What Color are Your Agile Coaches?

The philosophy behind Colors can be tracked back to when Hippocrates (460BC) established four distinct qualities of individuals: Sanguine, Choleric, Phlegmatic, and the Melancholic… and in Plato’s (428BC) theories about character and personality.

The Color Code Personality Profile also recognized as The Color Code or The People Code, devised by Dr. Taylor Hartman, divides personalities into four colors: Red (motivated by power), Blue (motivated by intimacy), White (motivated by peace), and Yellow (motivated by fun).

The RED color coaches:

RED color coaches are generally very active, cheerful and optimistic.

RED color coaches love attention and are eager to work for it. This isn’t hard though; because they are so energetic and joyful many people will indeed want to be around them in expectations that their joy and happiness will wipe off on them too.

RED color coaches are reasonably competitive and are not willing to negotiate for second best.

Another positive feature is that they care for originality and seek to create something new; they want to add to this world.

Mostly “red” people can be considered dreamers, however, they do not just a dream; they will also make realistic plans and work for the realization of their dreams no matter how ambitious they are.

Red Color coaches Weaknesses

• Indifference towards others
• Impatient
• Overlook risks
• Inflexibility, demanding of others
• Talks too much
• Careless to details at times
• Resenting of restrictions

The Blue color coaches:

The Blue color coaches considered to be the color of peace and serenity.

The Blue color coaches value their friends and family and seldom venture outside their own social surrounding.

The Blue color coaches stick to traditions and have a firm dislike for luxury and uncertainty. These individuals need order and structure in their lives.

The Blue color coaches prefer predictability and understanding in everything, be that love, food, work or place where they reside.

Similarly, they pay a lot of attention to tidiness and neatness in their look and their homes.

The Blue color coaches obey rules and respect the authority. Because of their obedient nature and respectful behavior, they make excellent employees and, at the same time, they are excellent people managers.

When taking decisions, The Blue color coaches look at examples from past, folktales and their own parents.

The Blue color coaches are extremely improbable to come up with anything of their own and choose to remain to what they believe best practices and time-proven methods.

People realize they can trust and rely on this type, so if they ever need a helping hand they will find plenty.

Blue Color coaches Weaknesses

• Indecisive (Reading at all data)
• Get bogged down in details
• Fixed on the how-to's
• Avoids controversy
• Poor self-esteem
• Reluctant to try new things
• Sensitive to criticism
• Can be pessimistic

The Yellow color coaches :

Yellow color coaches are perfectionists.

Yellow color coaches have great hopes and big ideas.

Yellow color coaches have big ambitions, however, they require to work on themselves and keep focused to actually realize these goals. Yellow personality type is entertaining and interesting to be around.

Yellow color coaches sophisticated manners coupled with the extreme sense of humor makes them attractive company, enjoyed by many. When not in the mood, people with personality type yellow may act indifferently and mean, however, this is merely momentary.

Yellow color coaches concern a lot and can be quite unreasonable about it. They are especially concerned about their family and children and will call to find out on them many times a day. This personality type is described by a high degree of autonomy.

They generally manage to be good providers for themselves and their families, and when it comes to socializing they choose a merely a limited circle of friends.

These people are more intellectual than physical and tend to escape any unnecessary physical effort.

Yellow color coaches don’t mind to be alone and are very self-sufficient. They choose their partners carefully and are always ready for the breakup, should their partner make a mistake. If anything like this arises, they do not obsess over it and are able to carry on very soon. In fact, it usually shows they are indeed enjoying their time alone.

Yellow Color coaches Weaknesses

• Following through
• Overestimating results
• Misjudging capabilities
• Speaks too much
• Acts impulsively
• Jumps to conclusions
• Over commits
• Acts first, Figure out second

The White color coaches:

Personality color white is correlated with high standards for cleanliness in appearance.

The White color coaches are having confidence in themselves, their openness, fearlessness and their striving for perfection. White is also combined with courage. White cannot hide imperfections. Other qualities of The White color coaches are :

• Optimism,
• Autonomy,
• Harmony,
• Wisdom,
• Emotional control,
• Self-reliance,
• Confidence.

The White color coaches don't generally share what they are feeling, understanding or seeing. They won't express conflict. Whites may be reluctant to set goals. They avoid working at someone else's pace. They can be quite self-deprecating.

How to find the color coaches?

For those of us who don't understand we have a personality color, glance at the clothes we wear and the way we choose to decorate our home or office. Are there one or more colors we frequently choose? Then there will be the colors that reflect our personality and our deepest needs. Whether we like or dislike a color can be reliant on our own life experiences and our positive and negative associations to the color as well as our desire for the elements of that color.

This is not only applicable to coaches but also for Product Owners, scrum masters, Chapter managers and Tribe Managers, etc. Favorite Colors reveal our personality.