If your boss is Orange
Strengths
  1. Strong resistance to too much structure and too many restrictions
  2. Office tone will be relaxed where others feel free to laugh and be sociable
  3. Have no problem putting out fires
  4. Confrontation does not intimidate them
Weaknesses
  1. Need to be careful about starting things without paying attention to follow-through and implementation
If you supervise a Orange
Dos
  1. Be upbeat around them
  2. Appreciate their jokes and playful nature
  3. Allow them to be independent
  4. Provide some structure for them yet be flexible
  5. Respect their need to stay busy doing things
  6. Understand their ability to do several things at the same time
  7. Have fun with them
Don'ts
  1. Be intimidated by their energy
  2. Expect to stay depressed in their presence
  3. Be surprised at their changeable nature
  4. Force them to be too serious about life
  5. Demand that they stick to a strict schedule
  6. Write them off as flakes because of their lightheartedness
  7. Start a fight with them unless you intend to fight
Created: June 1999
Revised: April 17, 2003
Nancy L. Spoolman