Practical Use of Colors Typology in Daily Leadership
One-on-One Conversations with Employees:
Why it matters?
People respond differently based on their dominant color energies. Recognizing this helps you build trust, reduce defensiveness, and drive alignment.
How to apply it:
🔴 Red: Be direct, time-efficient, and results-focused. Avoid emotional language. Let them lead when possible.
🟡 Yellow: Start with a warm tone. Show appreciation. Keep it light, fast, and idea-focused. Use positive framing.
🟢 Green: Prioritize emotional safety. Show you care. Allow time to reflect. Ask “How do you feel about this?”
🔵 Blue: Prepare with facts. Respect process. Allow space for questions. Don’t interrupt or rush them.
Starter phrases for managers:
🔴 “Let’s align on what we need to achieve today.”
🟡 “Before we dive in, how are things going with you?”
🟢 “I’d love to hear your perspective on this.”
🔵 “Here’s what I’m seeing in the data. Let’s walk through it.”
Planning Sessions & Strategy
Every planning session should balance the four energy types. Use this framework to ensure you’re not missing key dimensions.​​​​​​​
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Team Role By color:
Executive Collaboration in Times of Expansion
When leadership teams face growth, ambition rises, but so do tensions.
One executive wants fast action 🔴, another seeks data and precision 🔵. Someone wants to inspire 🟡, another wants to protect the team’s pace 🟢.
Instead of misalignment, we create understanding. Using the language of color energies, teams build clarity, respect, and shared momentum-even under pressure.
In these moments of expansion, color-awareness becomes the shortcut to alignment.
Common Color Dynamics in Leadership Teams:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Bridging Gaps Through Language When Action Isn't Enough
When two styles clash and compromise is hard, bridge through recognition and empathy. Use language that honors the other's energy before introducing your own needs.
Example: Red and Green under time pressure​​​​​​
What can they say to each other?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​Key Insight: Validate first, then shift. This creates willingness- not resistance.
Closing Ritual for Leadership Teams
Use this at the beginning of key meetings to anchor awareness:
“What color am I showing up with today? And what color do I need to strengthen to serve the team better?”
Color Dynamics – Key Pairings
🔴 Red + 🟢 Green
Challenge: Red pushes fast. Green needs time and calm. Red sees Green as slow, Green sees Red as aggressive.
How to bridge: Red can acknowledge the importance of harmony. Green can name the urgency and offer stability within that frame.
🔵 Blue + 🟡 Yellow
Challenge: Blue needs structure. Yellow wants spontaneity. Blue sees Yellow as careless. Yellow sees Blue as rigid.
How to bridge: Yellow can show respect for the details. Blue can allow some improvisation, knowing energy helps drive momentum.
🟢 Green + 🟢 Green
Challenge: Over-harmony. Too much avoidance. Nobody wants to push.
How to grow: Invite a Red perspective: “What decision needs to be made today?”
🔴 Red + 🔴 Red
Challenge: Power struggle. Competition. Talking over each other.
How to grow: Pause. Acknowledge mutual strengths. Ask, “Who’s best suited to lead this?”
🔵 Blue + 🔵 Blue
Challenge: Overthinking. Paralysis by analysis. Lack of bold moves.
How to grow: Add Yellow energy — “What if we just tried it?”
🟡 Yellow + 🟡 Yellow
Challenge: Fun without focus. Great ideas, little follow-through.
How to grow: Bring in Blue or Red to anchor plans in action.
More Examples of Bridging Color Gaps Through Communication
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🟡 Yellow + 🔵 Blue Scenario: Yellow wants to brainstorm. Blue wants structure.
🔴 Red + 🔵 Blue Scenario: Red wants to decide quickly. Blue wants to research more.
🟡 Yellow + 🟢 Green Scenario: Yellow pushes for action. Green is hesitant due to people concerns.
🟢 Green + 🔵 Blue Scenario: Green is driven by harmony. Blue is driven by logic.