The transparency of transition. Nice, Tony.

In a similar hue, I have shied away from the Redness of my mindset, and in
these last weeks of review and re-exploration of the Colors, I have become
able to embrace and even enjoy the strengths of this predominance. ‹ Paul

On 5/13/15, 1:54 PM, "Tony Lillios" <tony@nivana.com> wrote:

>Until this module, I have always thought generally the blue mindset to be
>a weakness for us historically in business and I had a righteous view
>towards Green/Orange.  I'm sure that it showed up in passive/aggressive
>ways.
>
>I now see it as I failed to lead them with a style that was most
>effective for them.  Ugh.
>
>-tony
>
>On May 13, 2015, at 9:25 AM, Mark Sinatra <mark.sinatra@staffone.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Great share Tony.   The specificity and conciseness of your examples
>>are things I need to incorporate in my posts.     Anyway, I struggle
>>with recognizing situations to be 'blue' versus 'orange' or 'green'
>>(which I will post more detail about this week).    Similar to your
>>situation in 2001, my company went through a rough period in 2009-2010
>>which included losing 40% of our business and layoffs and other
>>challenging situations.   Being a 'blue' leader was what the situation
>>called for at the time and that style proved to be effective for me.
>>Now, I realize that more of my employees (in general) expect more blue
>>leadership from me versus my natural tendency of orange/green.  Maybe
>>their blue expectation is a function of their prior work environments or
>>other variables.  Regardless something for me to continually be more
>>cognizant of.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: list-manager@stagen.simplelists.com
>>[mailto:list-manager@stagen.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Tony Lillios
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 3:53 AM
>> To: buffett@stagen.simplelists.com
>> Subject: Leadership style - Got Green, want me some Blue
>>
>> My natural leadership style is Green.  I think it started as a kid
>>being the youngest in the family, the peace maker, the one who could
>>look up and see all the others and the dynamics of what was happening
>>and could operate from there.  Brian's description of when he "turned
>>Green" in South America is connected to my story of my youth with family
>>in Greece and Brazil.  We had family with a great variety of
>>socio-economic status/success but we were all connected because we were
>>family.  So as a leader, I am looking at the individuality of each team
>>member and invite them to bring that into play as a strength to the
>>overall team.  I also find in a Green minded environment that is open,
>>communicative, and transparent, if a team member is going sideways, I
>>can notice it pretty quickly before things get too shaken up.
>>
>> I would like to be a better Blue leader.  I find my wishy
>>washiness/consensus-orientation/openness can be unnerving to Blue minded
>>people and even have them loose confidence in me as a leader.  When we
>>did our first cuts in 2001, the blue minded folks loved the
>>assertiveness and clarity of the marching orders coming out of that.
>>Even a couple blue minded people who were let go commented that they had
>>an increased respect in me and the company afterwards!  Knowing how to
>>better set up a blue minded person for success in their specific roles
>>would make me a stronger leader.
>>
>> -tony
>>
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