Strengths Become Weaknesses
Ruby Red Leadership
Overused Preferences
Acting without Adequate Information or Clear Intentions
Under Conditions of Interpersonal Anxiety
Moving Against Other People: Confrontation [Karen Horney]
Isolation: Not Conferring With Other People
Fight!
Azure Blue Leadership
Overused Preferences
Pointing to/Promoting Specific Intention(s) Without Adequate Information or Idea(s) about How to Work Toward Intention(s)
Under Conditions of Interpersonal Anxiety
Moving Toward Other People: Appeasement [Karen Horney]
Isolation: Not Working With Other People In Creating a Shared Vision
Freeze!
Golden Yellow Leadership
Overusing Preferences
Failing to Act in a Timely Manner
Under Conditions of Interpersonal Anxiety
Moving Away from Other People: Estrangement [Karen Horney]
Isolation: Analysis-Paralysis Without Outside Input to Break the Obsession
Flight!
Rainbow [Pot of Gold]: General
- Integration of the Three Domains: Moving to Fourth and Fifth “I”
- Initiation: Actually Moving Forward with Integrated Information, Intentions and Ideas
- Insight: Reviewing and Learning from Impact of Actions Taken
- Rainbow [Pot of Gold]: Heat/Sun/Sky
- Collaboration: Working with Others to Achieve and Learn
- “Let’s Put Our Heads and Hearts Together!”
Rainbow Leadership
- Facilitating/Participating
- Building the Relationship Around Constructive Dialogue
- Overusing Preference
- Getting caught up in concern for group/team process rather than outcomes
- Interpersonal Neediness: Always looking to Other People for Self-Confirmation
- Seeming to be unpredictable (“Who is Going to Show Up Today!”)
Reiterating the Important Message
You get in trouble as a leader not from engagement of your weaknesses, but rather from the excessive or inappropriate uses of your strengths!!!
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