COLOR MANAGEMENT: BLUE

Tips for BLUE Managers

Often the most prominent barrier to team success is at the top of the organizational chart. Consider these tips to ensure you are not inhibiting team cohesion - with your management style. Here are some at-a-glance considerations to keep your team effective, functional and productive.

Your Innate Strength

As a member of the “Blue” temperament, you are a champ at interacting with people! Developing and cultivating interpersonal relations are proven strengths for you. You can make friends with just about everyone!

Possible Weakness: Misplaced emotions and wearing your "heart" on your sleeve.

Beware of:

Be careful that your patience and caring isn’t mistaken for weakness by others on your team. Maintain clear boundaries to ensure that your subordinates cannot mistake your management style for friendship or your flexibility for indecision. Friendship and management don’t mix in most settings and can lead to team disharmony, tension and even legal action. Keep it professional.

Don’t be afraid to make decisions that may hurt feelings. As a decision-maker, it is inevitable to that someone will be disappointed at some point. That’s part of the responsibility you carry as a manager. No matter how much you wish it to be so, everyone cannot win all of the time.

Blue Values: Communication, Authenticity and Self-Improvement

Stressors: Tension, Office “Politics” and Unfairness

What you may enjoy most about your work: helping others, expressing creativity and being part of a functional and sensitive team.

These tips will aid in building a strong team and cultivating a healthy organizational or department culture.