| Are you ready to add the talent of speed reading | | | | - Blues are also fast paced but are more socially |
| personality types to your leadership development | | | | driven and are more likely to work well around |
| arsenal? You may find that sometimes you are | | | | other people, they are very persuasive and |
| speaking a different language when you are | | | | funny, they love to tell stories and are very |
| working to persuade someone or perhaps you do | | | | animated. They are more intuitive than they are |
| not understand someone when they are speaking | | | | analytical and they tend to have a slapstick sense |
| to you. Perhaps you just want to be able to | | | | of humor. |
| understand why people do what they do so that | | | | - Golds are slower paced and are more socially |
| you can be more prepared to determine what | | | | driven just as Blues are but they are less direct |
| their reaction may be in a given situation. | | | | and more diplomatic. They are not normally big |
| Regardless of what the reasons may be, the | | | | risk takers and are more indirect in their |
| ability to speed read people is a life skill which can | | | | communication. They enjoy being comfortable and |
| pay off greatly in your leadership development | | | | their sense of humor tends to be more light |
| and your ability to build relationships with others. | | | | hearted. So now that you know these, you can |
| The first step to speed reading people's | | | | incorporate how to identify them into your |
| personality types is to understand the four | | | | leadership development tools. Here is an easy |
| personality types. To make this very simple, we | | | | way to speed read a person's personality type: |
| are going to identify them as Red, Green, Gold, | | | | First, listen for the pace of their speech. If they |
| and Blue. Knowing each of these colors is one of | | | | are fast paced then they are a Red or a Blue, |
| the great secrets of leadership development and | | | | slower paces and they are a Gold or a Green. |
| of effective persuasion. | | | | Then you have it down to two options and all you |
| - Reds are direct and usually very fast in their | | | | have to do is listen to the tone of their voice. It |
| communication, they are more tasks driven than | | | | the voice is monotone and unemotional you have |
| they are socially driven and would prefer to either | | | | either a Green or a Red. |
| be in charge or work on their own. They are | | | | If it is more embellished and emotional then you |
| analytical, they like to be challenged, and usually | | | | have a Blue or a Gold. So the personality types |
| have a sarcastic sense of humor. | | | | are identified as follows: Reds: Fast and monotone. |
| - Greens are analytical and are task driven like | | | | Greens: slow and monotone. Golds: slow and |
| Reds but are more slowly paced and indirect; | | | | embellished. Blues: Fast and embellished. Now that |
| they are extremely analytical and are more likely | | | | you know these you can speed read personality |
| to work well alone and with some sense of | | | | types and enhance your leadership development |
| structure. They are generally reserved with their | | | | skills in regards to persuading understanding others |
| emotions and tend to have a dry, clever and | | | | better. |
| obscure sense of humor. | | | | |