Appreciating Diversity Through Winning Colors

In Winning Colors®, _____________ are quiet, introspective, and detail oriented. They are good listeners and tend to hide their feelings.

• Planners

• Builders

• Relaters

• Adventurers

Name the four dominant categories of behavior in Winning Colors®.

• Activists, Pacifists, Planners, Builders

• Relaters, Adventurers, Soloists, Performers

• Planners, Builders, Relaters, and Adventurers

• Detailers, Globalists, Builder, Relaters

In Winning Colors®, those who like sharing ideas and feelings, who work well in teams, and who are social and love to talk are known as ____________.

• Relaters

• Planners

• Builders

• Adventurous

You are a Cadet Platoon Sergeant. Cadet Cleveland is the squad leader of a very diverse squad. Cadet Cleveland is usually a very effective communicator, but he is getting frustrated because he always has to repeat instructions several times before his whole squad understands.

What should you do to help him understand why he has to explain more than once, and what he can do to improve understanding by his diverse squad?

• Tell him that sometimes leaders have to explain themselves more than once, even with squads that are not too diverse.

• Tell him that since he has a very diverse squad, he may always have to explain things more than once, but to pay attention for words that effectively get his message across, and to use them more often.

• Have him re-evaluate his own comfort zone and natural behaviors because they are probably different from what he first thought.

• Give him a list of power words to randomly use when he gives instructions so that at least some of his Cadets will understand.

If you exhibit Winning Colors® builder behaviors, which of the following are some of your power words?

• Responsible, duty, tradition, money

• Leading people, power, results

• Be prepared, give directions, do it my way, I like to get things done now

• All of the above

T or F: According to Winning Colors®, you can communicate with others more effectively if you use power words that appeal to others' preferences.

• True

• False

In Winning Colors®, natural leaders who express themselves openly and directly and are also rule-governed, dependable, and loyal are known as ________.

• Planners

• Builders

• Relaters

• Adventurers

In Winning Colors®, those who like sharing ideas and feelings, who work well in teams, and who are social and love to talk are known as ____________.

• Relaters

• Planners

• Builders

• Adventurers

In Winning Colors®, who are the action-oriented, who live in the present, are flexible, and thrive on spontaneity?

• Adventurers

• Planners

• Builders

• Relaters

Choose the word that best describes the scenario below.

Jake has specific tastes when it comes to food. His favorite type is Italian. What is another word to describe Jake's taste in food?

• Natural

• Preference

• Comfort zone

• Diversity