NYS/Nucor Castrip "ride in a taxi cab"

Every year Nucor "shuts-down" production to perform routine maintenance on machines. This year, ANC Solutions Group was part of that "maintenance." On March 16th, Nucor Yamato Steel and Nucor Castrip participated in an eight hour Spectrum Development/Personality awareness and conflict management training, provided by Desmond Hammett.

Spectrum Development is a personality awareness program that allows individuals to identify themselves and learn how to put that knowledge into perspective in everyday life. There are two aspects to Full Color Spectrum. First is the interaction styles, introversion and extroversion, which describes the thinking process and energy source. The second reveals temperament colors, Blue, Green, Gold and Orange, which describe four distinct patterns of behavior.

The group initially identified if they were introverts or extroverts. Then they moved into the personality assessment where they identified what they perceive themselves as in the spectrum.  The different colors represent the following personality traits:

Blue  

Nurturing

Communicative

Imaginative

Devoted

Empathetic

Genuine

Enthusiastic

Compassionate

Dramatic

Orange

Resourceful

Courageous

Flexible

Risk Taking

Adventurous

Spontaneous

Skillful

Generous

Green

Insightful

Conceptual

Analytical

Independent

Visionary

Abstract

 

Gold

Loyal

Committed

Accountable

Dependable

Decisive

Organized

Prepared

After learning about their personalities, the group worked on conflict resolution. They participated in a role-playing activity that allowed the group to practice conflict resolution by simulating a taxicab ride where the person driving the cab acted as a sounding board while the passenger talked about his or her conflicts. The driver offered feedback and utilized what was learned to restate the issue and offer suggestions on how to resolve the conflict.

Thank you NYS & Nucor Castrip & Randy Henderson for allowing us to train during your shutdown. ANC would like to extend thanks to Great River Economic Development Foundation for approving funding a portion of the training.

Blog By: Stacey Walker
Coordinator, Industrial Training