{"id":189223,"date":"2023-11-26T02:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T02:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189223"},"modified":"2023-11-26T02:44:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T02:44:02","slug":"top-border-force-officials-spent-2300-on-truly-bonkers-away-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/top-border-force-officials-spent-2300-on-truly-bonkers-away-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Border Force officials spent \u00a32,300 on &apos;truly bonkers&apos; away day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Top Border Force officials spent \u00a32,300 on &#8216;truly bonkers&#8217; away day working out what &#8216;colour&#8217; their personalities were<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Labour MP for North Durham, Kevan Jones blasted the Home Office for trip<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Personality colours included\u00a0\u00a0&#8216;fiery red&#8217;,\u00a0&#8216;cool blue&#8217; &amp; &#8216;Earth green&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The summer small boats crisis may have been at its height last August, but it seems top Border Force officials had other priorities \u2013 working out just what &#8216;colour&#8217; their personalities were.<\/p>\n<p>The Border Force transformation team \u2013 set up to modernise case-handling processes \u2013 spent over \u00a32,300 on an away day which included discovering if they were one of four colour-coded types.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These included &#8216;fiery red&#8217; if they were demanding but aggressive, or &#8216;sunshine yellow&#8217; if they were sociable and excitable.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, they were &#8216;cool blue&#8217; for being more cautious if possibly indecisive, or &#8216;Earth green&#8217; (caring but potentially docile).<\/p>\n<p>Embarrassingly for Border Force chiefs, the so-called &#8216;Insight Profiles&#8217; training sessions came just two days before migrants had to be evacuated from the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland Harbour, over fears they would catch Legionnaires&#8217; disease from bacteria lurking on the vessel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/01\/78239563-12791639-image-a-98_1700961918458.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Personality colours included\u00a0&#8216;fiery red&#8217; if they were demanding but aggressive, &#8216;sunshine yellow&#8217; if they were sociable and excitable,\u00a0&#8216;cool blue&#8217; for being more cautious if possibly indecisive, and &#8216;Earth green&#8217; for showing signs of being caring but potentially docile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/01\/78239567-12791639-image-a-97_1700961906543.jpg\" height=\"390\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Border Force transformation team \u2013 set up to modernise case-handling processes \u2013 spent over \u00a32,300 on the away day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/01\/78239647-12791639-Labour_MP_for_North_Durham_Kevan_Jones_blasted_the_Home_Office_o-m-103_1700962246987.jpg\" height=\"508\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Labour MP for North Durham, Kevan Jones, blasted the Home Office over the &#8216;truly bonkers&#8217; away day.<\/p>\n<p>And last night, Labour MP for North Durham, Kevan Jones, blasted the Home Office over the &#8216;truly bonkers&#8217; away day.<\/p>\n<p>Former Minister Mr Jones told The Mail on Sunday: &#8216;Fiery red is what hard-pressed taxpayers will be when they find out about this.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I suppose we should be grateful that there is a transformation unit but this new age-style outing is farcical. Never mind what colour their personalities are \u2013 what planet are they on?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>However, sources with knowledge of the colour-coded tests \u2013 which were provided by Churchill Square Consulting \u2013 said the techniques were based on respected established methods pioneered by famous Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung.<\/p>\n<p>One said: &#8216;They are a global tool used by most FTSE 500 companies \u2013 it gives the most accurate representation of people&#8217;s personality preferences. They can improve self-awareness, as well as personal and team effectiveness.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A Home Office spokesman said last night: &#8216;The Border Force transformation team deliver highly complex programmes to protect the UK border and keep its citizens secure, and high performance is critical to that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They are not responsible for border patrols nor are they responsible for the operational delivery of the Bibby Stockholm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Self-analysis techniques were a small part of what was delivered at the team away day.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12791639\/Top-Border-Force-officials-spent-2-300-truly-bonkers-away-day-working-colour-personalities-were.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Border Force officials spent \u00a32,300 on &#8216;truly bonkers&#8217; away day working out what &#8216;colour&#8217; their personalities were Labour MP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Border Force officials spent \u00a32,300 on &amp;apos;truly bonkers&amp;apos; 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