We help leaders develop more cohesive, productive teams.
Types of Services Offered
Strength-based Training
All employees have unique personalities with accompanying strengths and potential saboteurs that they bring to the work environment. Using a variety of tools and methods, PrairieFire empowers leaders and team members with a long-lasting approach to improve interpersonal understanding and communication skills. PrairieFire assists by moving a team of individual members into a high-performing cohesive unit. Additionally, PrairieFire can help employers hire the right high-performing candidates who are a cultural fit for a workplace in order to eliminate workforce turnover.
Thought Leadership
From time to time, we all desire or require an outside perspective from a source that is both reliable and trustworthy. PrairieFire Consulting is that source. So that ideas are turned into reality, we help our clients uncover the right move for today. PrairieFire works to unlock a new level of professional accomplishment and achievement for our clients and their organizations.
Strategic Planning
Sometimes an organization can feel like it is just spinning its wheels with very little progress. PrairieFire provides the expertise to assist leaders as they determine and achieve action-oriented goals that move a workplace to greater productivity.
Executive Coaching
PrairieFire works with leaders in a one-on-one coaching capacity. Determine your “why” and how to integrate it into your work and personal life. Need help implementing ideas and concepts to achieve goals? PrairieFire provides coaching to increase effectiveness. Have a high-potential underperforming employee? PrairieFire works to reengage these employees and provides the tools and follow-up to help them succeed.
Conflict Resolution
Are you getting worn out from the conflict and friction in the workplace? Have stress and conflict become the expected realities in your work environment? PrairieFire works with leaders to solve the root sources of cyclical workplace conflict and stress.
True Colors® Assessment
A model for understanding yourself and others based on your personality temperament.
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Greens: Idea People
They need information, time to think and to have their ideas heard.
- Intellectual
- Like Knowledge
- Perfectionists
- Abstract Thinkers
- Visionary
Communication with Greens:
- Give the big picture
- Recognize ideas
- Avoid redundancy
- Give time to think
- Use a logical approach
Golds: Detailed People
They need security, orderliness and respect.
- Prepared
- Detail-Oriented
- Structured
- Believe Their Way Is the Right Way
- Respect the Rules
Communication with Golds:
- Be specific
- Acknowledge actions
- Provide detail
- Give a time frame
- Save the surprises
Oranges: Active People
They need activity, variety, and to have fun.
- Risk-Takers
- Action-Oriented
- Test Limits
- Impulsive
- Quick Thinkers
Communication with Oranges:
- Keep content to soundbites
- Offer options
- No long emails
- “Now” oriented
- Be direct
Blues: Relational People
They need connectedness, communication and meaning.
- Authentic
- Relational
- Peacemakers
- Imaginative
- Cause-Oriented
Communication with Blues:
- Be relational
- Warm up written communication
- Be inclusive
- Follow through
- Listen to their intuition
Understanding Personality Styles as Colors
The colors of Orange, Gold, Green and Blue are used to differentiate the four central personality styles of True Colors®.
Gain personal insights
Identifying your personality and the personalities of others using True Colors® provides you with insights into different motivations, actions and communication approaches.
Easy to Remember
True Colors® works because it is based on true principles and is easy to remember and use for both personal relationships and professional success.
Many leaders choose team members based on their functional skills or pick people who are like them. As research shows, the dynamics of interpersonal relationships depend on individuals’ personalities, not on hard skills or expertise.
“Personality Tests Can Help Balance a Team”
by Harvard Business Review
An overwhelming majority of respondents think that their organization’s ability to develop and manage teams will be essential for their future competitiveness. They also agree that teams are the best way to address increasingly complex problems.
“How Companies Use Teams to Drive Performance”
by EY
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