RGB - Tri-Swing Profile! The good and the not so good...

How can something be good and not so good at the same time?  We didn't get it at first either, but we did hear about it from those, mostly in non-authority positions, that decided to quietly tell us the other side of the GREAT news.  Our assumption was that those who could swing from one color to another quickly would be of great advantage.  And that is an advantage, no doubt about it.  But there is a dark side to this Profile as well. 

The fact that a Tri-Swing Profile can normally adjust to any color quickly and easily without having to "force" the secondary or tertiary color is remarkable and is very handy to have around.  All three colors get used with about equal ease.  So, what's the problem.  It comes not in the task application as much as in the relationship applications. 

It's easier to understand that it is to explain.  Here's how people began to describe it to us.  "This "all color swing" is handy, but the downside comes when I agree with all three people I'm working with but they don't agree with each other!"  People begin to wonder how can she agree with me and Ethel, when Ethel and I see it so differently.  Add another person and it becomes very difficult to understand.  Yet the truth is simple enough.  If the other tree people in this equation don't have this technology at their disposal they will begin to make a series of assumptions, this basic one being, "She's being tow-faced or three-faced.  She can't be being authentic."  Yes she can and yes she is.  With an assumption of a lack of authenticity, people begin to move away rather than understand. 

This scenario changes a bit when the Tri-Swing does have a bit of authority AND is able to explain this phenomena to those who might be exposed to it for the advantage it has to the organization.   

Because there is only a single point difference between the numbers, the shift from one to either of the other colors is easy to make. 

Summary

There is an organization advantage to the Tri-Swing, especially when those that encounter it become aware of it.  The shift may occur because of the influence of task, relationships, or other environmental factors.