We spend our lives communicating, and yet communicating with others is not always easy.

We perceive the world in a certain way and without realizing it, we assume that others perceive it the same. In some ways, it is almost as if we are wearing colored glasses. We perceive the world through the colors of our glasses. Many communication problems between people are due to these differences in perception. It is enough to observe, at the end of a meeting, what each one has withheld from that meeting to understand how difficult it is to transmit a message in such a way that everyone understands and retains it.

Being aware of your own communication filter (and perception) and understanding that of others, significantly improves the quality of communication with our interlocutors.

The understanding and use of communication colors can be applied both professionally and personally.

Creating the right conditions

The ComColors model distinguishes between motivation that comes from what we are doing, and motivation that comes from how we go about doing something.

These two types of motivation complement each other and allow us to understand why certain activities motivate us, and why we don’t all approach these activities in the same way.

In a commercial setting, understanding these two types of motivation means that employees can be motivated on two levels, or, if necessary, only on one level, if there are time constraints. If managers are aware of what motivates their individual employees, their teams will be more energetic and will collaborate better.

Knowing how to deal with stress and emergencies is first and foremost knowing how to deal with oneself so that you can then deal with others.

If we’re aware of the way we behave when everything is going well, and the way we behave under stress, we’ll know how to act in any situation.

We begin by identifying our negative behaviors in order to eliminate them when we are under stress.The more aware we become of our behaviour under stress and the impact this behaviour has on others, the more we can channel that negative behaviour, deal with it and work towards eliminating it.

We then have to learn how to deal with others when a relationship goes wrong, by learning how to manage another person’s negative behaviour in a positive way.

Dealing with conflict is first and foremost a question of relationship 

Conflicts often arise when people perceive things differently or hold a different point of view on a subject. Conflict rarely arises because of the subject itself. In reality, the way something is said or presented is most often the source of conflict. Without realizing it, we attach enormous importance to the way things are communicated to us, even though we believe we are just sticking to the facts. The problem is that this difference in perception can turn into negative or aggressive behaviour, and affect everyone involved.

When dealing with conflict, it is necessary to identify the communication filter (the communication colour) of everyone involved. Next, it’s important to know what conditional or negative behaviour is likely to be exhibited by each colour, in order to manage that behaviour. The ComColors model will help you adapt to the negative behaviours you observe, so that you can find a win-win solution in difficult situations or relationships.

Learn to use your natural abilities

What makes a team successful?

Very often, we can say that a team is effective when it is already established and works well. But the most difficult thing is to be able to form this effective team or to lead a team with the potential to evolve to manifest that capacity. The success of a team depends on the complementarity of the people who make it up and on the ability of these people to work together.

The Comcolors model allows the creation of high-performance teams, identifying the complementary people required for the team’s mission and recognizing the differences in the operation of each one of them. In this way, the team will have the necessary resources to achieve their objectives and each one will know how to carry on their relationship with the other members of the group.