All about DiSC®

I want to start with a definition of Conscientious that we are likely familiar with to help calibrate the reader and provide a common baseline of understanding as we proceed.  Oxford defines Conscientious as follows:  (of a person) wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.

I’d say that’s a pretty good starting point from our daily lives.  And for other words that may appeal to you, we go to the thesaurus:

• diligent
• fastidious
• meticulous
• painstaking
• complete
• exacting

DiSC® will provide much more interpretation and meaning to this style label we call Conscientious.

In today’s DiSC® lesson, we will discuss a deeper and broader understanding of the i or (Influence) style.  This will be helpful whether it is YOU who are an i style, or if it is someone else with whom you deal that is an i style.  Furthermore, AS an i, this will help you interact with another i.

In today’s DiSC® lesson, we will discuss a deeper and broader understanding of the D (or Dominant) style.  This will be helpful whether it is YOU who are a D style, or if it is someone else with whom you deal that is a D style.  Furthermore, AS a D, this will help you interact with another D.

An important step toward becoming effective with others is developing the ability to recognize different DiSC® styles using the people-reading technique.  People-reading isn’t meant to “label” or box people in.  It’s a way to help us understand the needs and priorities of others.  We can observe behaviors including body language, tone of voice, expression, and word choice.  In today’s lesson, we’ll discuss how to initially read people’s DiSC® style by observing behavior around the two continua of PACE & AGREEABLENESS.  Before we dive deeper, I have always encouraged learners to maintain a couple important pieces of baseline knowledge. Both these...