Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Feeling Blue

Last week I had a meeting with some HR guy. It was called my "Insights" meeting. This is where I find out what sort of manager I am. It's a little New Agey and Mood-ring-y for my liking but very interesting never the less.


There are four colours

Red = Firey, basically will kill you in a heartbeat for the sheer fun of it. AKA a real bastard.

Yellow = Fun and very light hearted, just wants to enjoy themselves and makes sure that others are enjoying themselves.

Green = A motivator, just like Mr Motivator. Has an idea and creates a lot and tries to get lots of others involved and wants everyone to work together in sweet harmony.

Blue = Is very number based, likes working on computers and dealing with excel and the like. Doesn't give 2 hoots about you or your feelings.


It doesn't take much to work out that I am a blue. I was given a report that is 40 pages long all about me and what I am like. It explains to the reader how to communicate with me and what not to do when communicating with me. It also out lines how to motivate me and basically everything you could ever want to know about me with regards to work.


The best bit is how to and not to communicate with me. Below are what they say....and the exlplination


When communicating with Craigy:

Use humour...in moderation.

Have a joke, but not at my expense for fear of my wrath

Give him all the facts

Help me to help you

Respect his position.

Respect my authorit-ah

Respect his need to be alone for extended periods.

You make me so angry that if I see you again, I'm going to go to prison.

Stay a reasonable distance away - don't invade his space.

This is a hug free zone. DON'T EVER TOUCH ME.


When communicating with Craigy DO NOT

Jump to the next subject until he is ready

Woah, woah, woah. Who did what with the when now?

Waffle

English mother f*&%er do you speak it?

Argue or personalise the conversation.

I'm right, and I don't care about you.

Spend to much time talking, he is much more impressed with your actions.

Dance monkey, DANCE!

Reinforce his own self criticism.

Yes, I'm delicate.....you know like emtionally and shit


Again some of it is true and some of it is complete nonsense, but it's interesting either way.

3 comments:

Col. Orange said...

From a deep red
"Anger is like a soul that gets things accomplished"
to
"I can't let you do that Dave"
deep blue in a handfull of years.

Where does it all end?

Col. Orange said...

the war, the war
no weapons in store
we found a knife like the others before

your pain, your pain
no doctor's in town
we found a grave and it's hardly unknown

you're dying, you're dying
no friends if you like
fu-ner-al party political strike

a force, a force
two nations divorced
chuchill is bleeding cause we are a kind of deutsch

we are a kind of deutsch
we are a kind of deutsch

lets send the bombs again to ger-ma-ny lets send the bombs again

Unknown said...

You've changed dude, you've changed!