If your boss is Green
Strengths
  1. Intellect and confidence of natural born leaders
  2. Seen by others as a leader
  3. Easier to lead then to follow
  4. Vision allows them to see the necessary improvements needed for any system to function better
  5. They desire the power to move a company or organization forward
Weaknesses
  1. Need to make sure they are not alone when leading; other need to follow
  2. Great ideas; but weak people skills
  3. Can be too autocratic in decision-making
  4. Not a natural team player
If you supervise a Green
Dos
  1. Give logical explanations
  2. Allow them time to think about their decisions
  3. Expect them to take a leadership role
  4. Earn their respect
  5. Acknowledge their intelligence
  6. Present data to support ideas
  7. Recognize their need to get to the point quickly
Don'ts
  1. Force them to talk about their feelings too much
  2. Become too emotional when arguing with them
  3. Be indecisive
  4. Expect public display of emotions
  5. Take everything they say personally
  6. Force them to go to parties
  7. Embarrass them in public
Created: June 1999
Revised: April 17, 2003
Nancy L. Spoolman