry” even if not their fault
The Peacemakers
ORANGES
Enjoy being noticed and recognized
Have to have latest & greatest & coolest stuff
Trendsetters
Love back and forth interactions
May make lots of money but spend it quickly
Act on impulse
Love physical activity; competitive
Challenge boundaries and the status quo
Love speed and action, adventure, excitement
Multi-takers; keep moving to keep from getting bored
Plan at last minute; may give others ulcers but doesn’t give self one
Wing it; play it by ear; see what happens
Creative; artistic; no fear
Anything is possible
Like challenges
Not usually on time but stays late
Don’t like to sit for long periods of time
Name droppers
“Just do it” “Go for it” “Get over it”
GREENS
Leaders, not followers
Always want to learn and grow
Love learning
Trend setters
Think things through, look at consequences, possibilities, implications
Above average intellectually
Information is power
Like to teach and train others what they have learned
Like to be well prepared; research a topic and analyze it
Logical thought process, options research and defendable
Always thinking
Content watching from sidelines; participating drains energy level
Wants to understand how their piece fits in the big picture
Communication via Email-gives them time to think things through and reply on their own schedule
Everything spelled correctly, good grammar
Research big purchases; own the latest gadgets
Don’t like to repeat things
Nursing- Leadership Assignment – COLORFUL PERSONALITIES