A Guide to Cool Blue Energy
- Difficult Conversations
- Feedback
- Influencing
- Insights
- Listening
Champions of Systems and Due Diligence
Individuals leading with Cool Blue are inherently wired to safeguard and preserve. Oriented towards the present, they aim to ensure that their future-oriented colleagues, such as Fiery Reds and Sunshine Yellows, engage in purposeful endeavours rather than mere activity.
They excel in posing detailed, analytical, and critical questions, willingly addressing tough aspects to comprehend how changing circumstances might lead to the wastage of resources.
Not inclined towards compromise, they exhibit unparalleled efficiency in delivering projects on time and within budget.
How to Recognise
- Champions stewardship and responsibility.
- Values logic, systems, order, procedure, and process.
- Seeks clarity and proven decision-making criteria.
- Prefers to see a track record of success before embracing change.
- Feels frustration when labelled as ‘negative’ due to their intention to guide the team toward making the best decisions possible.
Contributions on a Good Day
- Demonstrates unwavering commitment to asking challenging questions.
- Executes the agreed-upon vision with a steadfast long-term commitment to on-time and on-budget delivery.
- Approaches money and resources as if they are their own, acting as custodians to safeguard what’s already working.
- Exhibits the ability to detach personal sentiments from decision-making processes.
Challenges on a Bad Day
- Defaults to assuming things won’t work, leading to a forensic questioning style that may feel like an interrogation.
- May prioritise proving themselves right over considering others’ feelings.
- Tends to be risk-averse, bringing excessive critique to the table.
- Can lack sensitivity when posing numerous questions, potentially impacting the emotional aspect of interactions.
Communicating with Cool Blues DOs:
- Leverage expertise: Utilise their skills and respect their impartial judgment
- Prepare and notify: Come organised with details and facts and give notification ahead of time
- Investigate the background: Investigate background details before meeting them
- Adhere to processes: Stick to established processes and procedures, respecting their efficiency
- Communicate effectively: Talk in a quiet, steady way, and appreciate their need for solitude
Communicating With Cool Blues DON’Ts:
- Don’t try to charm: Respect boundaries and refrain from completing their sentences
- Don’t demand instant responses: Exercise patience and don’t seek immediate answers in meetings
- Minimise social small talk: Communicate thoughtfully and refrain from suggesting ill-conceived ideas
- Avoid disorderly communication: Communicate with clarity and order and minimise the bombardment of questions
- Engage inconsiderately: Interact thoughtfully by giving them space to respond and respecting their pace