Every child is unique. But there are certain personality aspects in everybody that align with the 4 Personality Types of Personality Dimensions®.
Personality profiling has been around for years! It’s nothing new, however it is rarely used to help parents understand and appreciate their child’s behaviour and tends to remain in the corporate world and utilised when conflict occurs, or as a professional development day. But I have had parents gasp in amazement as how accurate the reports are when I have conducted Personality Dimensions® activities with their child.
So how can you easily recognise and appreciate your child’s personality type?
Like many other profiling tools, Personality Dimensions® utilises four personality types: Resourceful Orange, Authentic Blue, Inquiring Green and Organised Gold.
Find out more about the colours here.
Although we are a combination of all four, we tend to prefer one (or sometimes two) modes of operation over others. The Personality Dimensions® tool takes people through a series of questions to help them determine their preferred style, but for now, here’s an overview of the four Personality Dimensions® types.
Can you identify your child in these?
Resourceful Orange
Personality Traits:
They use their skill, imagination and accessible materials to come up with effective solutions quickly, without necessarily thinking it all through
They need the freedom to act and make an impact
They get bored easily and will start distracting others
They make an immediate response and take immediate action
They focus on doing
You can see them quickly thinking something over and are gifted strategists, deciding the best move to make in the moment
They are able to adapt to any given situation and make determined efforts to improve it
You can see them naturally negotiating any situation they may be in
Emotional Needs:
Cause of Anxiety and Depression:
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How to Help:
Authentic Blue
Personality Traits:
They are very open, honest and genuine with themselves and others
They are genuinely shocked by anything insincere or anyone who is two faced
They like to develop a uniqueness about them
They consider the impact their decisions will have on others before saying or doing
They are effective communicators
They spend time developing and nurturing relationships
They focus on the human potential in everyone
Emotional Needs
Causes of Stress and Depression:
Stress Relief:
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ORGANISED GOLD
Personality Traits:
They are excellent organisers and planners and cane become quite stressed when things aren’t going to plan
Like the People Person, they need to belong
They thrive on feeling responsible
They believe in contributing to society and providing a service
They value the presence of order, lawfulness, security and institutions
They take into consideration traditions and economic impact when making a decision
They focus on planning, security and stability
To ensure compliance and efficiency, they develop and use regulations for
They tend to be orderly
They appreciate family and cultural traditions
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Cause of Anxiety and Depression
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INQUIRING GREEN
Personality Traits:
Their need to know and fully understand a concept is of absolute importance to them
They are driven by knowledge and competence
While other types may focus on action or emotions, Straight Shooters use logic when reasoning
They strive to find the rational meaning behind everything
They focus on patterns and systems and are very objective and theoretical
They enjoy and are good at developing and applying strategies
They tend to be analytical and skeptical
They are skilled long-term planner – contributing strategy, design and invention
Emotional Needs:
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If you would like to find out additional ways to support your child and understand their personality type in more detail, Abbey Piggott from Southwest Mindfulness and I run workshops called “Understanding Your Teen”. Get in touch today to find out when the next workshop is running.
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