Insights Colours

Relationship marketing

Trust marketing

Different basic styles

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Personality typology

Carl Gustav Jung (1975-1961)

Extroversion – introversion

Feeling - Thinking


How do you express your energy?

INTROVERTQuietTimid

HumanWithdrawnPeacefullyCarefullyReserved

…

EXTRAVERTAction-minded

Straight onCousy

More interested in what happens

around him…

Intr

over

t

Ext

rave

rt


How do you take your decisions?

THINKFocused on tasks

Focused on relationshipsFEEL

Formal UnpersonalAchievement Correct

Informal PersonalCareful Flexible


Colours can affect us

Goethe (1749 – 1831) experiment

Aggressive

Energetic

Peaceful

Thinking and writing


The Four Insights Colour Energies

Cool BlueShowing no bias

Objective

Detached

Analytical

Fiery RedPositive

Affirmative

Bold

Assertive

Earth GreenStill

Tranquil

Calming

Soothing

SunshineYellowCheerfulUpliftingSpiritedBuoyant

Compass Learning Guide – The Key to Personal Effectiveness – Section 1.6


Exercise with the cards

Choose one basic colour that fits to you mostly



CompetitiveDemandingDetermined

Strong-willed

Purposeful

SociableDynamic

DemonstrativeEnthusiasticPersuasive

CaringEncouraging

SharingPatientRelaxed

CautiousPrecise

DeliberateQuestioning

Formal


On a good day…


On a bad day…

AggressiveControlling

DrivingOverbearing

Intolerant

ExcitableFrantic

IndiscreetFlamboyant

Hasty

DocileBland

PloddingReliant

Stubborn

StuffyIndecisiveSuspicious

ColdReserved




How can you recognise a colour?

• Look at how people enter a room• Look at their environment• Listen to how they make an appointment• Ask ‘how are you’• How are they dealing with change• Ask ‘what are you looking for’• What is their vision towards marketing• …


We can we adapt our behaviour to different colours?

Do not adapt your personality

Adapt your behaviour to legitimite goals


Old sales model New sales model

Trust

Need

Proposal

Closing

10% relation

20% competence

30% goes to being there

40% goes to closing the deal


How do customers want to buy?

People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care


Don’t talk longer than a lucifer is burning

6


Let’s do it NOW

Let’s do itHARMON-

IOUSLY

Let’s do it RIGHT


Cool Blue“The logic solution”

FactsAnalysisCompare

Processes

Fiery Red“Now results”

Action & ResultBuys independently

Overcome resistanceBe competitive

Earth Green“What impact has it on

my people and strategy”Caring

Who is involvedIntegrity

Have to be motivated

Sunshine Yellow“Incredible future”

IntuitiveAlternatives

BrainstormingInnovative


Threaths while listening

Let’s do it NOW

Let’s do itHARMON-

IOUSLY

Let’s do it RIGHT


Cool Blue“A questioning mind”

Frowning the eyesSeeks mistakes

Wants to correct you

Fiery Red“The interrupter”

InpatientWants to give his vision

Earth GreenKknods assentingly”

NoddingAllows you to talk

infinitely

Sunshine Yellow“The actor”

Pretents to be listeningThoughts wander off

Insights Colours

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