Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending a personality analysis workshop held by Dr. Fred Leafgren of Personality Resources International.
Dr. Leafgren utilized a colour-coded system to separate people’s personalities into one of the four groups:
- Action-oriented, who are hands-on and seek immediate results;
- Relationship-oriented, who value not only the results but also the process of obtaining them;
- Logic-oriented, who thirst for knowledge and likes to think things through before acting upon them;
- Organized, who seek a structured environment and likes to be prepared before starting a new task.
We were asked to answer a set of questionnaires on different scenarios. Whichever category you score the highest on is your primary “colour.” Of course, life isn’t black-and-white. (Rather, it’s red, blue, green and gold.) Therefore, the top two categories are taken into account.
Dr. Leafgren indicated that these traits are universal, as he has done workshops all over the world. Apparently, women typically score higher in the relationship-oriented category, and men in the action-oriented category.
Not surprisingly, my high score fell into the logic-oriented category. (This is, after all, how I make a living!) Logic-oriented individuals often have the following characteristics:
- stay cool in crisis
- enjoy learning
- collect information before action
- seek the reasons behind answers
- negotiate well with others
On the other hand, the logic-oriented can sometimes be misunderstood as:
- cold-blooded
- overly analytical
- impractical
- unable to relate to others
I truly enjoyed Dr. Leafgren’s presentation. By gaining insight into myself, I’m confident that I can relate better to others from now on, and be better at my job as a lawyer.
Are you curious about what your true colour might be?
