Discover Your Leadership Style – colour Sign Reflection Tool
Ever wondered why you naturally jump into action while someone else prefers to step back and think? Or why some people inspire a room just by speaking, while others lead quietly but powerfully behind the scenes?
Leadership isn’t one-size-fits-all. It’s a mix of our natural strengths, lived experiences, and how we respond under pressure. One of the easiest—and most fun—ways to explore this is by using colors to represent different leadership styles.
✨ A Quick Reflection from My Journey
When I first started running my business, I was full of 🔴 red energy—decisive, fast, always ready to fix it now. While that helped me act quickly and get results, I learned (sometimes the hard way) that it also made me prone to jumping in before hearing others out or micromanaging tasks.
Over time, I realized every strength has a flip side. That’s when I began exploring how to balance my style—and help others discover theirs too.
🎨 The Leadership Color Sign Reflection Tool
Each color below represents a leadership quality. Alongside it, you’ll find its “flip side”—what can happen when that strength is overused or not balanced with others.
What is this?
This color-coded tool is designed to help you identify your core leadership qualities and reflect on the potential flip side of those strengths when overused or underdeveloped. Each color represents a different leadership style based on real-world traits observed in effective leaders.
This is a self-awareness and development tool, not a personality test. It’s here to spark thought, conversation, and growth—whether you’re leading a team, managing a household, or stepping into your leadership potential.
🎨 Leadership Colours & Qualities
| colour Leadership Strength Flip Side (When Overused or Unbalanced) 🔴 Red Decisive & Action-Oriented Can become impulsive or overly controlling 🔵 Blue Calm & Logical May seem detached or slow to act 🟡 Yellow Inspiring & Positive Can be overly optimistic or unrealistic 🟢 Green Supportive & Empathetic May avoid conflict or become too accommodating 🟣 Purple Visionary & Strategic May lose touch with day-to-day realities 🟠 Orange Energetic & Persuasive Can be overwhelming or come across as pushy ⚫ Black Disciplined & Detail-Focused May micromanage or become rigid ⚪ White Inclusive & Fair May struggle with making tough decisions |
💡 How to use this:
- Pick the colour that resonates most with how you lead.
- Reflect on your strength and your potential growth area.
- Discuss with a mentor, team, or group for deeper insight.
- Use this as a reminder: great leaders are not one colour—they’re a blend, constantly learning and adapting.
🌈 Discover Your Leadership Style – colour Sign Reflection Tool
Purpose:
This tool helps you identify your natural leadership style and understand how your strengths can turn into challenges when not managed well. Leadership is not about being perfect—it’s about being aware, adaptable, and intentional. Each color below represents a core leadership quality, along with its potential “flip side” or drawback when it’s taken to the extreme or not balanced with other skills.
🎨 Leadership Colours & Their Flip Sides
| colour | Leadership Strength | Flip Side (Overused or Lacking Balance) |
| 🔴 Red | Decisive · Action-Oriented · Bold | Impulsive · Overbearing · Struggles to delegate |
| 🔵 Blue | Calm · Logical · Analytical | Detached · Overthinks · Slow to respond |
| 🟡 Yellow | Inspiring · Optimistic · Energetic | Unrealistic · Avoids tough truths · Lacks follow-through |
| 🟢 Green | Supportive · Empathetic · Caring | Conflict-avoidant · Too soft · Easily taken advantage of |
| 🟣 Purple | Visionary · Strategic · Big-picture thinker | Overly idealistic · Disconnected from the present moment |
| 🟠 Orange | Energetic · Charismatic · Persuasive | Pushy · Distracting · Dominates conversations |
| ⚫ Black | Disciplined · Detail-Oriented · Reliable | Rigid · Micromanages · Resistant to change |
| ⚪ White | Fair · Inclusive · Peacemaker | Indecisive · Over-accommodating · Avoids taking a stand |
🔄 Using This Tool:
- Choose the colour you identify with most.
- Reflect: Am I leaning too far into this quality? Am I balancing it with other strengths?
- Ask others for feedback—how do they experience your leadership?
- Remember: No single colour is “best.” Great leaders use a mix of styles depending on the situation.
❓ Quick Quiz: What Color Are You?
Answer these 5 questions and count which letter (A–H) you choose most. You can do this fun exercise with your team at work or even with your spouse and children at home.
1. In a team meeting, you’re most likely to…
A) Make quick decisions to keep things moving
B) Present logical steps or data
C) Share ideas with enthusiasm and encouragement
D) Make sure everyone feels heard
E) Talk about the long-term vision
F) Motivate people with energy and charm
G) Focus on what needs to be done in detail
H) Ensure everyone agrees before moving forward
2. Under stress, you tend to…
A) Take control fast
B) Retreat into analysis
C) Keep smiling and avoid negativity
D) Worry about how others are feeling
E) Get caught up in planning, not acting
F) Talk it out with whoever will listen
G) Overwork or nitpick details
H) Avoid deciding altogether
3. Your team would describe you as…
A) Driven
B) Thoughtful
C) Positive
D) Caring
E) Visionary
F) Persuasive
G) Reliable
H) Fair
4. You get frustrated when others…
A) Are too slow
B) Don’t think things through
C) Focus on negatives
D) Ignore feelings
E) Lack vision
F) Aren’t motivated
G) Are messy or inconsistent
H) Don’t consider everyone’s opinion
5. Your biggest strength as a leader is…
A) Getting results fast
B) Staying calm under pressure
C) Encouraging others
D) Building trust
E) Thinking big
F) Influencing change
G) Managing processes
H) Promoting harmony
🔍 What’s Your Color?
Mostly A’s = 🔴 Red
Mostly B’s = 🔵 Blue
Mostly C’s = 🟡 Yellow
Mostly D’s = 🟢 Green
Mostly E’s = 🟣 Purple
Mostly F’s = 🟠 Orange
Mostly G’s = ⚫ Black
Mostly H’s = ⚪ White
Now that you’ve found your color, scroll back up to see your strengths and your flip side. 😊
💬 Final Thoughts
No leadership style is better than another. In fact, the best leaders learn how to blend styles, stay aware of their blind spots, and lean on others when needed.
So—what color are you? Did the flip side resonate?
Leave a comment below or share this with your team and compare results—it’s a great conversation starter! 🎉
