THE COLOR CODE INTERPERSONAL SKILLS WORKSHOP
We have conducted a lot of training programs over the last three decades. However, one of them continues to stand out as our most popular, flagship course: The Color Code Interpersonal Skills Workshop. When you are certified, you will be able to deliver this same program to your audiences anywhere in the world.
The workshop is based on the Color Code Personality System originally developed by Taylor Hartman, PhD. It is quite unlike other personality-based programs you may have experienced in the past. For one, it is focused on WHY people do what they do. In other words, it is not limited to merely observing human behavior. It is also simple without being simplistic. When you experience the content, you will see that it is incredibly insightful, intuitive, and it just flat out works!
The way that we deliver the content is also important. We believe in training that is both highly enlightening and highly engaging at the same time. Participants always report having those light-bulb-turning-on, “Aha!” kinds of moments happening in their minds, while having a lot of fun learning new strategies for working with others more effectively.
We incorporate movie clips, group discussions, and team challenges into the mix so that we’re always changing up the energy of the room and helping participants refresh their focus and attention. When you attend our Trainer Certification Program, we give you access to all of those same tools and teach you how to use them to deliver a world-class experience to your audiences as well.
An engaged, interested learner is always going to be far more likely to apply what they learn and to use new tools to raise the level of their performance.
WORKSHOP FORMAT
The Color Code Interpersonal Skills Workshop is most commonly delivered in as a half-day workshop (~ 4 hours).
It can easily be extended to a full day workshop, or even a multiple-day event. It can also be contracted down to fit a time slot shorter than 4-hours if necessary.
The content of the workshop is extremely versatile. It is not geared toward any specific type of group (i.e., managers, sales people, or married couples). Because of that, the applications really are limitless. By making minor adjustments to the way the content is delivered or to examples offered in the workshop, the same materials can be easily adapted to meet the needs of extremely diverse groups of people.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
The Color Code Interpersonal Skills Workshop is most commonly delivered in as a half-day workshop (~ 4 hours).
It can easily be extended to a full day workshop, or even a multiple-day event. It can also be contracted down to fit a time slot shorter than 4-hours if necessary.
The content of the workshop is extremely versatile. It is not geared toward any specific type of group (i.e., managers, sales people, or married couples). Because of that, the applications really are limitless. By making minor adjustments to the way the content is delivered or to examples offered in the workshop, the same materials can be easily adapted to meet the needs of extremely diverse groups of people.
There are four naturally occurring objectives for this workshop, and then trainers and organizations will commonly elect to add additional objectives as they see fit.
The four built-in objectives are as follows:
1. Participants will identify their Driving Core Motive and understand how it affects their personality and communication style.
This is accomplished by having participants complete the Color Code Personality Assessment prior to attending the course. The workshop experience then helps clarify and enhance what they learned about themselves from the assessment.
2. Participants will be challenged to take 100% Responsibility for their success and the effectiveness of their relationships.
No more blaming others. No more justifying away undesirable behavior either. Participants learn that they must be 100% Responsible in order to be empowered to create the change they desire.
This workshop is not about “fixing” other people. It’s about becoming more effective ourselves.
3. Participants will understand the four, Color Code Personality styles in-depth.
During the course of the workshop, each of the four motive-based personality styles of Power, Intimacy, Peace, and Fun (or Red, Blue, White, and Yellow, respectively) will be explored. The following topics are addressed for each of the four Colors:
4. Participants will identify ways to improve specific relationships.
While this workshop is enlightening, fun, and engaging, it will also challenge your audience to improve specific relationships through the creation of a personal action plan. This action plan will help participants understand what they need to DO to start applying what they learn right away.
COMMON OUTCOMES OF THE WORKSHOP
By participating in the Color Code Interpersonal Skills Workshop, your participants will be able to:
As with the objectives, these workshop outcomes may vary according to the manner in which the workshop is delivered and the audience it is catered towards serving.
Apply now to be certified to deliver the Color Code Interpersonal Skills Workshop!
TESTIMONIALS FROM WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
Nordstrom
"The Color Code had been a part of our new manager development program at Nordstrom for over five years and is far and away the most popular of the programs we offer to new managers. In all my years of training, I have not come across any other personality-profiling program that is better than The Color Code. It is simple and easy to remember, a must with today’s busy manager."
