Irvington JROTC U1C2L2 Winning Colors - SFC Craig

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

Jason was called a "go-getter" by his friends and family. He was always taking risks and challenging himself, and sometimes it seemed like he would go too far and possibly get hurt. However, before he did something, he always researched it, analyzed the risks, and then decided whether the risk was worth taking or not.

How would you list Jason's two most dominant behavior preferences?

• Adventurer and Relater

• Adventurer and Builder

• Planner and Adventurer

• Planner and Builder

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.

Cadets Franklin and Smith have been best friends since they were five years old. After they determined their Winning Colors® preferences, it seemed like they had very little in common. Cadet Franklin was strong in planning and relating behaviors, and Cadet Smith was strong as a builder and adventurer. Both of them realized that they did work better with others at times, and their friendship began to fall apart.

• "Behaviors work in many ways, and if you tried to appreciate the differences, you would probably find that they complement each other, just like you."

• Nothing. Sometimes people just outgrow friendships.

• "This exercise was to help increase communication within a diverse society. It doesn't have anything to do with friendship, so you should still be friends."

• Nothing. They probably shouldn't have been friends in the first place because their preferences were different.

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

• Planners

• Builders

• Relaters

• Adventurers

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®, 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

• Relators

Cadets Hill and Franklin argued with each other every time they planned a task together. To try and stop this from occurring, their JROTC instructor designed a task just for them. The next time they were assigned to work together, she gave each of them a list of Winning Colors® power words and told them that when they spoke to each other, they had to use at least one power word in each sentence. To their surprise, they stopped arguing. What answer best describes why this happened?

Cadet Hill's Adventurer Cadet Franklin's Planner

Power Words: Power Words:

* Do it now * Being my best

* Risk * Thinking

* Test the limits * Exactness

* Excitement * Knowing the future

* Freedom * Caring

* Fun * Analyzing

* Challenge * Knowing more

• The instructor forced them to use their own power words and natural behaviors when talking to the other.

• The instructor forced them to use their own power words to get both of them out of their comfort zones.

• The instructor gave them power words that helped strengthen their arguments, so when they both realized that neither of them would win, they stopped arguing.

• The instructor forced them to use power words that matched the other's preferences, and didn't produce tension between them.