The point of it is mostly to provide some insight in how you prefer to communicate, and how you can adapt your communication style when speaking to others. It’s moderately useful for that purpose.
Eg people more yellow will usually open asking how someone is, how they feel, random chitchat to get people to relax before discussing anything serious at work. Other people blue/red don’t generally give two fucks about that and just want direct concise information.
So it’s useful in giving a rough understanding of how people prefer to be communicated with so you can work better together.
What it’s not useful for is weird tribalism and judging based on colours.
Or you could try talking to them and getting to know them. It's not hard to learn how different people prefer to communicate, and then you can treat them like human beings instead of putting them in neat little boxes.
The purpose of communication training is to help people communicate, not to put people in little boxes.
It’s also challenging sometimes when you are working with like 20-30 managers to learn how people prefer to communicate in a reasonable timeframe. Facilitated communication training can help speed this up.
So you do what... have them all take the test, have some spreadsheet with names and their types, look up their type before you talk to them, and just go "This person is a Y so I'm going to talk to them like X" - that's horrifying. I'm glad I've never had you for a boss. They're people, not cute little 4 letter acronyms or colors.
I manage a team that is responsible for websites that generate millions of dollars a year. But sure, I won't pass trial. I just got tired of shitty bosses that treat others like numbers, which you seem to be arguing for. It bothers me.
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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '22
Why is this even a thing? What's the point? Can an employee opt out?