Toni Benard, Training Director
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
"As an educator and consultant within the heath care field I have witnessed the success of Color Code workshop participants as they learn to communicate more effectively within the community and workplace. Employee—employer relationships take on a new, productive direction and people in general begin to recognize their own value and self-worth. I feel that all individuals deserve to become familiar with this work."
Rebecca L. Christeson
Zenger Miller
"Please consider this letter as a great reference for Color and Character Coding. I am acquainted with several different types of personality profiles. The Color and Character Coding system is easy to administer in its written form as well as in just talking to people. That is almost impossible using the Meyers-Briggs system. Interpretation of these Color Code findings then makes it easier to communicate both verbally and in writing. I have found that in my organizational and business dealings, the relationships that I have formed have been enhanced greatly because of Color Coding."
J. Scott Stephenson
Share Our Selves
"Thank you to you and your staff for presenting The Color Code. Our staff is now practicing different communication skills based on how their co-workers and clients process information and they are seeing remarkable results in the form of better cooperation and productivity. Staff morale has greatly improved and spontaneous functional teams are developing to work together towards common goals. We’ve tried other programs before such as Meyers Briggs or DiSC, but they cannot begin to compete nor can they deliver the types of results that we have seen in working with MOTIVE and The Color Code."
Therese DeGroot, Chief Operating Officer
The Olson Company – America’s Builder of the Year
"This letter is to thank you for the considerable impact you have had on our organization. The Color Code testing is used throughout the organization with new associates to shorten the integration time into our corporate community. We look forward to receiving your advice for years to come."
Stephen E. Olson, Chairman
Martin J. Jaska, Inc. – General Contractors
"The Color and Character Codes teach us how to help our employees become more effective and productive so they can make a difference in the company. This powerful, revolutionary theory will change the way businesses hire, fire, and educate employees. I cannot recommend this work highly enough."
Roger M. Jaska, Chairman of the Board
Educational Resources Training and Development
"As an educator and consultant within the heath care field I have witnessed the success of Color Code workshop participants as they learn to communicate more effectively within the community and workplace. Employee—employer relationships take on a new, productive direction and people in general begin to recognize their own value and self-worth. I feel that all individuals deserve to become familiar with this work."
Rebecca L. Christeson
Nordstrom
"I think your visit enhanced Nordstrom’s image as an employer. I wanted to pass on just a few of the comments I heard: ‘I wish we had more time for him to speak…maybe a two-day session,’ ‘This helped me more than you’ll ever know. Now I know why I am the way I am,’ ‘It was perfect, but I think I could have stayed all day, it was so interesting,’ ‘It will help me related to and approach my crew better,’ ‘Best training we’ve ever had!’ Believe me, I could go on and on. To state the obvious, you were a hit!"
Lisa H. Glade, Director of Personnel & Training
Irwin, Mathieu & Associates
"I consider myself a fairly astute and successful businessman. My successes both from a business and personal standpoint have been greatly enhanced over the past ten years as a result of the knowledge and insight I’ve gained from The Color Code and Character Code. I know that anyone who comes in contact with this gift will benefit enormously from the experience."
Robert M. Irwin II
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center
"Thank you so much for your Color Code presentation. The post seminar evaluations confirmed not only the need for identifying communication differences, but the high degree of interest to the participants. Your presentation received excellent ratings. You can be assured your lecture was stimulating and provided not only a “take home” message, but valuable techniques as well."
Nancy Helton, Program Chairman
Rocky Mountain Care – A Health Care Management Company
"I firmly believe in The Color Code and The Character Code. They have both made a positive impact in my life, which is why I choose to incorporate this approach into the leadership style of my company."
Lee R. Bangerter, President
Premiere Eye Care
"The Color Code as very helpful in helping our staff better understand not only themselves and their co-workers, but also our patients. It helped clear up some of the individual conflicts that can interfere with effective work efforts from the staff."
Mary Jean Cuaycong, M.D.
"Since learning about The Color Code, I have been blessed with great insight into the personalities I have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. I have been able to use these new found abilities to my benefit when dealing with people in the business world."
Kirk Lindahl
"These professional philosophies are uniquely easy to understand and simple to follow, which is a rare quality in today’s complex world. The Color Code represented for me, as I suspect for many others, a simple blueprint for guidance through the uncharted waters of life."
Ira Jay Messing
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