The Art of Green Feedback
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The Art of Green Feedback

Have you ever found yourself leading a team where giving and receiving feedback feels like speaking different languages?

As leaders, understanding and effectively responding to the diverse communication styles of your team members can be challenging.?

So, how can you harness this diversity to drive collective success and feel more empowered in your leadership role??

Welcome to the Green Room of Leadership:

Welcome to the Green Room of Leadership

Each team member brings a distinct shade—sometimes complementary, occasionally clashing.

This article builds on our previous discussion in "Navigating the Colors of Feedback: A New Year Pattern-Shift in Leadership" to turn the spotlight on Green leaders and how they can navigate their teams' colorful personalities to achieve collective harmony and success.

Understanding Your Palette: The 'Color' of Personalities

Understanding Your Palette: The 'Color' of Personalities

Engaging with Other Greens: A Meeting of Minds

The Scenario: A new project strategy is being considered, and two Green-minded leaders are at a crossroads with differing opinions.

The Strategy: Encourage a climate of mutual respect and intellectual curiosity. Instead of viewing it as a tug-of-war, approach the conversation as a brainstorming session to combine ideas and develop a cohesive strategy.

The Emotive Spectrum: Interacting with Blues

Build a constructive connectivity with Blues.

The Scenario: A Blue team member has submitted a comprehensive report that requires further analytical depth.

The Strategy: Embrace the 'sandwich' method—praise their rigor, suggest improvements with clear examples, and close with encouragement. Genuine appreciation keeps the Blues engaged and emotionally invested.

The Detail-Oriented Golds: Precision Meets Patience

Guide Golds with specificity and structure.

The Scenario: Project timelines are slipping, and Gold personality types seek structure.

The Strategy: In your one-on-one, outline what was achieved against what was not. Clarify action items and deadlines, offering a precise roadmap back to productivity. Your patience in answering detail-oriented questions will pay off in precise execution.

The Dynamic Oranges: Directing the Doers

Picture channeling the vigor of Oranges.

The Scenario: An Orange team member is underutilized and growing restless with the current project phase.

The Strategy: Assign a hands-on, critical task with clear goals and quick outcomes. Cut through the fluff—Oranges thrive on being in the thick of the action and will appreciate your direct and no-nonsense approach.

Leadership in Action:

Leadership in Action

Know your team as well as you know yourself. It makes all the difference.

Leadership isn't a ready-to-wear outfit. It's about blending your team's colors to create a masterwork of collaboration and success.

A Spectrum of Leadership

Leadership isn't a ready-to-wear outfit. It's about blending your team's colors to create a masterwork of collaboration and success.

As a Green leader, you can amplify your team's strengths by engaging with each personality type on their wavelength, making every project an opportunity for collective achievement.

Stay tuned for the next newsletter, which will explore the world of Blue leadership and how to navigate the emotional intelligence spectrum.

Before Leaving:

In our dialogue about leadership styles, we must acknowledge that we each embody a blend of 'colors.' While we might show a preference for one, it's the mix that makes each of us unique.

I aim not to label but to understand and embrace these differences to strengthen leadership and teams.

Emma- (A Green) Senior Project Manager: "I'm also grateful for the insight on how I can further understand how different each person I meet can be and how I can ensure I have better relationships with them."

Understanding this spectrum is key to unlocking the team's potential.

It allows you to approach leadership development comprehensively, recognizing individuality while fostering a culture where every team member can thrive.

Do you have feedback or stories of your own?

Do you have feedback or stories of your own? Please share with us and get featured in our next newsletter!

#Leadershipskills #TeamDynamics #PersonalitySpectrum

And remember to Keep Carrying Your Own Colors!

Saliha Oukaci

The Impression Architect

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Saliha Oukaci- The Impression Architect- Bio

Carry Your Own Colors: A Note of Thanks

Thank you for subscribing to this newsletter and engaging with our insights on creating an impactful leadership presence. It fuels this dialogue.

Please contact me anytime for personalized guidance on developing an authentic leadership experience.

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Saliha Oukaci

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How do these "Green" preferences align with your values and influence your approach to leadership challenges? #Leadershipskills #LeadershipDevelopment #Leaders

Ota Akhigbe

Global Business Leader | Transforming Healthcare Systems in Africa

6 个月

Thank you, Saliha Oukaci, for this insightful article. Understanding different communication styles is a powerful tool for any leader. I particularly appreciate your breakdown of strategies for interacting with various personality types. The 'sandwich method' for Blues is a great reminder.

Saliha Oukaci

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6 个月
Saliha Oukaci

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6 个月

Ota Akhigbe, thank you for your feedback. I hope you will find this article informative and the scenarios satisfying.

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